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Title: Seasoned by Salt: A Voyage in Search of the Caribbean by Jerry L. Mashaw, Anne U. Macclintock ISBN: 1-57409-155-7 Publisher: Sheridan House Pub. Date: October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Just One of Life's Adventures
Comment: I enjoyed this book immensely.
As I have only known Anne professionally by working with her in corporate life, it was very rewarding to gain an additional perspective about her as a person and as part of her life's team (Jerry & Anne) by reading this wonderful story. It was also very educational to learn of this couple's preparation for such an undertaking and then to read of the experience almost hour by hour as they lived it. I have to say that the passage to Bermuda and on to the BVI's was exceptional.
I also enjoyed Jerry's perspective when he included the background on Caribbean history and that area's relationship to America's struggle for freedom in breaking away from England. It was refreshing to learn more about the culture of the islands by Anne & Jerry's exploration & invesigation of the current political and economic conditions of the islands and the people. The passages concerning their encounters with customs & immigration were hilarious.
In many ways I was sorry that they only got to spend 10 months on this portion of life's journey in the Caribbean. Who knows maybe they will have a sequel.
Rating: 5
Summary: Living Large Aboard Palemon
Comment: For those of us who have only played at sailing, a cruise from Connecticut to a southernmost point of Grenada aboard a 36 foot boat represents the zenith of sailing experience among us "regular sailors." But, in fact, the story shared by Mashaw and MacClintock is anything but "regular". That these two, even though sharing an educated view of the world and a love of the sea, are able to, not just endure the confines and discomfort of a small boat on the high seas or in crowded harbors, but to find the joy in them and in each other is a remarkable and revitalizing story of what life can be - and should be. The sailing story is exquisite; the life story is more than that!
Rating: 5
Summary: How To Do Life
Comment: This book and story is not just for sailors, but for anyone who loves life and wants to live it to its fullest. What better way would there be to learn what life has to offer, and how to respond to its challenges and opportunities, than to set off in a sailboat, into strange waters (the ocean, no less), with only your spouse on board (yikes!). As the authors' adventure unfolds, you become completely engaged with them and their boat, the other cruisers they meet, their family, and the coves and ports and islands (and the bars, too) they pass through. Their yarns are laugh-out-loud, tears-down-the-cheeks, just-plain-funny. And also heart-warming, choke-you-up-with-tears, and totally-revealing-and-exposed. Along the way, you get insights into such topics as the legal profession, the history of slavery, the economics of the marine industry and the Caribbean, hurricanes and weather, family dynamics, spousal dynamics, emergency medicine, ocean and coastal navigation, marine life, and temperamental machinery. Then there is the glorious sailing and being completely one with your boat, the water and your partner. This is the Zen of ocean cruising. This is the Zen of life. You have to read this book. I will again, and soon.
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Title: An Embarrassment of Mangoes : A Caribbean Interlude by Ann Vanderhoof ISBN: 0767914023 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 13 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Year in Paradise : How We Lived Our Dream by Stephen Wright Watterson ISBN: 0970616708 Publisher: Eagle Cliff Press Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Live De Life: Caribbean Island Style by Joan F. Harrington ISBN: 0805960953 Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Co Pub. Date: 19 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Chance the Tide: How to Cruise to the Bahamas for the Winter by Kenneth D. Mowbray ISBN: 1574091476 Publisher: Sheridan House Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: How to Sail Around the World : Advice and Ideas for Voyaging Under Sail by Hal Roth ISBN: 0071429514 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 29 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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