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Cruising In Seraffyn: Tribute Edition - Book
PDB100
Profits from the sale of this Tribute Edition will go towards maintaining and upgrading the Larry Pardey Memorial Observatory at Camp Bentzon on Kawau Island, New Zealand.  It was built with funds donated by Kenny Thorall who worked alongside Larry delivering and upgrading yachts before I (Lin) came on the scene. Ken, an amazing mechanic, was our first mutual friend. The observatory, with its 4 telescopes and 15 pairs of high-powered binoculars, is used by up to 100 schoolchildren each week. For many of these youngsters, this is the very first time they have seen the stars unimpeded by city lights.   Let Cruising in Seraffyn...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214150
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Taleisin's Tales: Sailing towards the Southern Cross
Taleisin's Tales: Sailing towards the Southern Cross - Book
PDB021
    Including stories from paradise and hard-won lessons in seamanship,  Taleisin’s Tales  reflects back to the first miles Lin and Larry Pardey gained together on their second boat – one they built lovingly with teak carvel planking over sawn black locust frames. The book begins with the boat launch and the transition from their cherished  Seraffyn , and includes details from outfitting, provisioning and final detailing during the early months Lin and Larry spent getting to know their new bluewater cruiser, as well as moments of melancholy as they let go of attachments to their first trusty boat that took them around the world. The...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Lin and Larry Pardey
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As Long as It's Fun: The Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey
As Long as It's Fun: The Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey - Book
PDB014
In As Long as It’s Fun, the biography of Lin and Larry Pardey, Herb McCormick recounts their remarkable sailing career—from their early days in Southern Cal. to their two circumnavigations to their current life in a quiet cove in New Zealand. Through interviews with their families, friends, and critics, McCormick delves deeply into the couple’s often-controversial opinions, sometimes-tenuous marriage, and amazing list of accomplishments. As Long as It’s Fun is as much a love story as it is a sea yarn, and, like all such stories, it’s not without complications . . . which makes it not only a sailing tale but also a human one....
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Book Type: Paperback
Author: Herb McCormick
ISBN: 9781929214983
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Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure 30th Anniversary Edition
Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure 30th Anniversary Edition - Book
PDB015
Lin and Larry Pardey s first book, Cruising in Seraffyn is credited with launching 50,000 dreams. This third book in the Seraffyn series chronicles the three years spent exploring Ulysses wine-colored sea and clearly illustrates how they kept that dream afloat. Lin and Larry meander under sail, eastward from the rocky monolith of Gibraltar to the imposing stone ramparts of Malta. Along the way they share stories of the kaleidoscope of people who filled their days, from the naval officers who joined them for day races to the officials who helped turn them into smugglers (not drugs but a boat full of yeast, flour and vegetables and...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 6
Author: Lin and Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214167
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Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew 4th Ed.
Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew 4th Ed. - Book
PDB017
Lin Pardey’s ever popular book, The Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew has now been updated. Despite the title, this is hardly a cookbook; rather it s a primer on successful cruising. Certainly, anyone contemplating, or preparing for, off shore passages would want to read and then keep this volume aboard. A 50 day passage from Japan to Victoria, Ca ada in 1979 provides Lin a base for discussing everything from menus to clothing, to choosing a fresh chicken, to dealing with port officials, to preventing sea sickness, to buying liquor abroad as well as the best material for underwear. Lin and Larry have been full time cruisers and...
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Book Type: Paperback
Author: Lin Pardey with Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214341
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Storm Tactics Handbook: 3rd Edition
Storm Tactics Handbook: 3rd Edition - Book
PDB011
In a storm at sea, luck is highly biased toward the sailor who has a plan. So write Lin and Larry Pardey in this, the third edition of their highly regarded Storm Tactics Handbook . As in the first two editions of this book, they describe their concerns about the tendency of modern sailors to discard the classic methods used to bring sailing vessels of all sizes from vast clipper ships to tiny yachts through amazingly strong winds and heavy seas. There is only one storm tactic that has the ability to sap the power of breaking seas, they explain. With clear and concise diagrams, they proceed to show how heaving-to works and how even...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 6
Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214471
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Passages: Cape Horn and Beyond - Book - Paracay.com
Passages: Cape Horn and Beyond - Sailing through life’s changing currents - Book
PDB024
Pre-order now, you will not be charged until the book is shipped.
 
Signed copies available for orders placed by October 10th, add any special instructions at check out.
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Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Lin and Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214808
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Self Sufficient Sailor 3rd edition– full revised and expanded - Book
PDB101
Lin and Larry Pardey’s hugely popular and encouraging book, the Self Sufficient Sailor, has been revitalized and expanded by more than 40%. “This has been an exciting project for me,” said Lin, “especially as I have spent much of the past two years voyaging through the western Pacific on a boat that has not only an engine, but much of the electronic gear Larry and I chose to sail without. This let me evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of what many folks call “modern equipment. Better yet, it put me in touch with the people who are out cruising right now. And it is exciting to see that there are young and young at heart folks...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214877
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Voyaging With Kids - A Guide to Family Life Afloat
Voyaging With Kids - A Guide to Family Life Afloat - Book
PDB019
“A treasure-trove of useful, well-organized information on sea-going parenting.” —Gary “Cap’n Fatty” Goodlander, Author of Buy, Outfit and Sail     Choosing a boat that is right for your family; handling the naysayers; keeping your children safe, healthy and entertained afloat—this inspirational and comprehensive guide may be just what you need to turn your dream into a reality. The three authors, who have each voyaged thousands of miles with children on board, provide a factual and balanced look at the realities of life on the sea. From their own experience and with information from  interviews with dozens of...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Behan Gifford, Sara Dawn Johnson, Michael Robertson
ISBN: 9781929214334
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Bull Canyon: A Boat builder, a Writer and other Wildlife - Paperback Book - Paracay
Bull Canyon: A Boat builder, a Writer and other Wildlife - Paperback Book
PDB025
Lin Pardey and her husband Larry are internationally famous for their sailing adventures. But in 1980 -- fresh from an eleven years-long sailing journey, where they forged the early years of their marriage on high seas and in exotic locales -- they came to CA looking for a good spot to build a boat, test Lin's skills as a writer and taste the apparent security life ashore could offer. Nestled in a rocky outcropping of winding, sparsely populated dirt roads, 60 miles from the sea and 50 miles from Los Angeles, Bull Canyon would seem an unlikely place for boat-building. But when Lin and Larry set eyes on the abandoned stone cottage at...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Lin Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214327
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Details of Classic Boat Construction: The Hull
Details of Classic Boat Construction: The Hull - 25th Anniversary Edition - Book
PDB020
This impressive book shows the process of constructing a boat hull with extensive photographs and drawings and includes ample time-saving procedures. Larry Pardey is accepted as one of the master craftsman of the wooden-boat building world. He and his wife, Lin, have built two, strong, handsome boats an sailed twice around the world in them. This book will help you to save money, time, and energy while creating the boat of your dreams. This book will also guide you with the right tools and equipment, planning and detailing as well as how to create and make your own tools. Guides to repairing and maintaining your boat are included as...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 10 x 8
Author: Larry Pardey
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Cruising has NO LIMITS (DVD)
Cruising has NO LIMITS (DVD)
PDV009
Skimming before caressing tradwinds, savoring tropical landfalls, evading stormy seas - such is the image of the cruising lifestyle, but it can be so much more. Join Lin and Larry Pardey, winners of the CCA Far Horizon Award as they recount some of their most memorable adventures during more than 40 years of cruising. Learn how they planned and executed a seven-month "Champagne Safari on a Beer Budget", outfitting a 4X4 to reach remote corners of Southern Africa. Share their memories of campfire evenings with Kalahari Bushmen, life in a sculptors commune in Zimbabwe's northern reaches, and days of animal watching at waterholes far from...
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Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 718122916429
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Capable Cruiser, 3rd Edition
Capable Cruiser, 3rd Edition - Book
PDB012
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. Their extensive coverage of anchoring situations including how to set up an efficient stern anchor system plus the section on sailing out of trouble if your engine fails, could be the most important chapters you ever read. All of the original chapters of this book have been updated to ensure that the information will be helpful for...
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Dimensions (IN): 9 x 6
Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214778
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Seraffyn's European Adventure
Seraffyn's European Adventure - Book
PDB007
With this edition of Seraffyn's European Adventure, all four of the Pardey's classic Seraffyn tales are available in affordable paperback.   Join Lin and Larry while they winter in England working to pay for the next leg of their journey into the Baltic, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany. They dealt with armed guards on the Polish waterfront who watched while the people greeted them with flowers and fruit. They weathered a fierce mast-under broach in a Baltic gale. This story ends at the gateway to the Mediterranean to be continued in Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure. 
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9780964603646
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All 5 Pardey Videos (DVD Set)
All 5 Pardey Videos (DVD Set)
PDV200
All 5 Pardey DVD's for a special price - Storm Tactics - Cruising has no limits - Get Ready to Cruise - Get Ready to Cross Oceans - Cost Control while you cruise Pardey Off-Shore Sailing 5-Video Pack from SailFlix on Vimeo .
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The Real Deal - Larry Pardey, Sailor & Adventurer DVD
PDV012
NOTICE: MAY NOT PLAY CORRECTLY ON SOME OLDER DVD PLAYERS. IT WILL PLAY FINE ON COMPUTERS From the stormy seas of Cape Horn to the wilds of the Sahara Desert, few modern sailors have seen more adventures nor inspired more dreams than Larry Pardey. Sailing more than 200,000 miles and circumnavigating both east-about and west-about in engine-free boats he built himself, co-authoring 12 books and creating 5 videos, Larry has been called “the Enabler” and “the man who launched 50,000 dreams.” The Real Deal is an intimate profile created by Mike Anderson, video producer and boatbuilder and a longtime friend. The crux of the tale is...
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Author: Mike Anderson
ISBN: 9781929214297
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Cost Control While You CRUISE (DVD)
PDV011
What does it actually cost to cruise? How do you keep from blowing the budget you set? Join Lin and Larry Pardey as they share the financial lessons they have learned during 45 years of voyaging and from countless interviews with cruising sailors from dozens of different countries and walks of life. . Lin discusses ways to keep maintenance costs in control, the importance of an unstoppable cruising boat and how your ground tackle and dinghy can save you money. Lin also reveals the tempting choice that can double your cruising costs. Larry will show you simple tricks to double the life of your sails. Also included are provisioning tips and...
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Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214242
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Get Ready to CROSS OCEANS (DVD)
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Before you dream of crossing oceans, join Lin and Larry on board Taleisin in Fremantle Australia as they demonstrate gear storage for offshore voyaging, dinghy choices, life-raft storage, storm trysails and other valuable hints to help you prepare.  Then voyage along with them on a classic tradewind passage across the Indian Ocean toward Africa, with stops at Cocos (Keeling) atoll, the quiet island of Rodriques and the remote. French colony of Reunion. Weather planning, landfall considertions, windvanes, sail choices, crew comfort are only a few of the subjects covered. Shot in Fremantle, at sea and in Capetown, South Africa, this DVD...
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Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 1929214227
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Storm Tactics: Cape Horn Tested (DVD)
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The Pardeys have been called the "enablers". Their books and videos have encourage sailors of all ages to stop dreaming and start doing. Now they take you well out to sea and demonstrate methods to help you bring your boat and crew safely through storms with your gear and dreams intact.  Join them near South Africa's windswept Cape of Storms to watch a live demonstration of setting and retrieving a para-anchor, then sail on board Taleisin during Lin and Larry's voyages across the Atlantic, through the windswept waters off Cape Horn as they round contrary to the wind and use the storm management methods they share here. You will see their...
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Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214105
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Get Ready to CRUISE (DVD)
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Join Lin and Larry Pardey on board their cruising boat Taleisin and at their home base in New Zealand as they share ideas and hints to make hour boat safer, easier to handle, and more enjoyable to use. . On board Taleisin-the boat that has been their home for 85,000 miles of voyaging-they demonstrate galley upgrades, table design ideas, comfortable seating arrangements, and ways to improve ventilation below deck. On deck learn how sail and ground-tackle handling can be made easier for even the smallest crew member. Larry discusses sun protection, rain collection, and line handling. Lin provides advise on buying and storing provisions and...
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Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 1929214197
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Seraffyn's Oriental Adventure - Book
PDB006
A tale of adventures, as two young dreamers continue their voyaging on board their self-built 24'4" cutter. They cross the exotic sea that spawned Homer's tales of Ulysses' Odyssey, then sail through the strife torn Red Sea and across the typhoon tossed waters of the Bay of Bengal. In this book, fourth of the Seraffyn series, the Pardeys have reached a turning point in their lives-halfway around the world, eight years into a meandering voyage. Their routes had always been determined by the need to find the work to support their cruising life-style or the desire to see an island spoken of by some favorite writer. Now they have to decide...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 6
Author: Lin and Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9780964603639
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