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Bob Shepton
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Bob Shepton is an ordained minister in the Church of England in his 70s, but spends most of his time sailing into the Arctic and making first ascents of inaccessible mountains. No tea parties for this vicar.
Opening with the disastrous fire that destroyed his yacht whilst he was ice-bound in Greenland, the book travels back to his childhood growing up on his family's rubber plantation in Malaysia, moving back to England after his father was shot by the Japanese during the war, boarding school, the Royal Marines, and the church. We then follow Bob as he sails around the world with a group of school children, is dismasted off the Falklands, trapped in ice, and climbs mountains accessible only from iceberg-strewn water and with only sketchy maps available.
Bob Shepton is an old-school adventurer, and this compelling book is in the spirit of sailing mountaineer HW Tilman, explorer Ranulph Fiennes, climber Chris Bonington and yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnston, all of whom have been either friends of Bob's or an inspiration for his own exploits. Derring do in a dog collar!
©2014 Bob Shepton (P)2014 Audible Inc.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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The Good Stuff
- Old Man Sailing, Book 1
- De: John Passmore
- Narrado por: Charles Robert Fox
- Duración: 6 h y 21 m
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Historia
Here, for the first time, is a complete and chronological account: everything from levitating the dog and navigating by smell to meeting his wife Tamsin through the Lonely Hearts column of Time Out and attempting to run away to sea and raise a family on a 27 foot boat.
De: John Passmore
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Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- De: Alfred Lansing
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice. For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world. Lansing describes how the men survived a 1,000-mile voyage in an open boat across the stormiest ocean on the globe and an overland trek through forbidding glaciers and mountains.
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The best book I've had
- De Thomas Allen en 09-17-08
De: Alfred Lansing
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The Perfect Storm
- A True Story of Men Against the Sea
- De: Sebastian Junger
- Narrado por: Richard Davidson
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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Man’s struggle against the sea is a theme that has created some of the world’s most exciting stories. Now, in the tradition of Moby Dick comes a New York Times best seller destined to become a modern classic. Written by journalist Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm combines an intimate portrait of a small fishing crew with fascinating scientific data about boats and weather systems.
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Best as a Listen
- De Cynthia en 01-28-15
De: Sebastian Junger
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In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: The North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans. On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds in the grip of "Arctic Fever." The ship sailed into uncharted seas, but soon was trapped in pack ice. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the hull was breached. Amid the rush of water and the shrieks of breaking wooden boards, the crew abandoned the ship.
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Superb tale that unravels at an iceburg's pace
- De Mel en 03-19-15
De: Hampton Sides
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On Island Time
- Kayaking the Caribbean
- De: Scott B. Williams
- Narrado por: Dean Smart
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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Tourists visit popular islands of the Caribbean by the planeload. What they don't see from their resort hotels are the hundreds of out-of-the-way, uninhabited islands sprinkled along the West Indies, from Florida to South America. This alluring archipelago, strung with beaches accessible only by boat but spaced temptingly close together, led Mississippi adventurer Scott B. Williams to embark upon an open-ended quest to see how far south he could go in a 17-foot sea kayak.
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Modern Huck Finn
- De Scottsville Stu en 05-22-22
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Sailing a Serious Ocean
- Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea
- De: John Kretschmer
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
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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.
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Fantastic book on ocean sailing
- De Aleksander Styrvold Kristoffersen en 05-09-19
De: John Kretschmer
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The Good Stuff
- Old Man Sailing, Book 1
- De: John Passmore
- Narrado por: Charles Robert Fox
- Duración: 6 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Historia
Here, for the first time, is a complete and chronological account: everything from levitating the dog and navigating by smell to meeting his wife Tamsin through the Lonely Hearts column of Time Out and attempting to run away to sea and raise a family on a 27 foot boat.
De: John Passmore
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Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- De: Alfred Lansing
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Historia
In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice. For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world. Lansing describes how the men survived a 1,000-mile voyage in an open boat across the stormiest ocean on the globe and an overland trek through forbidding glaciers and mountains.
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The best book I've had
- De Thomas Allen en 09-17-08
De: Alfred Lansing
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The Perfect Storm
- A True Story of Men Against the Sea
- De: Sebastian Junger
- Narrado por: Richard Davidson
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Narración:
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Historia
Man’s struggle against the sea is a theme that has created some of the world’s most exciting stories. Now, in the tradition of Moby Dick comes a New York Times best seller destined to become a modern classic. Written by journalist Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm combines an intimate portrait of a small fishing crew with fascinating scientific data about boats and weather systems.
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Best as a Listen
- De Cynthia en 01-28-15
De: Sebastian Junger
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In the Kingdom of Ice
- The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Narración:
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Historia
In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: The North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans. On July 8, 1879, the USS Jeannette set sail from San Francisco to cheering crowds in the grip of "Arctic Fever." The ship sailed into uncharted seas, but soon was trapped in pack ice. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the hull was breached. Amid the rush of water and the shrieks of breaking wooden boards, the crew abandoned the ship.
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Superb tale that unravels at an iceburg's pace
- De Mel en 03-19-15
De: Hampton Sides
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On Island Time
- Kayaking the Caribbean
- De: Scott B. Williams
- Narrado por: Dean Smart
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Historia
Tourists visit popular islands of the Caribbean by the planeload. What they don't see from their resort hotels are the hundreds of out-of-the-way, uninhabited islands sprinkled along the West Indies, from Florida to South America. This alluring archipelago, strung with beaches accessible only by boat but spaced temptingly close together, led Mississippi adventurer Scott B. Williams to embark upon an open-ended quest to see how far south he could go in a 17-foot sea kayak.
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Modern Huck Finn
- De Scottsville Stu en 05-22-22
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Sailing a Serious Ocean
- Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea
- De: John Kretschmer
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General
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Historia
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.
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Fantastic book on ocean sailing
- De Aleksander Styrvold Kristoffersen en 05-09-19
De: John Kretschmer
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South
- The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
- De: Sir Ernest Shackleton
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 14 h y 37 m
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As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole. But their initial optimism was short-lived as ice floes closed around their ship, gradually crushing it and marooning twenty-eight men on the polar ice. Alone in the world's most unforgiving environment, Shackleton and his team began a brutal quest for survival.
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This is a must read.
- De Charles en 10-01-12
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South
- De: Ernest Shackleton
- Narrado por: Rupert Degas
- Duración: 15 h y 48 m
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On 8 August 1914, five days after the outbreak of World War One, the Endurance, a wooden-hulled, coal-fired icebreaker, set sail for the South Pole, in a bid to complete the first-ever trans-Antarctic expedition, which would cross the continent from the Weddell Sea to Scott's base at Cape Evans, via the Pole. However, despite the best planning, the ship succumbs to the ice floes of the Weddell Sea, and is subjected to months of uncontrollable drifting before its crew makes a scramble for Elephant Island, where they battle constant cold and starvation.
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Outstanding author and narrator - best version
- De Stephen en 12-17-19
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Taleisin's Tales
- Sailing Towards the Southern Cross
- De: Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey
- Narrado por: Michelle Murillo
- Duración: 5 h y 9 m
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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 the second boat they built lovingly with teak carvel planking over sawn black locust frames. The book 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.
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A nice mix of adventure and information.
- De Noah en 05-22-18
De: Lin Pardey, y otros
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A Voyage for Madmen
- De: Peter Nichols
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame, wealth, and glory. For the others, the reward was madness, failure, and death. In this extraordinary book, Peter Nichols chronicles a contest of the individual against the sea, waged at a time before cell phones and electronic positioning systems.
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Not Awesome
- De Shaun G. en 04-23-19
De: Peter Nichols
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A Foolish Voyage
- Self-Discovery at Sea
- De: Neil Hawkesford
- Narrado por: Dennis Kleinman
- Duración: 4 h y 27 m
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In A Foolish Voyage, Neil Hawkesford gives us a remarkable tale not just about sailing but about life. Good times and bad. Here we learn what happens at the very limits of physical, emotional, and mental endurance. Here we also learn how personal tragedy can lead to a life-changing discovery, the realization that hidden deep inside all of us is the perseverance and passion needed for achieving life's greatest goals.
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Great Narration and Adventure
- De Eric A. Gross en 02-05-19
De: Neil Hawkesford
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Blue Water, Green Skipper
- A Memoir of Sailing Alone Across the Atlantic
- De: Stuart Woods
- Narrado por: Steven Collins
- Duración: 6 h y 28 m
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Stuart Woods had never owned more than a dinghy before setting out on one of the world's most demanding sea voyages, navigating single-handedly across the Atlantic. How, at the age of 37, did this self-proclaimed novice go from small ponds to the big sea? Now with a new afterword that looks back at how one transatlantic race changed his life, Woods takes listeners on a spectacular journey not just of traveling across the world, but of being tried in fire, learning by accepting challenges, appreciating the beauty of the open water, and living to tell about it.
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For the Hardened Sailor, Novice, and Dreamer Alike
- De Striker en 06-02-16
De: Stuart Woods
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Sailing, Yachts and Yarns
- De: Tom Cunliffe
- Narrado por: Tom Cunliffe
- Duración: 6 h y 47 m
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Sailing, Yachts and Yarns is a selection of Tom Cunliffe’s funniest, wisest and most thought-provoking writing from the pages of Yachting Monthly. Tom’s love of language and sense of humour shine through as he recalls the wealth of sinners and saints he has met on docksides from Southampton to South America, Greenwich to Greenland and Newtown to New York. He has a gift for capturing the magic of sail and finding pearls of practical wisdom in the most unlikely nautical adventures.
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A jolly good collection!
- De Vedderadder en 02-19-15
De: Tom Cunliffe
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Seraffyn's European Adventure
- De: Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey
- Narrado por: Sonja Field
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
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Join cruising legends Lin and Larry Pardey as from England they proceed into the Baltic, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Germany. During their voyage 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. And experienced great friendships found in harbors large and small.
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Wonderful Listen Despite It Being A Tad Dated
- De Kathy in CA en 09-08-18
De: Lin Pardey, y otros
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Rescue of the Bounty
- Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy
- De: Michael J. Tougias, Douglas A. Campbell
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 7 h y 37 m
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Rescue of the Bounty is the harrowing story of the sinking and rescue of Bounty - the tall ship used in the classic 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty - which was caught in the path of Hurricane Sandy with 16 aboard.
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Much heavier focus on sailing than rescue
- De Samuel Roda en 05-23-16
De: Michael J. Tougias, y otros
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Bound for Distant Seas
- A Voyage Alone to Asia Aboard the 28-Foot Sailboat Atom
- De: James Baldwin
- Narrado por: Nick O'Kelly
- Duración: 13 h y 12 m
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Bound for Distant Seas begins sailing author James Baldwin's epic tale of his second circumnavigation. His story is seasoned by his adventures during his first circumnavigation in 1984-86 as told in Across Islands and Oceans. Alone with little money aboard Atom, his now-engineless 28-foot sailboat, James embarks on his odyssey without the comforts and equipment most sailors consider essential.
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Cool sailing story
- De Likes UAG en 05-25-16
De: James Baldwin
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The Next Distant Sea
- The 28-Foot Sailboat Atom Continues Her Second Circumnavigation
- De: James Baldwin
- Narrado por: James Baldwin
- Duración: 13 h y 29 m
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Narrated in his own voice, in this third book about his travels aboard the 28-foot sailboat Atom, James Baldwin creates an ode to the sea and to those who venture upon her in small voyaging sailboats. The Next Distant Sea continues the memoir of his second adventurous circumnavigation as begun in his earlier book Bound for Distant Seas.
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Fascinating True Adventure Narrated by the Author
- De Timmy L. West en 05-12-20
De: James Baldwin
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Blown Away
- De: Herb Payson
- Narrado por: Nick Hahn
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
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At middle age, Herb and Nancy Payson decided they needed a change. Why not give up life on shore, quit their jobs in the smoky nightclubs of Los Angeles, and take up the cruising life? In Sea Foam, their 36-foot ketch, the Paysons and their large brood of teenage children cruised the Pacific for six and a half years. They experienced a certain amount of stark terror, but their delights far outbalanced the drawbacks. This special 35th anniversary edition is enhanced with a foreword by Lin Pardey, plus Herb's reflections on how cruising affected his children and his relationship with his determined, lifelong partner/wife Nancy.
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good book
- De Nicholas walsh en 11-21-15
De: Herb Payson
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- jmk
- 02-21-21
Good book to get through the monotonous work day.
I want it so bad! a good opportunity to live vicariously through someone who is actually LIVING their life rather than being a slave to their salary...
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- Austin
- 08-09-18
Good Book
Good stories but a little disjointed. Think of this book as a collection of related short stories and you'll be better prepared for what you get. It is an enjoyable listen though.
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