Ocean Boats

Conor and Grace are twins, recently orphaned after their widowed father's death. They decide to set sail for new pastures in their father's last possession, his sailboat. But a vicious storm capsizes their boat, and the twins are separated. Two mysterious ships sail to their rescue, each picking up one twin before disappearing into the mist. Conor wakes to find himself on a pirate ship; Grace finds herself locked in a darkened room, as the vampirates wait for night to fall and their feasting to begin.

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.

A true story of making a dream come true. An inspiring tale of risk, sacrifice, determination and achievement in an epic journey around the world. An extraordinary effort to rescue and restore a legendary yacht. A first hand account of a great sea adventure. A west to east circumnavigation against the odds through the traitorous Sothern ocean, around three great capes (cape of Good Hope, Leeuwin and Cape Horn) on a tiny 10-meter, 40-year old boat. Five ocean crossings and 38.000+ nautical miles sailed in two and a half years.

A tropical paradise. A stranded boat. A feeding frenzy. Captain Luis Delgado knows the most beautiful secret in the Leeward Antilles. But when a catastrophic engine failure leaves his charter boat dead on the reef, the tranquil cove becomes a claustrophobic trap for his fourteen passengers. With the radio dead, the tide rising, and the relentless Caribbean sun beating down, escaping the crippled vessel becomes a ticking clock. But the real nightmare is waiting just beneath the surface. Drawn by blood and trapped by the volcanic rock, an aggressive school of apex predators has turned the ...

John Kretschmer is sailing’s practical philosopher - as much a doer as a thinker. And that is the overarching theme of this chronicle of a sailing life. Often amusing, sometimes poignant, occasionally terrifying but always inspiring, his deeply personal account is a welcome reminder of the good life waiting at sea. With hundreds of thousands of nautical miles under his keel, John’s adventures have taken him several times around the world.

Two strangers find themselves stranded at sea together in this epic new love story by bestselling author Beth O’Leary. What if you were lost at sea…with your one-night stand? Zeke and Lexi thought it would just be a night of fun. They had no intentions of seeing each other again. Zeke is...

The heart-pounding story of rowing expert Mick Dawson's most challenging feats on the open water, culminating in his greatest achievement: crossing the North Pacific Ocean in a small rowboat. Storms, fatigue, equipment failure, intense hunger, and lack of water are just a few of the challenges...

Across Islands and Oceans is the memoir of 25 year-old James Baldwin and his epic two-year, solo circumnavigation in Atom, his trusty but aging 28-foot sailboat.

Stuck in a corporate job rut and faced with an unraveling marriage at the age of thirty-six, Roz Savage sat down one night and wrote two versions of her own obituary - the one that she wanted and the one she was heading for. They were very different. She realized that if she carried on as she was, she wasn't going to end up with the life she wanted. So she turned her back on an eleven-year career as a management consultant to reinvent herself as a woman of adventure.

I signed on to cook for a charter yacht. I ended up on the menu for four championship hockey players. Seven days in the Caribbean. Luxury yacht. Great content for my AlphaTok channel. Then four alphas walked up the gangway, and my heat came two weeks early. No escape from the 180 feet of floating paradise. No way to ignore pheromones that make my knees buckle. And nowhere to hide when my body decides it wants them—all of them. Jasper—the pack alpha who waits, steady and commanding, until I beg him to claim me. Magnus—the gentle giant whose tattooed hands hold me like I’m precious. ...

The true story of ‘Sorrelle’, a little girl who at ten months of age was diagnosed with leukemia. Learn about her touching journey as told by her grandfather, hear about the day to day reality of life on a children's oncology ward. Experience the difficult days of treatment, the endless hours of waiting, the constant support and the moments of joy the family share. small boat in a big ocean is dedicated to all the staff of Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant wards and all of our fellow “ward family.”

The harrowing adventure-at-sea memoir recounting the heroic search-and-rescue mission for lost Montauk fisherman John Aldridge, which Daniel James Brown calls "A terrific read." I am floating in the middle of the night, and nobody in the world even knows I am missing. Nobody is looking for me...

How can we save the ocean? And how can the ocean save us? From deep diving into the icy waters of Antarctica and protecting nesting sea turtles on the beaches of Sri Lanka to taking children in England to see the sea for the first time, award-winning marine biologist Emily Cunningham has seen...

If you're an angler looking to hook one of the most sought-after game fish on the East Coast, you need to check out Striped Bass Fishing – the ultimate guide to landing a striped bass! In this comprehensive eBook, you'll learn everything you need to know to catch this mighty and fascinating fish. From understanding their behaviors and characteristics in Chapter 1 to mastering the art of topwater fishing in Chapter 12, no stone is left unturned. We take the subject of gear and tackle seriously in Chapter 2. Choosing the right equipment can make all the difference in your catch rate. We'll ...

A devastating secret has been buried off the shores of Kilkee since 1982. Now, something colossal has awakened in the dark waters. When journalist Ryan embarks on a routine expedition aboard the Cuan Mara research vessel, he expects to uncover local myths. Instead, a catastrophic electromagnetic pulse disables their ship, leaving the crew stranded in the churning Atlantic. An ancient apex predator, armed with unimaginable destructive capabilities, is hunting them from the abyss. Trapped in a life-or-death struggle against an unstoppable marine entity, Ryan and the surviving crew must ...

Bombay, 1909. Genevieve Masefield and George Dillman make a living as detectives aboard the early twentieth century's most extravagant ocean liners. From the members of first class in all their finery, to the card cheats and pickpockets plying their trade, they've experienced more than their share of humanity. For their latest voyage, the Salsette boasts a pair of travellers who feign ignorance of each other but there is clearly no love lost between them. Then there’s an elderly man whose powers of deduction may be based on more earthly techniques than the mystical energy he claims to possess.

The ocean is a graveyard of forgotten nightmares. Beneath the crushing weight of the dark water lie the remains of humanity's greatest ambitions and most devastating failures. In this gripping continuation, journey into the abyss to uncover harrowing accounts of catastrophic loss, unimaginable terror, and desperate bids to stay alive against the unforgiving elements. From legendary doomed voyages to blazing infernos, these pages chronicle the final, terrifying moments of passengers and crew pushed beyond the limits of human endurance. Discover the chilling mysteries of vessels lost without ...

Islands, Oceans and Dreams is a true story of a man who, at the age of 33, began dreaming of voyaging with his wife to the South Pacific. He wasn't an adventurer or daring by nature, but he bought a boat and began learning the ways of the sea. Twenty years later, racked with the pain of divorce and still aching to live out his dream, he set off alone for Tahiti. After reaching French Polynesia, he continued cruising for seven years and wound up solo sailing around the world.

Orphaned at five, nothing held Whidden back from embarking on sea life seven years later. Serving as an apprentice, he quickly proved his worth and earned himself a mate's position by his early 20s. Graduating to third, second, and first office, he ended his career in command of, and having part-ownership of, his own vessel. Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days records a series of real events from his childhood impressions of rough and ready seamen to his thrilling and brutal experiences of war.

*20,000 words John expected to fight a war. But he never expected to find a mate. John, an Alpha wolf shifter, is on a mission to rescue Kylen from a vicious murderous group of demons. But John didn’t expect that Kylen would be an omega. John also didn't expect to fall in love. Now they're on the run together, to find a hidden island that might be more myth than reality. Can they escape their enemy, before Kylen's first heat strikes?