Sailing a Serious Ocean
Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea
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Narrated by:
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Sean Runnette
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Written by:
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John Kretschmer
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 often challenging voyages. 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.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2014 John Kretschmer (P)2019 TantorYou may also enjoy...
How can one listen to this audiobook by Kretschmer and not realize that no matter how short or long it takes each of us to arrive at our final port-of-call, (death being the inevitable permanent stop) there is a path to getting there that is only achieved by living.
John has revealed through his chronicles that life before dying is best “lived” through experiences that invigorate, stimulate and prevent us from attempting to protract our mortal fate and flaws through materialistic comforts that keep us safe yet unfulfilled in our commercialized and social-isolated throw away society.
Upon concluding this audiobook I am attempting to figure a way to circumnavigate from Halifax, Nova Scotia around our current circumstances of the 2020 covid-19 pandemic and join John Kretschmer and Quetzal and yes, be “Scared To Life.”
Scared To Life
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Learned a lot of good informations about sailing.
the Author has a charming was to inform and entertain. Was a little sad to get to the end as, felt a kinship with the author. The narrator is smooth clear, with a soothing voice. I recommend this book tol any that like adventure books and this one is all true. I recommend this book to any that want to get the feel of sailing.
A beautiful book, this one is going in my favorite
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great book and well narrated
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loved
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Dream material
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