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Where the Wind Blows
- Sailing Adventures, Book 2
- By: Heyward Coleman
- Narrated by: Timothy G Little
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
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Put the career on hold, pull the children out of school, sell the house, and buy a boat in Greece to sail the Mediterranean? Why not? And so begins Heyward and Charlotte’s one-year businessman’s sabbatical....
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Great Inspirational Book!
- By Tyrone Canning on 07-08-2023
By: Heyward Coleman
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Sailing Alone Around the World
- By: Joshua Slocum
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
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Challenged by an expert who said it couldn’t be done, Joshua Slocum, a fearless New England sea captain, set out in April 1895 to prove that a man could sail alone around the world....
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Those that can , do .
- By Anonymous User on 13-12-2024
By: Joshua Slocum
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Sailing to the Edge of Time
- The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging
- By: John Kretschmer
- Narrated by: Matthew Kevin Anderson
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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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...
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great as usual
- By Adam D Kelly on 24-10-2022
By: John Kretschmer
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No Barriers
- A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon
- By: Erik Weihenmayer, Buddy Levy
- Narrated by: Holter Graham, Bob Woodruff
- Length: 19 hrs and 34 mins
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Erik Weihenmayer is the first and only blind person to summit Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth....
By: Erik Weihenmayer, and others
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Cape Horn to Starboard
- By: John Kretschmer
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Legendary account of the author's voyage around Cape Horn in a 32-foot sailboat, sailing east to west (thus the Horn is to starboard, or on the right)....
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Part early biography, part adventure story
- By EileenH on 25-04-2023
By: John Kretschmer
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At the Mercy of the Sea
- The True Story of Three Sailors in a Caribbean Hurricane
- By: John Kretschmer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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A "normal" Caribbean hurricane travels from east to west, but Lenny was anything but normal. Spawned south of Cuba in 1999, this late-season storm defied all predictions by moving steadily east toward the Leeward Islands....
By: John Kretschmer
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Where the Wind Blows
- Sailing Adventures, Book 2
- By: Heyward Coleman
- Narrated by: Timothy G Little
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Put the career on hold, pull the children out of school, sell the house, and buy a boat in Greece to sail the Mediterranean? Why not? And so begins Heyward and Charlotte’s one-year businessman’s sabbatical....
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Great Inspirational Book!
- By Tyrone Canning on 07-08-2023
By: Heyward Coleman
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Sailing Alone Around the World
- By: Joshua Slocum
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Challenged by an expert who said it couldn’t be done, Joshua Slocum, a fearless New England sea captain, set out in April 1895 to prove that a man could sail alone around the world....
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Those that can , do .
- By Anonymous User on 13-12-2024
By: Joshua Slocum
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Sailing to the Edge of Time
- The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging
- By: John Kretschmer
- Narrated by: Matthew Kevin Anderson
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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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...
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great as usual
- By Adam D Kelly on 24-10-2022
By: John Kretschmer
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No Barriers
- A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon
- By: Erik Weihenmayer, Buddy Levy
- Narrated by: Holter Graham, Bob Woodruff
- Length: 19 hrs and 34 mins
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Erik Weihenmayer is the first and only blind person to summit Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth....
By: Erik Weihenmayer, and others
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Cape Horn to Starboard
- By: John Kretschmer
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Legendary account of the author's voyage around Cape Horn in a 32-foot sailboat, sailing east to west (thus the Horn is to starboard, or on the right)....
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Part early biography, part adventure story
- By EileenH on 25-04-2023
By: John Kretschmer
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At the Mercy of the Sea
- The True Story of Three Sailors in a Caribbean Hurricane
- By: John Kretschmer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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A "normal" Caribbean hurricane travels from east to west, but Lenny was anything but normal. Spawned south of Cuba in 1999, this late-season storm defied all predictions by moving steadily east toward the Leeward Islands....
By: John Kretschmer
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Swell
- A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening
- By: Liz Clark
- Narrated by: Liz Clark
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
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Captain Liz Clark spent her youth dreaming of traveling the world by sailboat and surfing remote waves. When she was 22, she met a mentor who helped turn her desire into reality....
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A Swell read
- By Scott Almond on 23-11-2023
By: Liz Clark
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Brave or Stupid
- By: Tracey Christiansen, Yanne Larsson, Calle Andersson
- Narrated by: Duncan Hood
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
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When you read about someone sailing around the world, it’s usually a dotcom millionaire or a professional adventurer. Brave or Stupid? tells an everyman tale about a middle-aged, seasick electrician with no money who suddenly and for no reason decides to sail around the world....
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Bloody good read
- By Anonymous User on 03-02-2025
By: Tracey Christiansen, and others
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Sailing for Dummies
- By: J. J. Fetter, Peter Isler, Marly Isler - contributor
- Narrated by: Randye Kaye
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
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Nothing can beat the feel of the warm sun on your back, the gentle wind in your hair, and a swaying deck under your feet. If you long to take to the open water and sail wherever the wind takes you, you'll find everything you need to know in Sailing For Dummies....
By: J. J. Fetter, and others
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To the Ice and Beyond
- Sailing Solo Across 32 Oceans and Seaways
- By: Graeme Kendall
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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All alone for 193 days in his purpose-built yacht Astral Express, New Zealand yachtsman Graeme Kendall crossed 28,000 miles of ocean, facing some of the Earth's most challenging seas....
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Poor audio
- By Shane Taylor on 24-09-2023
By: Graeme Kendall
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Introduction to Sailing
- By: Christian Williams
- Narrated by: Christian Williams
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
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Conceived as an audiobook, this extended personal conversation is an invaluable course in how to get started sailing, what boat to buy and how to pay for it, and the value of forever directing our imagination beyond the horizon ahead....
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Linguistic genius
- By lloyd gibbon on 02-04-2022
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The Next Port
- 40,000 Miles, 43 Countries, 87 Islands and Countless Adventures (Sailing Adventures, Book 1)
- By: Heyward Coleman
- Narrated by: Timothy G Little
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
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Come aboard with Heyward and Charlotte as they transform a worn-out hull into a first-class blue water cruiser. Then take off and cross oceans with them, feeling their desperation when equipment failures force ingenious workarounds in the middle of the Pacific Ocean....
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One of the best books I’ve ever read
- By CatReads on 28-02-2025
By: Heyward Coleman
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Get Real, Get Gone
- How to Become a Modern Sea Gypsy and Sail Away Forever...
- By: Rick Page
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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The idea that you have to be rich to travel the world on your own yacht is so universal that it goes largely unquestioned. The ubiquitous images of rich men on super-yachts sipping martinis only help cement this image. This book hopes to change all that....
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Better information out there
- By amazon customer on 19-10-2022
By: Rick Page
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Tales from the Tillerman
- A Life-long Love Affair with Britain's Waterways
- By: Steve Haywood
- Narrated by: Steve Haywood
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
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Steve Haywood has been cruising the inland waterways for 50 years, and has amassed a following of readers and listeners keen to hear about his travelling tales on Britain’s beautiful canals and rivers....
By: Steve Haywood
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The Voyage of the Cormorant
- A Memoir of the Changeable Sea
- By: Christian Beamish
- Narrated by: Christian Beamish
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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Christian Beamish, a notable writer for The Surfer's Journal, has done what every guy since Huck Finn has dreamed of doing: making his own boat and sailing it to paradise, with adventures along the way....
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Well read and written
- By Alison Mettam on 28-05-2023
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Lost!
- A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea
- By: Thomas Thompson
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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In July 1973, Bob Tininenko, his wife Linda, and his brother in-law Jim Fisher set sail from Tacoma, Washington, on a 31-foot trimaran, down the West Coast to Costa Rica. The journey was expected to take a matter of weeks, but for 72 days, the trio was lost at sea....
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Wow!
- By Anonymous User on 19-09-2024
By: Thomas Thompson
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Cruising in Seraffyn
- By: Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey
- Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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The cruising tale is full of the sights and sounds, the fragrances and native customs of foreign lands, especially Central American and the Caribbean....
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Go small, go simple, go now
- By Anonymous User on 15-01-2021
By: Lin Pardey, and others
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Sailing into Oblivion: The Solo Non-stop Voyage of the Mighty Sparrow
- By: Jerome Rand
- Narrated by: Jerome Rand
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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The true account of the 2017-2018 solo nonstop circumnavigation by Jerome Rand aboard the Westsail 32 Mighty Sparrow. A testament to endurance and adventure, this memoir recounts what life is like aboard a small sailboat during a 271-day voyage around the globe, alone....
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short and sweet
- By Great product on 30-11-2021
By: Jerome Rand
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Across Islands and Oceans
- A Journey Alone Around the World By Sail and By Foot
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Spencer King
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
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Across Islands and Oceans is the memoir of 25 year-old James Baldwin....
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A real adventure
- By Alison Mettam on 01-04-2024
By: James Baldwin
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Sailing Alone Around the World
- By: Joshua Slocum
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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Joshua Slocum was believed to be the first man to sail single-handed around the world....
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Brilliant
- By Bruce on 30-07-2019
By: Joshua Slocum
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On a Belt of Foaming Seas
- Sailing Solo Around the World via the Three Great Capes in the 2018 Golden Globe Race
- By: Tapio Lehtinen, Ari Pusa, Paul Trammell, and others
- Narrated by: Paul Trammell
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
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One man’s challenge to compete in a yacht race around the world, as much against the natural elements as his fellow competitors...
By: Tapio Lehtinen, and others
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Attention All Shipping
- A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast
- By: Charlie Connelly
- Narrated by: Charlie Connelly
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
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Yet familiar though the sea areas are by name, few people give much thought to where they are or what they contain. In Attention All Shipping, Charlie Connelly wittily explores the places behind the voice....
By: Charlie Connelly
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Into the Storm
- Lessons in Teamwork from the Treacherous Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race
- By: Jillian B. Murphy, Dennis N. T. Perkins
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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The iconic Sydney to Hobart Race, a 723-mile deepwater challenge - often called the “Everest” of offshore ocean racing - is considered one of the toughest in the world....
By: Jillian B. Murphy, and others
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Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days
- From Forecastle to Quarter-Deck
- By: John D. Whidden
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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Orphaned at five, nothing held Whidden back from embarking on sea life seven years later. 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....
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First person experience of life on the old sailing ships
- By G R B Duckworth on 22-10-2024
By: John D. Whidden
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Sailing, Yachts and Yarns
- By: Tom Cunliffe
- Narrated by: Tom Cunliffe
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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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....
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Bliss
- By Shane Geard on 24-11-2017
By: Tom Cunliffe
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Old Man Sailing
- Some Dreams Take a Lifetime
- By: John Passmore
- Narrated by: Charles Robert Fox
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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When COVID-19 struck the UK, the government advised the over-70s to "shield" while the country went into lockdown. One old man went sailing instead....
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Difficult to listen while driving
- By Amazon Customer on 30-04-2024
By: John Passmore
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A Foolish Voyage
- Self-Discovery at Sea
- By: Neil Hawkesford
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
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In A Foolish Voyage, Neil Hawkesford gives us a remarkable tale not just about sailing but about life. We learn what happens at the very limits of physical and mental endurance....
By: Neil Hawkesford
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Three Ways to Capsize a Boat
- An Optimist Afloat
- By: Chris Stewart
- Narrated by: Chris Stewart
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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In a series of madcap and hilarious adventures we follow Chris from a shaky start in Chichester harbour to his epic Odyssey to Spetses (a bucket would have been handy), and then on to the journey of a lifetime.
By: Chris Stewart
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A Race Too Far
- By: Chris Eakin
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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In 1968, the Sunday Times organised the Golden Globe race....
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The narration of such a good book
- By Anonymous User on 27-03-2024
By: Chris Eakin
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Love with a Chance of Drowning
- A Memoir
- By: Torre DeRoche
- Narrated by: Candice Moll
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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New love. Exotic destinations. A once-in-a-lifetime adventure. What could go wrong....
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An amazing story beautifully told
- By Lucy Montgomery on 21-04-2025
By: Torre DeRoche