Three Ways to Capsize a Boat - Chris Stewart

Three Ways to Capsize a Boat

An Optimist Afloat

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
180 Seiten
2010 | Main
Sort of Books (Verlag)
978-0-9560038-4-3 (ISBN)
12,45 inkl. MwSt
A sea-faring 'prequel' to "Driving Over Lemons".
If you're wondering what Chris Stewart did before he and Ana moved to El Valero, their Spanish farm, here's one of the answers. He took to the sea, landing a job as skipper for the summer, sailing a Cornish Crabber around the Greek islands. It was his dream job - and there was just one tiny problem. He hadn't ever sailed before and had not the foggiest how to start.

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 - battening down the hatches on a trip across the North Atlantic. It's a journey crackling with Chris's zest for life, irresistible humour, and unerring lack of foresight. Dry land never looked more welcoming.

Chris Stewart shot to fame with Driving Over Lemons in 1999. Funny, insightful and real, the book tells the story of how he bought a peasant farm on the wrong side of the river, with its previous owner still resident. It became an international bestseller, along with its sequels - A Parrot in the Pepper Tree, The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society and The Last Days of the Bus Club. In an earlier life, Chris was the original drummer in Genesis (he played on the first album), then joined a circus, learnt how to shear sheep, went to China to write the Rough Guide, gained a pilot's license in Los Angeles, and completed a course in French cooking. His sort of prequel, Three Ways to Capsize a Boat, fills in his lost years as a yacht skipper in the Greek islands.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 6.5.2010
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 128 x 198 mm
Gewicht 178 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
Reisen Reiseberichte
ISBN-10 0-9560038-4-2 / 0956003842
ISBN-13 978-0-9560038-4-3 / 9780956003843
Zustand Neuware
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