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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, 500 Days
STP002
500 Days
$17.95  
Paperback, Serge Testa, 216pages, 5.75 x 8.25, ISBN: 9780731648498
The author departed Brisbane, Australia in June 1984 in his 12 ft. self-designed and built boat to complete a circumnavigation in the smallest yacht yet. An amazing story. Photos.
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, A Full Cup
PGN105
A Full Cup
$16.00  
Paperback, Michael D' Antonio, 400pages, ISBN: 9781594485213
The chain of islands from the Virgins through to the southern Caribbean is considered one of the most desirable tropical cruising grounds for any sailor. It can be sailed in comfort and confidence with only one language, one currency, a modicum of weather forecasting, and an ability to spot...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, A Sail of Two Idiots
INT447
A Sail of Two Idiots
$17.60 $22.00  
Paperback, Renee Petrillo, 288pages, 6 x 9, ISBN: 9780071779845
It was the best of dreams, it was the worst of dreams, it was an age of consulting the nautical experts, it was the age of landlubber foolishness, it was the epoch of determination, it was the epoch of despair, it was the season of hurricanes, it was a spring of beachcombing
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Narratives & Adventure, General, A Sense of the World
HRW073
A Sense of the World
$7.50 $14.99  
Paperback, Jason Roberts, 379pages, 5.25 x 8, ISBN: 9780007161263
The inspiring and amazing story of how a blind man became history's greatest traveler. James Holman (1786-1857), solitary and sightless, had nearly unbelievable adventures from Siberia to Africa to Ceylon to the Australian Outback.
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, A Speck On the Sea
INT164
A Speck On the Sea
$21.00  
Paperback, William Longyard, 363pages, 6 x 9, ISBN: 9780071440295
Looks back half a millennium to chronicle the greatest ocean voyages attempted in the littlest of boats-rowboats, canoes, and tiny sailboats like Hugo Vihlen's 6 ft. April Fool. This is history, adventure and seafaring legend of the highest order.
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, A Voyage for Madmen
HRW005
A Voyage for Madmen
$16.99  
Paperback, Peter Nichols, 298pages, 5.25 X 8, ISBN: 9780060957032
In 1968 nine sailors set off on the first solo, nonstop circumnavigators' race-possibly the most daring competition ever held. Only one finished. This is the story of each of those sailors, the challenges and hardships they faced, the obsession that drove them.
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Adrift
HMC022
Adrift
$14.95  
Paperback, Steve Callahan, 237pages, 5.5 x 8.25, ISBN: 9780618257324
Riveting, first-hand account of the only man ever to have survived more than a month alone at sea in an inflatable raft. A genuine seafaring classic.
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Narratives & Adventure, Air Vagabonds: Oceans, Airmen, and a Quest for Adventure
HRW134
Air Vagabonds: Oceans, Airmen, and a Quest for Adventure
$29.95  
Hardcover, Anthony J. Vallone, 312pages, 6 x 9, ISBN: 9781588341372
Air Vagabonds  is the story of the amazing, true (mis)adventures of a band of rogues piloting aircraft alone into exotic and deadly destinations. In the late 1970s and through the 1980s the demand for light aircraft eclipsed anything seen before or since. This created the need for a...
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Lin & Larry Pardey, As Long as It's Fun: The Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey
PDB014
As Long as It's Fun: The Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey
$18.95  
Paperback, Herb McCormick, ISBN: 9781929214983
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,...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Astounding Sea Stories: Fifteen Ripping Good Tales
SKY128
Astounding Sea Stories: Fifteen Ripping Good Tales
$14.99  
Paperback, 280pages, 5.5 x 8.5, ISBN: 9781944824242
“1789 April: Just before sun-rising, Mr. Christian, with the master at arms, gunner’s mate, and Thomas Burket, seaman, came into my cabin while I was asleep, and seizing me, tied my hands with a cord behind my back and threatened me with instant death if I spoke or made the least...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, At the Mercy of the Sea
INT224
At the Mercy of the Sea
$17.00  
Paperback, John Kretschmer, 223pages, 6 x 9, ISBN: 9780071498876
The true story of three sailors swept up in a real tale of life and death as they battle Hurricane Lenny's 150-plus mile per hour winds. An amazing tale of heroism and seamanship. High drama on the high seas of the Caribbean.
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, August Gale: A Father and Daughter's Journey into the Storm PAPERBACK
GPT154
August Gale: A Father and Daughter's Journey into the Storm PAPERBACK
$11.87 $16.95  
Paperback, Barbara Walsh, 272pages, 9 x 6, ISBN: 9780762784905
An award-winning journalist's voyage into her family history and her quest to face the storms she encounters there.
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Back Under Sail
MWE001
Back Under Sail
$11.00 $22.00  
Hardcover, Migael Scherer, 203pages, 5.5 x 8.5, ISBN: 9781571312747
An experienced sailor goes racing for the first time, searching for victory and a renewed love of life. This is a moving portrayal of a frayed life being made whole again in the comradeship of a grueling race through hauntingly beautiful surrounds.
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Before the Wind PAPERBACK
RAN508
Before the Wind PAPERBACK
$16.00  
Paperback, Jim Lynch, 304pages, 6 x 9, ISBN: 9780307949356
The Johannssens are a sailing family: adventurous, fanatical, and, for now, a complete and total mess. Ruby, a prodigiously talented skipper, has taken off for Africa. Bernard is god-knows-where at sea. And at thirty-one years old, Josh Johannssen, the middle child, is fixing up an old family...
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Narratives & Adventure, Bering Sea Strong: How I Found Solid Ground on Open Ocean
SKY144
Bering Sea Strong: How I Found Solid Ground on Open Ocean
$22.99  
Hardcover, Laura Hartema, 208pages, 5.5 x 8.5, ISBN: 9781510731516
Full of unusual characters, mischief, camaraderie, and testosterone-fueled man gossip. Bering Sea Strong  is a tale of adventure and self-discovery. The story portrays a young woman on a solo journey, pushed to the edge of the earth and further from the weight of family—marked by divorce,...
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Fishing Narratives, BLACK FISH
SHP519
BLACK FISH
$8.98 $17.95  
Paperback, Sam Llewellyn, 112pages, 8.8 x 5.8, ISBN: 9781574093117
An exciting sailing story that combines sailing with mystery and intrigue, Black Fish refers to fish that are protected species but are being caught and sold by criminal elements. This leads to an adventure of mystery and murder combining the elements of skullduggery at sea (with ecological...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Blood Ransom: Stories from the Front Line in the War against Somali Piracy
ACB132
Blood Ransom: Stories from the Front Line in the War against Somali Piracy
$13.50 $27.00  
Hardcover, John Boyle, 304pages, 6 x 1.2 x 9, ISBN: 9781472912671
For the first time in history, the navies of the world have united against a common enemy--a couple of thousand rag-tag, underfed men and boys in the western Indian Ocean. Crammed into open boats and armed with ancient AK-47s, they range up to a thousand miles from home shores in Somalia. No one...
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Lin & Larry Pardey, Blown Away
PDB018
Blown Away
$16.95  
Paperback, Herb Payson, 232pages, 9 x 6, ISBN: 9781929214068
Anyone crazy enough to buy a boat deserves all the headaches he gets, said Chuck. What kind of boat are you looking for? Oh, something about 35 feet. We re going to sail around the world. You poor kids, he said sympathetically. At Middle age, Herb and Nancy Payson...
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Narratives & Adventure, General, Bull Canyon: A Boat builder, a Writer and other Wildlife
PDB013
Bull Canyon: A Boat builder, a Writer and other Wildlife
$24.95  
Hardcover, Lin Pardey, 304pages, 6x9, ISBN: 9781929214679
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...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Cape Horn Birthday: Record-Breaking Solo Non-Stop Circumnavigation
SWP065
Cape Horn Birthday: Record-Breaking Solo Non-Stop Circumnavigation
$26.95  
Paperback, Peter Freeman, 348pages, 6 x 9, ISBN: 9781948494045
Cape Horn Birthday documents the extraordinary non-stop round-the-world journey of a lone sailor and his thirty-two-foot sloop. GPS did not exist when Peter Freeman set sail from Victoria, British Columbia, in 1984. Peter navigated the old-fashioned way, with a compass, a sextant, books of...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Capt. Nat Herreshoff, new edition
SHP361
Capt. Nat Herreshoff, new edition
$29.95  
Paperback, L. Francis Herreshoff, 349pages, 6 x 9, ISBN: 9781574092875
A much anticipated reissue, in larger format, of the biography of Nathanael G. Herreshoff, who was the greatest yacht and marine designer and builder this country has ever produced. Many of the closely guarded secrets of Captain Nat, the great master, are revealed in these pages. Fully...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Child of the Sea
JCS002
Child of the Sea
$15.96 $19.95  
Paperback, Doina Cornell, ISBN: 9780955639692
In 1975 Doina Cornell left England with her family when she was only seven and spent the next six years sailing around the world on a small yacht. The author has drawn on her memories, diaries and stories, to re-create the perfect life led by a sailing child: swimming, diving and playing the...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Cruising Conversations with A Daring Duo!
SAI003
Cruising Conversations with A Daring Duo!
$9.98 $19.95  
Paperback, Charles & Corrine Kanter, 364pages, 6 x 9, ISBN: 9780961840693
364 pages (includes 32 pages of COLOR photos) of mirth, introspection, experience, pathos and just plain lifestyle joy from two people who dared to be different and take to the sea on an '-unconventional'-sailing craft and find camaraderie, lasting friendships, and a business model that allowed...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Damn the Torpedoes!
TWE001
Damn the Torpedoes!
$6.48 $12.95  
Paperback, Catherine Dook, 180pages, 5.5 x 7.5, ISBN: 9781894898065
Warm and witty tales of live aboard life and all its misadventures, joys and challenges. For the nautically committed and those who love to laugh.
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