Download or read book Sailing Adventures written by Anne M. Todd and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2002 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes adventures in sailing, including a description of how sailboats work, equipment sailors use, historic sailing expeditions, and recent sailing adventures.
Download or read book Sailors and Sailing Adventures written by Cleon McClain and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailors and Sailing Adventures is not just a collection of poetry about sailing. Each of the delightfully written and often thought provoking poems that the author - Cleon McClain - has written is accompanied by his own personal commentary. The commentaries contain the stories as to how each poem came to be written. Cleon McClain also shares with the readers much of his personal life and thoughts, as well as giving his poetic insight concerning each poem. As a bonus, the appendices contains some short stories of how the author came to acquire his current sailboat the Glenda Kay, and some sailing adventures he and the Glenda Kay has shared. Sailors and Sailing Adventures will capture the reader's imagination, make you think, and on occasions tug at your heart strings. You will be drawn to read it again and again.
Download or read book Ultimate Sailing Adventures written by Miles Kendall and published by Fernhurst Books Limited. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of Ultimate Sailing Adventures takes you on a thrilling ride around the world's best boats, locations and voyages – from amazing passages and destinations, through memorable races and rallies to special boats and sailing experiences. There are exciting adventures that will appeal to everyone from novice to expert. Stunning, full-page photographs put you at the heart of the action, while inspirational descriptions allow you to dream of being there. It's perfect for planning your next sailing adventure, or alternatively allows you to indulge in some armchair sailing in boats and places of your wildest dreams. As well as major expeditions, like crossing the Atlantic or sailing around the world, and classics like the Fastnet Race, there is a wealth of adventures in a wide variety of boats in amazing locations from Lake Titicaca to the Arctic Circle and from the turquoise waters of the Caribbean to the icebergs of the Southern Ocean. Every continent is covered, so expect to find places where you've sailed alongside those you never knew existed. Each entry is accompanied by useful information such as the degree of difficulty, best time of the year and similar adventures. Discover where you will sail next – in reality or in your imagination.
Download or read book Sailing Adventures in Paradise written by Vincent Bossley and published by Vincent Bossley. This book was released on 2008 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicle of authors' four years sailing adventure in the Pacific Ocean and South Seas Islands. Told through the eyes of his sailboat it is a most refreshing and knowledge filled narrative with many insights and problem solving events. Great reading for anyone planning or contemplating planning their own sailing odyssey. Also includes '101 Dollar Saving Tips' useful for the cruising sailor.
Download or read book Beer in the Bilges written by Jinks & Rossiter Boreham and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1980s, after the sexual revolution and before the explosion of the electronic age, the remote islands of Polynesia begged to be explored. For three experienced sailors who dreamed of sailing through the idyllic South Pacific, it was a perfect time to embark on a quest through some of the most amazing cruising destinations in the world. As New Zealander Hollywood Bob Rossiter, Australian Peter Jinks, and Canadian Alan Boreham set off from different points in the world one in the company of a Hollywood star, one racing aboard a classic wooden yacht, and one on his first high seas adventure none of them has any idea that a series of unanticipated events will eventually bring them together in the tropical swelter of Pago Pago. Along their journey lined with unexpected moments, the sailors meet a wide array of eclectic characters, including Sharkbite Charlie; Rosie, the three-hundred-pound dancer; and Gunter, the mysterious German chef from South America. Beer in the Bilges offers a fascinating glimpse into sailing voyages to the other side of the world where three men join forces and have to rely on their skills, their wit, and, most importantly, on each other as they embark on an unforgettable nautical adventure.
Download or read book Sail Tales written by Captain Robert Engel and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-08-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sail Tales is about the adventures a humble sailboat owner had over the years. So where does one start writing about these adventures? You start at the beginning. That beginning was in 1967 when I was helping a friend of mine, Frank, re-build an old wooden boat that he had bought. Frank took the whole boat apart and then rebuilt it from the frames up. It was a sleek little craft and I found myself involved in his project. Frank found a similar craft and with his promise of help, I bought it. I spent the whole winter and most of the spring doing the things that had to be done to the boat to get it ready for the summer of 69. I knew nothing about about sailing. But how hard could it be to learn? I soon found out. My sailing adventures started that summer. I learned quickly that unlike a power boat, a sailboat is not a craft that you get aboard, turn a key and then drive it like a car. You have to sail the boat. You have to do what the wind lets you do. You cant go directly where you want to go because the wind wont allow it. You have to finesse, you have be diplomatic, you have to learn to tweak a sail rather than over trim. Well, I learned to get that sailboat from point to point. I also learned that time on a sailboat is not the same as time on land and I learned this on my very first trip on my first sailboat. That three hour trip ended up taking thirteen hours. Read about it. The time of a sailboat trip can not be predicted. If you need to get to a certain place at a certain time take a bus not a sailboat. An afternoon trip has more than once become a late nighter. Leave your watches ashore. Thats what I tell everyone before they step foot aboard. I dont know what time well be back but Im certain that we will be back. My very first sailboat trip was not a late nighter but rather an early morning return. Speaking of time, How long does it take you to hang a calender on your wall? You get a stick pin and put it through a hole in the calender and stick the pin in the cork board. Thirty seconds? It took me the better part of three hours to hang a calender on the boat. First I had to get the tape from the old calender off the wall. For this project I had to find the razor blade scrapper. Then I had to run to the hardware store to get new blades for it. The scrapper got the top layer of the tape off the wall but the sticky part of the tape just rolled up into little balls. I had to go back to the hardware store for some solvent to get the sticky balls off the wall. Then and only then was I able to re-tape the new calender to the wall. I have since put the scrapper in its place so I can find it next time. I hope I remember that place. Imagine what a project it is to install a new pedestal steering system or an new diesel engine. Imagine the time it takes to make an old boat a safe craft, a boat ready to sail, and the keyword is safe. It took me the better part of four years to make my Morgan 38 the boat I wanted it to be. And notice Im not saying anything about the cost. Thats another story. And these are some of the stories I tell. This is the third boat I have redone. But it is the last boat that I will redo. Im getting too old for this rebuilding stuff. Parts of Sail Tales tells about projects such as what I have just described. But the majority of the stories are about sailing trips where something happens. If you are a sailor or if you own a sailboat, sit back and try to remember trips that were dull and boring. They dont pop into your mind. But what does pop are the adventures, the thrill of the wind that is blowing just a bit harder than you would like. You remember the trips where the rail is in the water for most of the day and how you were able to keep the boat under control. You remember the trips where there was no wind and the day became a motor day. You remember entering an anchorage and finding someone there from your marina or someo
Download or read book Sailing Adventures written by Anne Todd and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2001-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes adventures in sailing, including a description of how sailboats work, equipment sailors use, historic sailing expeditions, and recent sailing adventures.
Download or read book Sail With Me written by Rebecca Burg and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-29 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two strangers, Two antique boats, One crazy idea... * Bill is a gruff combat veteran and loner who fishes for a living. Rebecca's a shy, young woman giving up a career and home ownership. The two become unlikely friends and discover that they have more in common than they'd realized. They both own antique, live-aboard sailboats. They also shared the dream of cruising. Side by side, they finally escape over the horizon and spur each other into experiencing a new and radically different life. A bond of friendship and trust develops. * Informative, entertaining, and even titillating at times, this book shares a decade of sailing adventures. Not independently wealthy, Bill and Rebecca still work to earn a living during and in between seasonal journeys. What it's like to live-aboard a traveling boat, on a budget, from a solo-sailing woman's perspective. * This intriguing story shares the usual: violent storms, serene sailing moments, moonlight shimmering on the endless ocean, different cultures and people, and pink-sand beaches. There's also the uncommon: a bizarre rescue, hurricanes, squirrel attacks, mysterious wrecks, an exploding sailboat, and a deceased outlaw grandmother. Useful cruising information on parts of the Bahamas, bonus chapters on fishing while underway and basic information on living aboard. Note: Chapters 1-6 offer background & details on the Hows and Whys of living aboard (little action, mostly explanation). The real action and actual sailing adventures begin on Chapter 7 to Chapter 39. * Includes 28 black & white photographs. Learn more & view exciting color photos from each chapter at www.rebeccaburg.com
Download or read book Quest and Crew Illustrated Edition written by David Beaupre and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Quest and Crew' is a classic adventure story set in paradise aboard one of Canada's best built ocean cruising sailboats. The book is the true account of how a husband and wife become captivated by the dream of sailing the blue waters of the Caribbean. 'Quest and Crew' is all about overcoming challenges and following a dream. It is a humorous and inspiring account of transforming a beautiful classic sailing yacht and her rookie crew into a well seasoned team prepared to meet the dangers of the open ocean. The story opens with a major hurricane approaching the south coast of Grenada. David, Wendy and Quest survive the fiercest storm in the Caribbean with barely a scratch. The narrative then circles back to when David first discovered the crazy idea of sailing to paradise. Join David and Wendy as they sail into the sunset.
Download or read book Pocket Cruising and Micro Adventures written by Martin Anker Wiedemann and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the book about the biggest sailing experiences in the smallest sailing craft. With their shallow draft and easy handling, the smallest "pocket cruisers" give access to coastal experiences inaccessible for bigger sailboats. It has never been easier nor more affordable to acquire a small sailboat and enjoy the pleasures of yachting: Go on picnics for a few hours, go fishing, anchor in a beautiful place or on holiday cruises along near and far shores, visiting small islands and protected fjords and bays. "Pocket Cruising and Micro Adventures" is the handbook for you, who would like to practice the enjoyments of a simple sailing life and get far for your money. It comes with valuable advice for both future and already passionate pocket skippers. Micro Adventures at sea Why small is great Sailing on a small budget Choose a good boat Purchasing a 30-50 year old boat Maintenance and repair Passage making in safety and comfort Golden Age GRP Pocket cruisers of the 1960's and 70's Modern pocket cruisers 104 illustrations, 13 in colour. 41 older constructions and 15 comtemporary The book will guide you about fitting out and sailing tiny small cruising yachts. Get inspiration for your own micro adventures, which can be experienced just beyond the breakwater and don't require you to embark on an ocean passage. Read about mange popular boat types from the Danish sailing scene of the 1960's and 70's told by their owners: Why they chose their particular boats and how they use them today.
Download or read book Flirting with Mermaids written by John Kretschmer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003-03-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. in Flirting with Mermaids, he recounts the most memorable of them. He crosses the Western Caribbean with a crew of eccentric Swedes researching ancient Mayan mariners, lands in Aden at the outbreak of civil war, and endures a North Atlantic crossing during which he disocvers the existence of Force 13 winds. Approaching Japan at the end of a particularly trying delivery, he finds himself sailing in "a high impact debris zone," but his resolve is unshaken. "If a piece of rocketship jetsam fell out of the sky and sank [me] after encounters with Hurricane Floyd, General Noriega,a tsunami, an erupting volcano, and Typhoon Roy, then it was meant to be."
Download or read book Big Waves Small Boat Two Kids written by Katya Goodenough Gordon and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark and Katya bought a thirty-four-foot steel sailboat. With their two daughters, they sailed around Lake Superior, then moved aboard for a year and sailed to the Bahamas. The sailing life proved both challenging and rewarding to the extreme, and big decisions made along the way stretched them to personal limits of acceptance and maturity. Their sailing exploits are peppered with stories of their young daughters, whose simple perspectives and droll responses to all that went on around them will delight and inspire parents who believe that life with young children need not follow a predictable, prodding path of work and school. Avoiding misery is not the goal; living meaningfully is. A touching and occasionally hilarious tale, poignantly told by a mom who gives it all to her family and finds it all comes back in spades.
Download or read book Half Fast written by Randy Baker and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever thought of ditching your conventional life to buy a sailboat and go traveling the world as a modern-day sea nomad? Half Fast is the true story of a married couple in their thirties who do just that-a move some of their family and friends consider to be a 'half-assed scheme' at best. With little money and even even less nautical experience they leave their small-town home in Arkansas to embark on an adventure they hope will last for a year or two but which evolves into a quarter-century voyage of discovery spanning half the world. Come along with Randy and Cheryl as they cruise their small boat to intriguing destinations that you won't find in any tourist brochure. Along the way they discover the best and worst the sailing life has to offer as they visit twenty-nine countries in the Caribbean, Central and South America and the South Pacific. Their adventures and misadventures include encounters with hurricanes, thieves, drug smugglers and a disastrous tsunami as well as lasting new friendships formed with local people and fellow sailors all along their route. Cruising under sail is a lifestyle like no other and though there are sometimes hardships, those who take the plunge will be rewarded with a life of adventure and freedom that may be impossible to find any other way in the modern world.
Download or read book Becoming a Sailor written by Paul Trammell and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2017-12-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fear is here for us to face, and adventure waits on the other side. " This is the story of a man who overcame alcoholism and turned himself into a sailor, both as a substitute to addiction and as a means to adventure. The story is told beginning with the vision and desire to sail on the ocean, through the training and education, buying a boat, gaining experience, and finally embarking on a 1000-nautical-mile journey home, singlehanded. An immersive nonfiction adventure story, "Becoming a Sailor" captures the scene as one would experience it. Readers will feel that they are sailing in the ocean on a dark and windy night, beating into a northwest wind and heavy seas while rounding Cape Canaveral. They will feel the cold water hit them in the face when waves crash into the little sailboat. They will experience the joy of a perfect day, sailing at hull-speed under bright sunshine across the open water halfway between Cuba and Florida. They will dive in the clear waters of The Bahamas and see the ancient and cavernous coral around which swim schools of blue tang, majestic queen angelfish, and the upside-down royal gramma. The reader will surf big waves in Puerto Rico, freedive into underwater caves in Florida, visit the remote Venezuelan outpost of Isla Aves, explore a huge and abandoned 1800's fort in the Florida Straits. Alligators will be encountered deep in the Okefenokee swamp. Manta rays, dolphin, sharks, Goliath grouper, and many colorful reef fish move in and out of the story."Becoming a Sailor" also goes into technical detail about the repairs and additions to Sobrius, a 1972 Dufour Arpege, as well as the techniques the author had to learn in order to sail singlehanded on multi-day passages. The narrative moves back and forth in time, from the author's adventures leading up to the purchase of Sobrius to the final journey, singlehanded, from Tampa Bay to The Dry Tortugas, then Miami, and finally to St Augustine. When the author departed on this passage, he had little experience, but had done much preparation and study. Still he was not certain about many things, including his ability, the ability of the vessel, and whether or not he could sleep in 20 minute increments for three or four days at a time. All the unknowns of a first singlehanded voyage lead to a fascinating experience which is shared with vivid description of both scene and mind in this gripping tale of adventure at sea.
Download or read book All Hands on Deck written by Gregg Nestor and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Hands on Deck tells the story of three teenagers living in the Caribbean. They refurbish and abandoned sailboat and set out on a series of sailing adventures. In 60 pages, the reader becomes part of the crew and helps make decisions resulting in the potential for dozens of such adventures. All Hands on Deck is akin to a board game in book form. Seamanship points are earned along the way, thus making the book educational in nature by surreptitiously teaching sailing concepts. To enhance the educational nature of the book, a glossary of sailing terms is included. Reviewers comment: "... strikingly illustrated..." "... really fun... " "... a children's book that adults will want in their libraries."
Download or read book Ultimate Sailing Adventures written by Miles Kendall and published by *Wiley Nautical. This book was released on 2009-11-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Features extraordinary sailing experiences from around the globe in categories including: races, yachts, capes and headlands, landfalls, ports of arrival, classic passages, culinary, clubs, islands, rivers, ocean crossings and nature. Sailing's most glamorous clubs and most spectacular locations are all featured along with handy information about how to go about living that experience."--Publisher description.
Download or read book Wind of Peace written by Elli K. Straus and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Realizing that the time is right to act on their crazy idea of pulling their two daughters out of school for a year, shut down the house, and embark on a sailing sabbatical, Elli and her husband David, pitch the idea to their daughters. With just a few months planning time available, what follows is a mad rush to take sailing lessons, buy and equip a boat, devote countless hours to researching every aspect of their trip, and attempt to convince friends and relatives that they haven't completely lost their minds. Temporary home found for their beloved dog Chester, boat stuffed with provisions, charts, and safety gear, their trip is almost over before it even begins when a strong summer squall causes their 42' sailboat to drag through the anchorage on their journey's first stormy night.
