Flirting with Mermaids

The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper

De: John Kretschmer

Narrado por: Mitch Crawford

Over the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. In Flirting with Mermaids, he recounts the most memorable of them.

He crosses the Western Caribbean with a crew of eccentric Swedes researching ancient Mayan mariners, lands in Aden at the outbreak of civil war, and endures a North Atlantic crossing during which he discovers the existence of Force 13 winds.

Approaching Japan at the end of a particularly trying delivery, he finds himself sailing in "a high impact debris zone," but his resolve is unshaken. "If a piece of rocketship jetsam fell out of the sky and sank [me] after encounters with Hurricane Floyd, General Noriega, a tsunami, an erupting volcano, and Typhoon Roy, then it was meant to be."

©1999 John Kretschmer (P)1999 Tantor Media

Como sempre os livros do John são ótimos e cheios de aventuras modernas de vela.

Se eu pudesse mudar algo era a narração. Gostei muito mais nos outros livros. Aqui achei um pouco forçada e se fosse mais neutra eu teria me inserido melhor na história.

Another Great One

Enchanting tales of sea and life. Cleverly written for maximum enjoyment and wisdom. You should give it a listen.

Journeys at Sea

Loved each chapter and want to hear it again! Such marvelous storytelling! Each page holds a lesson on how to enjoy sailing in all weather conditions…..😎

Loved previous books by John, this not so much.

John is one of my all time favorite story teller/writers when it comes to sea fearing books. I’ve read and enjoyed them all, from his rounding Cape Horn to Sailing a Serious Ocean. I couldn’t wait for his latest book to come out. I even pre-ordered this one! But unfortunately found it disappointing. First it wasn’t narrated by John, and many sailing terms and places were mispronounced!! Like when they had to “jib” (pronounced like the forward sail) the boat in a storm by bringing the stern through the wind?? I just kept thinking to myself John would never have made these mistakes, which distracted a lot from the story for me.
Not sure why he wrote this one, but it didn’t seem to come from his heart.