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The Reluctant Mariner tells of an Australian couple's five-year circumnavigation of the world in a 12.2-metre long, steel-hulled ketch called Onawa. The author, Joanna Hackett, was once a self-proclaimed landlubber who had never even considered sailing off over the horizon in search of adventure but, having married a man keen to do just that, was willing to "give it a go". Her candid account, penned with dry wit and accessible style, made The Reluctant Mariner a sell-out when it first hit ...

In 1997, on my fiftieth birthday and on the fiftieth anniversary of Dr Arthur Kassel's death, I began researching the story of his life. I knew where his life ended, but I did not know where it began or the path he was forced to take between the two. I soon realised that the subject was immense, covering much more ground than I had initially imagined, both geographically and emotionally.I wondered, at times, why I was bothering with one man's life. Why bother with one? One ruined l...

Within Moreton Bay lie many small islands, protected by the large barrier islands of Moreton and North and South Stradbroke. Some of these small islands are inhabited, with thriving communities, while others only appear at low tide, being little more than mangroves and mud. Even so, these mud islands are vitally important for the continued health of the waters and wildlife of Moreton Bay. The village islands of Russell, Karragarra, Lamb and Macleay are known collectively as the Southern Mo...

Within Moreton Bay lie many small islands, protected by the large barrier islands of Moreton and North and South Stradbroke. Some of these small islands are inhabited, with thriving communities, while others only appear at low tide, being little more than mangroves and mud. Even so, these mud islands are vitally important for the continued health of the waters and wildlife of Moreton Bay. The village islands of Russell, Karragarra, Lamb and Macleay are known collectively as the Southern Mo...

Within Moreton Bay lie many small islands, protected by the large barrier islands of Moreton and North and South Stradbroke. Some of these small islands are inhabited, with thriving communities, while others only appear at low tide, being little more than mangroves and mud. Even so, these mud islands are vitally important for the continued health of the waters and wildlife of Moreton Bay. The village islands of Russell, Karragarra, Lamb and Macleay are known collectively as the Southern Mo...

Within Moreton Bay lie many small islands, protected by the large barrier islands of Moreton and North and South Stradbroke. Some of these small islands are inhabited, with thriving communities, while others only appear at low tide, being little more than mangroves and mud. Even so, these mud islands are vitally important for the continued health of the waters and wildlife of Moreton Bay. The village islands of Russell, Karragarra, Lamb and Macleay are known collectively as the Southern Mo...

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, with challenging crossings of the Atlantic a...

At 35-years old, Kelly and Paul Watts sold their home and quit their jobs to sail around the world, without any sailing experience. Two days after purchasing their forty-two-foot sloop, they got caught in a forty-knot gale off the coast of Cape Fear, NC. Their sails ripped; the engine overheated; the GPS broke; they suffered hypothermia and severe seasickness. And yet they persevered on their journey, discovering the playful sea lions of the Galapagos, the seductive dance of the Polynesian...

298 photos! Missives from MARAVIDA: A Family’s Caribbean Sailing Adventure documents the extraordinary journey I took with my husband and our two children. Our adventure is chronicled in the e-mail messages I sent to family and friends after we met up with MARAVIDA in Trinidad. It is supplemented with pictures, general information about the locations we visited, and web links. I’ve done my best to preserve the small details of our life, which might prove useful for those who would like to ...

When Ben Tucker and his kid brother Matt decided to sail south in search of icebergs on Ben's small home-built kiwi sloop, their father Jon was allowed to come along as their cabin-boy, on a promise of good behaviour.The unfolding adventure took them through thick pack ice to become trapped at the windiest place on the planet, a remote location in East Antarctica.'Snow Petrel' is proof of what ordinary people can achieve on a minimal budget. Recently released in New Zealand...

This is the journey that saw Kate and Hugh step outside their comfort zone in every respect. Ditching jobs, saying goodbye to family in Sydney, and reducing their worldly belongings to what fit on a 13m sailing boat. It was a huge leap of faith for a new couple in their 30s. Throwing off the dock-lines to sail to...well, they really didn't know where at the time.While they enjoyed hundreds of beautiful sunsets, making new friends and rare encounters with the wild in nine countries,...

Tells of a sailing journey from San Diego to Australia in a 40 foot sailing boat. Covers Mexico, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Tonga and Fiji. Also has a chapter on various events "that were too much fun," for the crew. Includes useful detail on various formalities required in the respective ports of call. Chapters on each of the destinations mentioned above and a final chapter on comical (in hindsight) misadventures the crew experienced. Features a fun and farcical quiz to test a reader...