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What is it like to cast off your professional and social moorings, sail across an ocean and re-establish a new life in a place like Tahiti? Climb aboard the yacht Cherish and experience with loved ones and friends the awesomeness of sea and sky, calm and a mid-Pacific typhoon, memories and future dreams. This book is the third in the series of the Stockton family sailing adventures. It is also a love story that is possible but not probable - you be the judge. The time frame is 2018, prior to our world pandemic, but at a time when all the world is in chaos and the Stocktons seek and hopefully find peace and fulfillment doing what they love with the ones they love. Let this story awaken you to another kind of life for this is about what dreams are made of. Aloha.

FOLLOW YOUR HEART, BUT WATCH YOUR BACK! Have you ever wanted to get away? Away from it all? To live simply in nature - away from the things of man? Dreaming of a better life "out there" award-winning author, Danny Fitz, and his girlfriend, Sam, set out upon a sailing and cycling expedition in the autumn of 2003 that would inspire millions of young adventurers to stop and smell the roses while they are most fragrant. But when their witty romp to paradise gets rudely interrupted by some shocking news, Danny suddenly finds himself in uncharted waters. From the jungle coves of Mexico aboard a tiny sloop to the top of the Swiss Alps on a tandem bicycle, this tawdry tale of treachery comes with a complimentary happy ending.

Since 2004, award-winning author and historian Stan Grayson has regularly contributed stories to WoodenBoat magazine about the many yachts, small craft, designers, boat builders, and sailors who have captured his imagination. This collection of twenty articles from Grayson and the pages of WoodenBoat presents a wide-ranging and insightful account of American yachting history and some of its fascinating characters.Readers will voyage back to the early days of the famous Herreshoff Manufacturing Company; experience the fascinating 1895 America's Cup race; share a morning's scalloping on Martha's Vineyard with the last of America's catboat fishermen; meet the innovative C. Raymond Hunt, who conceived the revolutionary deep-V powerboat; and gain an insightful look at Captain Jousha Slocum, the first man to sail alone around the world. In these and other pieces, Boat Crazy offers a delightful kaleidoscope of engaging stories that give readers a sense of time, place, technology, and personality. In newly written behind-the-scenes introductions for each piece, Grayson discusses why he found the topic important and shares interesting research tidbits and reader reactions.Key to Grayson's work are the primary source materials on which his writing is based. Each piece found in Boat Crazy combines Grayson's painstaking original research with the patient, step-by-step work of an experienced history detective, a journalist's curiosity, and a writer's love of language. Readers will emerge from this book with a deeper appreciation for both America's yachting past and those who are working today to preserve and interpret it.

Manchmal wissen deine Freundinnen besser, wonach du dich sehnst, als du selbst! ¿ Eine sommerliche Wohlfühlgeschichte rund um einen unvergesslichen Segeltörn in Pink!Das Letzte, das die vom Schicksal schwer gebeutelte, alleinstehende Physikerin Doro Weiß braucht, ist Urlaub! Nur ihren besten Freundinnen zuliebe lässt sie sich auf diesen Segeltörn in Kroatien ein. Von einer ¿Mission Traummann¿ oder einer Kandidatenliste ahnt sie natürlich nichts. Doch dann passiert auf einer einsamen Insel das Unmögliche und Doro bekommt die himmelblauen Augen des attraktiven Stardesigners Peer DeStorke nicht mehr aus dem Sinn. Allerdings rechnet weder er noch sie damit, einander jemals wiederzusehen. Aber das Schicksal hat eigene Pläne und überrascht Doro auch noch mit uralten Fotos von Oma Lotte, die ihr so perfekt durchgeplantes ¿schwarz-weißes¿ Leben endgültig durcheinanderwirbeln ...¿Alles währt ewig. Und nichts endet für immer. Studiere die beiden Bilder genau. Über die Jahrhunderte hinweg haben sich die beiden immer wieder begleitet, doch wie es scheint, waren sie noch nie ein Liebespaar. Vielleicht ist euch das nun in diesem Leben bestimmt.¿ Oma Lotte Der amüsante und warmherzige Wohlfühlroman von Bestsellerautorin Mira Morton über Freundschaft, Segeln und eine große Liebe, die auf unerwartete Weise älter als gedacht ist, spielt vor der traumhaften Kulisse der kroatischen Inselwelt. Der Roman ist in sich abgeschlossen.Die Romanreihe ¿Lottes Laden: Zauberhaftes Buchcafé' im Überblick:Prequel (Band 1): Schiffbruch für die LiebeBand 2: Zwei Tage HimmelBand 3: Herzprickeln im ParadiesBand 4: Herzgewitter für die LiebeWichtiger Hinweis: ¿Schiffbruch für die Liebe¿ ist die PINK CROWN Edition Neuauflage von ¿Mitten ins Herz versegelt¿ bzw. ¿Seeigel küsst man nicht¿

Une vie dans le lit du vent est un titre approprié pour un livre racontant une vie passée à utiliser le vent, qui décrit de manière humoristique et divertissante la façon dont l'auteur navigateur a organisé sa vie, lui a donné un sens, a dû faire face à d'innombrables combats et n'a pourtant jamais dévié de sa trace de vie. Une trace qui se confond avec l'horizon et au-delà, là où les rêves de navigation deviennent réalité, du moins pour ceux qui ont le bon ornement de poupe qui fonctionne pendant le sommeil. Ce livre est la rétrospective d'un autodidacte qui, en suivant une boussole intérieure, en apprenant par lui-même les compétences qu'il voulait ou devait acquérir, a développé sa propre conception des relations sociales entre les navigateurs, ce qui a permis de faire connaitre Windpilot de manière efficace pour en faire le leader mondial du marché des régulateurs d'allure via le bouche à oreille. Également auteur de livres spécialisés devenus une force motrice pour le succès de sa marque Windpilot, une oeuvre de toute une vie qui n'a guère de parallèles, d'autant plus que ses systèmes de régulateurs d'allure permettent aux navigateurs du monde entier de faire de longs voyages parce qu'ils pilotent leurs bateaux sans relâche en tant que serviteurs de barre. Dans ce livre, Peter Foerthmann résume dans un langage qui lui est propre sa vie, qui montre son plaisir de l'écriture, devenue nécessité et bonheur de transmettre, de raconter ses histoires : comment, un jour, il a échangé un bateau contre une idée qui est devenue son parcours de vie ; comment il a transformé Windpilot, un atelier traditionnel et totalement manuel en une petite entreprise de fabrication industrielle de pointe, probablement l'une des plus petites au monde ; et, surtout, l'histoire de la façon dont il a réussi à défendre et à maintenir son indépendance, tant sur le plan commercial que social, en s'en tenant à ses principes - équité, respect, empathie - et en apprenant, non sans incident parfois, à choisir judicieusement ses amis. C'est l'histoire d'un demi-siècle dans le domaine des régulateurs d'allure, un fil rouge qui est loin d'être entièrement déroulé ... espérons-le !

Amazon Storyteller finalist Jono Dunnett embarks upon the World's Longest WindsurfThis sailing adventure begins deep within the Arctic Circle and becomes the World's Longest Windsurfing Journey (Guinness Record). Dunnett navigates through wilderness and carries his supplies in a watertight barrel. Many boundaries of the Seas of the Atlantic Ocean are crossed, and these provide structure to the narrative as the journey tacks towards Asia. What started as an expedition becomes a voyage, and two years later it has become an odyssey.Gale force winds, tumultuous seas and fearsome currents test him and his craft to their limits. The reader comes aboard for this sometimes traumatic ride, but also experiences his elation upon reaching land, and the peak experiences of full immersion in nature.At sea, Dunnett could not be more alone, but on land he finds the best of humanity.

From the golden age of pirates and privateers comes the novel The Sea Beggar: A Sloop of My Own. This is the second novel of the Sea Beggar series of a historical novels about Ephraim Bogardus who was a Dutch American Hudson River mariner of the early 18th century. Ephraim Bogardus lived between 1687 and 1770. The term sea beggar or in Dutch watergeuzen means a sea robber and was applied to Dutch privateers. Ephraim Bogardus considered himself to be a watergeuzen or sea beggar. In this novel Ephraim tells his story of how he had his own sloop built by his brothers in Albany and obtained a letter of marque from the governor of New York to hunt Spanish and French prizes and to trade commodities like flour and tobacco in the Caribbean.Ephraim and his brother Cornelius sailed to North Carolina in 1711. Queen Anne's War between Great Britain against Spain and France is still in full swing. North Carolina at the was at the time a wild and wooly place with fights over the government of the new colony and threats of attack by Native Americans. Along the way the brothers captured a Spanish privateer sloop which they kept as their own with his brother Cornelius as the captain. Together Ephraim in his sloop the Watergeuzen and Cornelius in the former Spanish sloop renamed Wyntie Bosch operated out of North Carolina and sailing the Caribbean.Together the Bogardus brother traded tobacco for arms on the Dutch island of Stint Eustatious also known Golden Rock, fought Native American tribes in North Carolina and captured Spanish and French ship to take as prizes.Standby for high adventure from the golden age of pirates and privateers as told in fiction by Ephraim Bogardus.The author of this tale, James B. Battles, is a retired Navy Captain. Captain Jim is a sailor of sloops in the Chesapeake Bay and the Caribbean. He is also a family historian. He has applied his sailing skills with his historical expertise to create a historical novel about one of his ancestors, Ephraim Bogardus.

Inexplicably out of print since the late 1940s, Messing About in Boats is one of the most charming and evocative accounts of work and leisure afloat in the years either side of the Great War. John Muir describes working and sailing in English waters, from the North Sea to the Bristol Channel, in an age long before the marina, GPS and radio.

S.D. "Doc" Regan, writer of maritime and nautical affairs, ineptly taught himself to sail upon his retirement as a professor and university dean. His original dinghy provided ample opportunity to capsize, founder on rocks, end up on the lee shore, and embarrass the alleged scholar in front of large crowds. Despite his scholarly papers and books, Doc sardonically proffers a humorous voyage through his trials and tribulations manning the helm. Described as the "worst sailor still alive to tell the tale", Doc and his dinghy, ZONONA, and his West Wight Potter, GENNY SEA, have plied the lakes, rivers, and ponds of Iowa and Minnesota creating an inundation of laughable experiences. Boat builders and skilled sailors shake their heads and mutter that no one is THAT stupid.Always considered a bit of a class clown, Regan has baffled nuns, teachers, professors, and academia with his humor and self-deprecation. He has regaled many dock-side bars with his hilarity and wit as well as university gatherings. He is often sought as a speaker, especially by military and veteran groups.Doc has written "In Bitter Tempest: the biography of Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher", "Pioneering Spirit: the history of Upper Iowa University", and multitude of naval historical articles ironically because his doctorate and specialty is educational psychology to which he has written two dozen professional papers.

A pack of 10 charts for the Suffolk and Essex Coasts. The latest depth surveys have been applied. The latest wind farm information is included where relevant. There has been general updating throughout.