Flirting with MermaidsIn twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, Kretschmer has had innumberable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. In this first paperback edition of the wildly successful Flirting with Mermaids, he recounts the most memorable of them, from a Western Caribbean research voyage with a crew of eccentric Swedes to a North Atlantic crossing during which he discovers the existence of Force 13 winds. |
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... person of amazing inner strength . What I will always wonder about is how John Kretschmer has been able to keep his sense of humor . As things fall apart on all sides , while he dodges gunfire on the Arabian Sea , jumps into mid- ocean ...
... person of amazing inner strength . What I will always wonder about is how John Kretschmer has been able to keep his sense of humor . As things fall apart on all sides , while he dodges gunfire on the Arabian Sea , jumps into mid- ocean ...
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... person or one family going to sea in a boat and telling with the ballast of straight dope how you can do it too . This is a book about many different boats , in many dif- ferent conditions , crewed by many different people . The common ...
... person or one family going to sea in a boat and telling with the ballast of straight dope how you can do it too . This is a book about many different boats , in many dif- ferent conditions , crewed by many different people . The common ...
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Contents
A ShallowWater Appointment | 11 |
A Show of Presence | 33 |
Famous | 51 |
Yacht Delivery 101 | 65 |
A Waterfront Office | 89 |
Red Sky by Morn | 108 |
She Drives Me Crazy | 132 |
Just Another Crossing | 153 |
Force Unlucky | 172 |
A Home Delivery | 195 |
Other editions - View all
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery ... John Kretschmer Limited preview - 2018 |
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper John Kretschmer No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
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