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What people are saying - Write a reviewUser Review - Flag as inappropriate This book is now in it's 3rd edition. In Jun of 2010 it became available as an ePub as well as a paperback. The ePub is available for the iBooks App for iPad or iPhone! Review: Sailing the DreamUser Review - Jennifer - GoodreadsJustin and I are reading this book aloud to one another in the evenings and in the car when we're on road trips. They're in Bora Bora now! Read full review Related books
Common terms and phrasesaboard afternoon anchor ashore asked beautiful blue boat Bora Bora catch channel clouds coast cockpit coral cruising Davey's deck dinghy dinner diving engine enjoyed everything eyes feeling feet felt fish forward French friends going Harbor Hawai'i Hawaiian head hook horizon huge hull island jumped Kalohi Channel Kalua knots lagoon Lana'i light living looked mahi mahi mahi Marquesas Maui Metata miles Moloka'i morning motor navigation night Noel Noyo River Nuka Hiva O'ahu ocean offshore once Pacific Papeete passed Polynesian port pulled Querencia radio Raiatea reef relaxed reminded rock rowed sail sailor San Juan Island Sat Nav satellite seemed shore side Society Islands started staysail steering stern suddenly surf swells Tahitian thing Tiapai took trip tuna turned Vaitape watch waves weather whales wind wonderful yacht club Popular passagesPage 287 - Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. Page 128 - These tendencies are combined together, and cause the trade-winds to blow from the NorthEast in the northern hemisphere, and from the South-East in the southern hemisphere. The... Page 287 - There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots; the other, wings. Page 83 - Tad said, it was more like a high-pitched cryin sound mixed up with a whoop and a holler. It made the hair on the back of my neck stand straight up, and Tad said it made his flesh crawl. Anyway, the truck pulled off and we followed a ways behind it. Couldn't see who was drivin on accounta that big old rebel flag hangin up in the back window. We followed em anyway: out past the old poorhouse, past the pea and okra shed, past the old Lee plantation... Page 53 - By now it was late in the afternoon and the sun was starting to climb off its perch in the western sky. Page 264 - For a long time it has been difficult to find examples of true men. Only the superior man can reach that state. Therefore the superior man does not try to criticize people for what he himself fails in, and he does not put people to shame for what they fail in. Page 356 - Originally sails were made of canvas. catamaran — twin hulled boat celestial navigation — to calculate your position using time, the position of celestial bodies, and mathematical tables chafe gear — gear used to prevent damage by rubbing Chichester — Sir Francis Chichester. References from web pagesSailing the Dream - The Querencia Chronicles, an Autobiographical ... Bibliographic information
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