Sailing To The Far Horizon
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Sailing To The Far Horizon
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Author : Pamela Sisman Bitterman
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 2012-08-04
Sailing To The Far Horizon written by Pamela Sisman Bitterman and has been published by University of Wisconsin Pres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The tall ship Sofia sank off New Zealand’s North Island in February 1982, stranding its crew on disabled life rafts for five days. They struggled to survive as any realistic hope of rescue dwindled. Just a few years earlier, Pamela Sisman Bitterman was a naïve swabbie looking for adventure, signing on with a sailing co-operative taking this sixty-year-old, 123-foot, three-masted gaff-topsail schooner around the globe. The aged Baltic trader had been rescued from a wooden boat graveyard in Sweden and reincarnated as a floating commune in the 1960s. By the time Sofia went down, Bitterman had become an able seaman, promoted first to bos’un and then acting first mate, immersing herself in this life of a tall ship sailor, world traveler, and survivor.
Far Horizons
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Author : Hammond Innes
language : en
Publisher: Sheridan House Incorporated
Release Date : 1988-10-01
Far Horizons written by Hammond Innes and has been published by Sheridan House Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-10-01 with Yachting categories.
(C) by, The Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation.
Blue Horizons
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Author : Beth Leonard
language : en
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Release Date : 2006-09-26
Blue Horizons written by Beth Leonard and has been published by McGraw Hill Professional this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-26 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Winner Of The National Outdoor Book Award For Literature When Beth Leonard and her partner, Evans Starzinger, returned from a three-year, 35,000 mile circumnavigation, they thought they were done with offshore voyaging. But neither realized how irrevocably they had been changed by their experience, nor how irresistible the siren song of the sea would prove. In comparison, life ashore seemed dull and monochrome, and within months, Beth knew she had to go back to sea in order to remain true to the person she had become. Four years later they set out on their 47-foot aluminum sloop Hawk for a journey that lasted six years and took them more than 50,000 miles. They voyaged to Newfoundland, Iceland, Norway, the Caribbean, Ireland, Scotland, Cape Horn, New Zealand, the South Pacific, British Columbia--to the ends of the earth and back. Blue Horizons is Beth Leonard's record of that journey. Compiled from her popular columns in Blue Water Sailing magazine, which she wrote along the way, Blue Horizons is more than an adventure saga, more than the log of an extended passage. As in all great travel writing, it’s the product of an insatiable hunger to explore the world, and in so doing to explore one’s own soul. It is, says Beth, "about pulling your dreams over the horizon to you, one sail change, one course correction at a time." But this is no dreamer's tale. Beth Leonard is both sailor and writer, well qualified to deal with and describe blue water voyaging. Her observations are as sharp as salt air and her prose as informed as it is insightful and entertaining. Beth also brings to Blue Horizons a uniquely feminine perspective, a combination of empathy, charm, and lyric grace. Her pages are suffused with emotion and a strong sense of immediacy. You're with Beth and Evans as Hawk pokes into a lonely and deserted outport on Newfoundland's barren northeast coast, and as they await hurricane Lenny in Antigua. And you sympathize as she burrows deep into her tilting berth, seeking that one, elusive interval of comfort that will bring sleep on a pounding windward passage, only to be dashed awake by the cold shock of a rogue wave spilling into her bunk. Blue Horizons is a rare journey, one to be savored by sailors and armchair adventurers alike. Praise for Blue Horizons: “In her new, wonderful book, Beth Leonard shows us a world in which ‘perfection’ is not bland, easy, escapist comfort in a crowded tropical harbor but a more insecure yet more rewarding existence of constant challenge--cold waters, rocky coves, old fishing villages, demanding seamanship, and the evolution of two sailors trying to manage a boat and also their own relationship.” --John Rousmaniere, author of Fastnet, Force 10, After the Storm, and The Annapolis Book of Seamanship “Let Beth Leonard inspire you to sail around the world, explore the high latitudes, or discover your own capacity for adventure. Each nugget in this ‘dream becomes reality’ series of revelations is worth a thousand pictures.” --Gary Jobson, ESPN sailing commentator, America’s Cup Hall of Famer, and author of Gary Jobson’s Championship Sailing “Blue Horizons chronicles a remarkable adventure through some of the globe’s most inhospitable waters. . . . Every account in this collection provides a taste and sometimes a feast. It is wise, perceptive, wonderful. If you have ever wondered what it might be like to exchange conventional comforts for an adventure not packaged with round-trip airfare, Beth Leonard has written these dispatches to you.” --Don Casey, author of This Old Boat and Don Casey’s Complete Illustrated Sailboat Maintenance Manual
Far Horizons
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Far Horizons written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Coastwise shipping categories.
Far Horizon
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Author : Brian Matlack
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013-12-05
Far Horizon written by Brian Matlack and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-05 with Fiction categories.
Pursued by Government agents, Troy Eastman and a group of dedicated scientists are in a race against time to unravel the mysteries of an alien species and save the planet.
Seraffyn S Mediterranean Adventure
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Author : Lin and Larry Pardey
language : en
Publisher: L&L Publications
Release Date : 2010-06-09
Seraffyn S Mediterranean Adventure written by Lin and Larry Pardey and has been published by L&L Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-09 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Join Lin and Larry onboard their cruising cutter Seraffyn as they explore the history-laden waters of the Mediterranean Sea. For three years they meandered under sail, eastward from the rocky monolith of Gibraltar to the imposing stone ramparts of Malta. They share stories here of the kaleidoscope of people who filled their days along the way: from the British military officers who joined them for races to the officials who turned them into smugglers (not of drugs but of a boat-full of yeast, flower, vegetables and propane - and eventually twenty dollars worth of noodles!) Lin's warmhearted storytelling will draw you into their cruising life and revewal the secrets that kept this well-known couple wandering the watery reaches of the world for more than forty years. Lin and Larry paid for their apparent freedom by working along the way - delivering and repairing yachts, and writing for magazines around the world. Their motto - Go Small, Go Simple, Go Now - has inspired thousands of potential voyagers to stop dreaming and set out to sea. "The Pardeys weave a tale of people and anecdotes that makes for marvelous armchair cruising. If you've read earlier works, you won't be disappointed. If you"re new to the spell of the Pardeys, this will surely hook you." -- Yachting
The Capable Cruiser
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Author : Lin and Larry Pardey
language : en
Publisher: L&L Pardey Publications
Release Date : 2010-06-08
The Capable Cruiser written by Lin and Larry Pardey and has been published by L&L Pardey Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-08 with categories.
Lin and Larry Pardey have now been cruising on board their own boats, racing, delivering, and repairing other people’s boats for more than 44 years. After west-to-east and east-to-west circumnavigations, and voyages to more than 75 countries, they have a breadth of knowledge that few other boating authors possess. Most of the voyaging has been done on an earn-as-you-go budget that could be well within the reach of the majority of those whose dream is to set sail. Their motto? “Go small, go simple, but go now!” The Pardeys’ strengths are neatly symbolized by the boats they have built. Each one is romantically traditional, with swooping sheerlines, and is completely dependent on the wind. And yet each boat carries the best, strongest, and most seamanlike gear. Like their vessels, the Pardeys’ writings are founded on a marriage of the spirit of romantic adventure and the practical, up-to-date seamanship that keeps them and their boats safe. This revised and expanded third edition of a cruising classic includes 10 completely new chapters with such advice as: sixteen ways to encourage your lover (partner) to share your dream; strategies for turning sudden engine failure into a minor incident; choosing safety equipment; repairing rigging at sea. All of the original chapters have been updated to ensure that the information will be helpful for everyone who dreams of cruising—whether now or soon. The Capable Cruiser is a logical extension of the Pardeys’ The Self-Sufficient Sailor, with more emphasis on seamanship underway, including careful analysis of extreme anchoring situations and solutions for mitigating them. Underlying each and every chapter is the warmth and encouragement that spurred Herb McCormick, former editor of Cruising World magazine, to label Lin and Larry Pardey “the enablers.”
Hooked On The Horizon
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Author : Tom Dymond
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-08
Hooked On The Horizon written by Tom Dymond and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08 with Adventure and adventurers categories.
Three vast oceans, two young men and one dubious idea - to sail around the world. When a sailboat barely bigger than a bathtub pottered into the English Channel, James and Tom began the adventure of a lifetime. In their little boat Blue Eye they set sail, ladened with the notion that happiness and freedom loitered just over the horizon. And yet as they journeyed between continents and across oceans, they found they were still anchored to their old unsatisfied selves. Hampered not only by the storms of the Atlantic Ocean and the pirates of the Red Sea, the craving nature of the human mind also threatens their bid to circumnavigate the world. From the Caribbean to the Suez Canal, James and Tom chase one sunset after the next, convinced a treasure trove of fulfilment lies waiting beyond the horizon. What will it take for them to discover that the sea is not always bluer on the other side? Hooked on the Horizon is Tom Dymond's travel memoir of sailing Blue Eye around the world. If you like being transported across oceans, escaping to far-flung paradises, and finding humour and philosophy in between, then you'll love the story of Blue Eye's adventure.
Sailing Solitaire
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Author : James and Nancy Aadland
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008-11-25
Sailing Solitaire written by James and Nancy Aadland and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-25 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Jim and Nancy had a different dream for their retirement. They imagined themselves traveling to remote settlements on tropical Islands in theirsailboat - meeting the people, learning the history, enjoying the environment, and givinga little back along the way. Their biggest challenge was how to accomplish that without the means of the "rich and famous." They were a late-in-life couple; starting over in their forties. They didn't have trust funds and stock portfolios - just government jobs with modest pensions, 401K's and social security. They didn't even have a boat yet. What they did have was a plan. Sail with Jim and Nancy on their 41 footsailboat, Solitaire, during their first year ascruisers. Read Jim's journals and Nancy'slogs as they travel from New England to theBahamas; learning one lesson after anotherand getting ready to venture into moreremote areas of the world.
A Ship A Gale A Mermaid Tale
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Author : Larry P. Buckingham
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2017-10-24
A Ship A Gale A Mermaid Tale written by Larry P. Buckingham and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-24 with Fiction categories.
Captain Nathan Rothe is given an ultimatumsail now or never sail again. This forces Rothe to take his daughter on the dangerous voyage. During the voyage, Rothe and his crew encounter a vicious storm that brings much havoc and death to his ship. After suffering a great personal loss, Rothe embarks on a mission of relentless fury to seek revenge and the destruction of the one man he holds responsible. While on this journey, Rothe will make a discovery that will change his life forever.