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Dangerous Waters

Author : David Philpott
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595137822
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Waters written by David Philpott and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-10-31 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For David Philpott, a successful middle-aged land-developer, the rebellion against his "perfect" life begins innocently enough with his decision to buy a bicycle. Soon he is cycling several miles a day before breakfast; then he decides to bicycle to his annual Florida vacation. The next stop is riding across Canada. This bike journey only whets Philpott's appetite for adventure, however, and soon he becomes preoccupied with the ultimate challenge: a solo sail around the world. From Halifax he sails to Bermuda, the Caribbean, and then out into the Atlantic. During the endless days on the water, Philpott goes back over his life, his attitudes, his accomplishments and dissatisfactions, in a rite of passage that turns into catastrophe when a storm wrecks his boat, leaving him helpless and drifting, running out of food and water, and coming to grips with the increasing certainty that he will die alone at sea.

Godforsaken Sea

Author : Derek Lundy
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616202475
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Godforsaken Sea written by Derek Lundy and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Godforsaken Sea is the hair-raising account of the world's most demanding, dangerous, and deadly sailing race. Around the world, one sailor, one boat, no stops, no assistance. Author Derek Lundy's vivid book follows the field of the 1996 - 1997 Vendee Globe through the race's grueling four-month circumnavigation of the globe, most of it through the terror of the Southern Ocean. Lundy narrates the race through the eyes and experiences of sixteen sailors - fourteen men and two women - who embdoy the best and most eccentric aspects of our human condition. There's the gallant Brit who spends days beating back against the worst seas to save a fellow sailor; the Frenchman who bothers to salvage only a bottle of champagne from his broken and sinking boat; the sailor who comes to love the albatross that trails her for months, naming it Bernard; the sailor who calmly smokes a cigarette as his boat capsizes; and the Canadian who, hours before he disappears forever, dispatches this message: If you drag things out too long here, you're sure to come to grief. With the literary touch of Saint-Exupery and Conrad, Derek Lundy harnesses hurricane-force winds, six story waves, icebergs, and deafening noise. And he lays bare the spirit of the men and women who push themselves to the outer limits of human endeavor - even if it means never returning home.

Sailing Dangerous Waters

Author : D. Andrew McChesney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781478721895
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Sailing Dangerous Waters written by D. Andrew McChesney and published by . This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Master and commander Edward Pierce, captain of HMS Island Expedition, languishes with his ship and crew in a world both very like and unlike his own. A voyage of exploration has led him further afield than he would ever have imagined possible ..."--Page 4 of cover.

Sailing a Serious Ocean

Author : John Kretschmer
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071718125
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Sailing a Serious Ocean written by John Kretschmer and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I know you'll want to read more after you finish Sailing a Serious Ocean. And be warned, you'll very likely want to sail with John, perhaps across an ocean." -- DALLAS MURPHY, AUTHOR OF ROUNDING THE HORN After sailing 300,000 miles and weathering dozens of storms in all the world's oceans, John Kretschmer has plenty of stories and advice to share. John's offshore training passages sell out a year in advance and his entertaining presentations are popular at boat shows and yacht clubs all over the English speaking world. John's talent for storytelling enchants his audience as it soaks up the lessons he learned during his oftenchallengingvoyages. Now you can take a seat next to John--at a lesser cost--and get the knowledge you need to fulfill your own dream of blue-water adventure. In Sailing a Serious Ocean, John tells you what to expect when sailing the oceans and shows how to sail safely across them. His tales of storm encounters and other examples of extreme seamanship will help you prepare for your journey and give you confidence to handle any situation—even heavy weather. Through his personal stories, John will guide you through the whole process of choosing the right boat, outfitting with the right gear,planning your route, navigating the ocean, and understanding the nuances of life at sea. Our oceans are beautiful yet unpredictable—water that is at one moment a natural mirror for the glowing sun can turn into a foamy, raging wall of fury. John knows our oceans, and he is one of the best teachers of taming and enjoying them. Before you set off across the big blue, turn to John for his inspirational stories and hard-learned advice and discover the serious sailor in you.

Maine to Cape Horn

Author : Charles H. Lagerbom
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439673209
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Maine to Cape Horn written by Charles H. Lagerbom and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-02 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cape Horn conjures up images of wind-whipped waters and desperate mariners in frozen rigging. Long recognized as a maritime touchstone for sailors, it marks the spot where the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans meet in one writhing mass. "Doubling" Cape Horn became the ultimate test, earning a prominent place in Maine maritime history. At the end of South America, it shares longitude 67° west exactly with Cutler, Maine, a direct north-south line of seven thousand miles. Maine Cape Horners were recognized by a golden earring. If they did not survive this most difficult journey in the world, the earring covered the costs of their funeral, should the body ever be found. Maritime historian Charles H. Lagerbom traveled to the end of the world to help research this exciting story of bold Mainers and their exhilarating and oftentimes deadly dance with danger.

Dangerous Waters

Author : David Philpott
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 9780771069994
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (699 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Waters written by David Philpott and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 1986 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Godforsaken Sea

Author : Derek Lundy
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 9780385720007
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Godforsaken Sea written by Derek Lundy and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The best book ever written about the terrifying business of single-handed sailing--. Lundy tells a harrowing tale, as tight and gripping as The Perfect Storm or Into Thin Air."--San Francisco Chronicle A chilling account of the world's most dangerous sailing race, the Vend�e Globe, Godforsaken Sea is at once a hair-raising adventure story, a graceful evocation of the sailing life, and a thoughtful meditation on danger and those who seek it. This is the story of the 1996-1997 Vend�e Globe, a solo sailing race that binds its competitors to just a few, cruelly simple rules: around the world from France by way of Antarctica, no help, no stopping, one boat, one sailor. The majority of the race takes place in the Southern Ocean, where icebergs and gale-force winds are a constant threat, and the waves build to almost unimaginable heights. As author Derek Lundy puts it: "try to visualize a never-ending series of five- or six-story buildings moving toward you at about forty miles an hour." The experiences of the racers reveal the spirit of the men and women who push themselves to the limits of human endeavor--even if it means never returning home. You'll meet the gallant Brit who beats miles back through the worst seas to save a fellow racer, the sailing veteran who calmly smokes cigarette after cigarette as his boat capsizes, and the Canadian who, hours before he disappears forever, dispatches this message: "If you drag things out too long here, you're sure to come to grief." Derek Lundy elevates the story of one race into an appreciation of those thrill-seekers who embody the most heroic and eccentric aspects of the human condition.

Dangerous Waters

Author : John Burnett
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101118733
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Waters written by John Burnett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-09-30 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While sailing alone one night in the shipping lanes across one of the busiest waterways in the world, John Burnett was attacked by pirates. Through sheer ingenuity and a little bit of luck, he survived, and his shocking firsthand experience became the inspiration for Dangerous Waters. Today's breed of pirates are not the colorful cutthroats painted by the history books. Unlike the romantic images from yesteryear of Captain Hook, Long John Silver, and Blackbeard, modern pirates can be local seamen looking for a quick score, highly trained guerrillas, rogue military units, or former seafarers recruited by sophisticated crime organizations. Including new, up-to-date information for the paperback edition, Dangerous Waters is both a dauntless investigation and an epic, breathtaking modern tale of the sea.

Dangerous Waters

Author : Stewart Mahony
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1452510172
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Waters written by Stewart Mahony and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this tale of piracy, sex, and people-smuggling in Australian waters, two men down on their luck decide to begin a life of crime by smuggling people and drugs from Asia to Australia. One of the men is ex-navy, while the other was dismissed from Customs for security breaches. They decide to use their combined knowledge to steal a yacht in Queensland and use it to transport their illegal cargo—drugs, people, or both. Along the way they meet and recruit a beautiful partner. Unfortunately for them, the accidental manslaughter of a federal policeman forces their premature life in exile in Indonesia.

Dangerous Waters

Author : Laurey Bright
Publisher : Silhouette
ISBN 13 : 1426881061
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Waters written by Laurey Bright and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shamelessly sexy man with the bold gaze and the wicked pirate's smile commanded Camille Hartley's attention from the moment she saw him. Rogan Broderick was just the sort of love 'em and leave 'em type she avoided at all costs, but they shared a mysterious inheritance, and she couldn't evade him. Rogan's legacy could be worth millions--or nothing. But someone had already killed for it--and Camille could be next in line. The green-eyed beauty refused to believe in the danger--and though she evoked a riptide of unsettling feelings in commitment-shy Rogan, his instinct to protect outweighed his will to fight the desire to claim her forever as his own....

The Sea Takes No Prisoners

Author : Peter Clutterbuck
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472945700
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book The Sea Takes No Prisoners written by Peter Clutterbuck and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a classic real-life story of derring do on the high seas, complete with extreme risk, last-minute ingenuity and many near-misses. Beginning in the 1960s, this book tells of the real life adventures of the author as a boy – a time of boarding schools, long holidays and an unbelievable (to today's parents) amount of freedom and danger. Encouraged by his parents (who lived abroad) to become more independent and self-sufficient, Peter decided to see how far he could get in his family's small open dinghy Calypso. Aged 16, he spent a winter restoring her, before pootling straight out into a force 7 gale and very nearly capsizing, after which he headed back to land to plan even more extreme adventures. Calypso was a Wayfarer, a small (16ft) and very popular class of open dinghy; a boat designed for pottering around coastlines and estuaries during the day. But along with the occasional brave crewmate, Peter managed to sail her across the Channel, through the Bay of Biscay, down the French canals and into the Mediterranean, then up into the North Sea and the Baltic to Oslo, living aboard for three months at a time. These were some of the longest voyages that anyone had ever achieved in an open boat, where (as Peter says) you 'have to be like a tightrope walker, concentrating on balance day and night, fully aware of the consequence of relaxing your vigilance'. He survived huge waves, nine rudder breakages in heavy seas, dismasting, capsizes, and hallucinations caused by sleep deprivation. He also managed it on a tiny budget, working as a farm labourer, hitchhiking everywhere, and at times living on one meal of cereal a day, to save the maximum amount for his boat. Charming, quite British in style, beautifully written and a lovely insight into a seemingly golden time, this is primarily a great read, but will be of huge practical use to anyone wanting to go that bit further in their dinghy. It also includes a lovely Foreword by world-famous yachtsman Brian Thompson.

Seafarers, Merchants and Pirates in the Middle Ages

Author : Dirk Meier
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843832379
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Seafarers, Merchants and Pirates in the Middle Ages written by Dirk Meier and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first sailors braved the North Sea and the Baltic in open wooden boats: their aims were varied - to fish, to trade, to conquer and plunder. Without maps or compasses, they steered by the sun or by landmarks on the coast. Nevertheless they discovered Iceland and North America and explored the rivers that flowed through Europe and Russia into the Black Sea. With the Frisians and the Vikings, extensive trade routes, better ships, larger harbours and wealthy coastal towns developed. The pinnacle of these advances was the Hansa, a commercial network that ran from Bruges to Riga. In recent years archaeologists have discovered much about the development of their ships: the elegant Viking longboat, the ubiquitous cog, the carrack and the caravel. Much, too, has been revealed about life in Viking settlements and the bustling Hanseatic cities. In this engaging and highly-illustrated volume, Dirk Meier brings to life the world of the medieval seaman, based on evidence from ship excavations and contemporary accounts of voyages. Dr Dirk Meier teaches ancient and medieval history and is Head of Coastal Archaeology at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany.

In Dangerous Waters

Author : David O'Neil
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692350362
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book In Dangerous Waters written by David O'Neil and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Peter Woods, pre-war racing yachtsman, life in the Coastal Forces becomes a life and death struggle. The Dangerous Waters are the English Channel, the Mediterranean and the Agean Sea; battling convoys of enemy ships and outwitting occupational forces, using sabotage, secret agents and deception; and when that fails: brute force. With hard-learned skills, he and his brave men and women fight to save people and to survive against overwhelming odds. Romance, believed lost, manifests itself despite the catastrophe of war. Peter, his love and his crew are part of the covert forces that keeps the Axis guessing - from the Greek Islands to the coast of France.

Dangerous Waters

Author : Ken Girard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780822465379
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Waters written by Ken Girard and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dave, out of work and broke, signed up on a ship he thought was heading for buried treasure. What he didn't know was that he was headed for trouble.

Twenty Small Sailboats to Take You Anywhere

Author : John Vigor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780939837328
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Twenty Small Sailboats to Take You Anywhere written by John Vigor and published by . This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Vigor turns the spotlight on twenty seaworthy sailboats that are at home on the ocean in all weather. These are old fiberglass boats, mostly of traditional design and strong construction. All are small, from 20 feet to 32 feet overall, but all have crossed oceans, and all are cheap. Choosing the right boat to take you across an ocean or around the world can be confusing and exasperating, particularly with a tight budget. Vigor sets out to remedy that in this book. He compares the designs and handling characteristics of 20 different boats whose secondhand market prices start at about $3,000. Interviews with experienced owners (featuring valuable tips about handling each boat in heavy weather) are interspersed with line drawings of hulls, sail plans, and accommodations. Vigor has unearthed the known weaknesses of each boat and explains how to deal with them. He rates their comparative seaworthiness, their speed, and the number of people they can carry in comfort. If you have ever dreamed the dream this book can help you turn it into reality.

Dangerous Waters

Author : Leonard Piper
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Waters written by Leonard Piper and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 2003 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erskine Childers fathered the modern genre of spy adventures. Unlike other spy novelists, however, Childers himself led a life involving spying, gun-running, and conspiracy, and a constant search for adventure and danger, which led in the end to his execution by firing squad in Ireland in 1923. "Dangerous Waters: The Life and Death of Erskine Childers tells the extraordinary story of a brilliant and highly talented eccentric, whose fervent support of Irish nationalism, though foddor for his novels, also led to his untimely death.

Dangerous Waters

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781101117026
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Waters written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While sailing alone one night in the shipping lanes across one of the busiest waterways in the world, John Burnett was attacked by pirates. Through sheer ingenuity and a little bit of luck, he survived, and his shocking firsthand experience became the inspiration for Dangerous Waters . Today's breed of pirates are not the colorful cutthroats painted by the history books. Unlike the romantic images from yesteryear of Captain Hook, Long John Silver, and Blackbeard, modern pirates can be local seamen looking for a quick score, highly trained guerrillas, rogue military units, or former seafarers recruited by sophisticated crime organizations. Including new, up-to-date information for the paperback edition, Dangerous Waters is both a dauntless investigation and an epic, breathtaking modern tale of the sea.