Flirting with Mermaids

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Sheridan House, Inc., 2003 - Biography & Autobiography - 224 pages
In 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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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
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About the author (2003)

John Kretschmer has been a sailboat delivery skipper for over 25 years and has made over 100 deliveries. He is the author of Cape Horn to Starboard and Used Boat Notebook and has had articles published in numerous boating and travel magazines. He is a contributing editor to 'Sailing' and currently lives in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, with his wife Lesa and their two daughters.