How to Become a Modern Sea Gypsy and Sail Away Forever
by Rick Page
Get Real, Get Gone writes like a pragmatic handbook for sailors who can't rely on a big budget. It mixes cost-conscious advice on boat choice and outfitting with concrete maintenance tips and short voyage anecdotes showing compromises you’ll face. The tone pushes safety and frugality over romanticizing the sea, so it’s useful when you need realistic limitations but can feel repetitive as common warnings recur across chapters. Practical readers will take away actionable priorities; those seeking lyrical escape may find it dry.
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Don't even think of buying a boat until you have read this book'. Tom Cunliffe (legendary sailor and author of The Complete Yachtmaster). The idea that you have to be rich to travel the world on your own yacht is so universal, it goes largely unquestioned This book hopes to change all that. If you are not rich, but dream of seeing our beautiful w...
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“Flirting With Mermaids reads like a salt-stained logbook of long passages: episodic, vivid accounts of Cape Horn, a Force 13 North Atlantic winter crossing, and an unusual Caribbean research voyage. The book's value lies in sensory storm reporting and concrete moments of seamanship that show how decisions play out under pressure. Its main limitation is anecdote density—stories accumulate without organized instruction—and an occasional taste for risk-tinted romance that won't satisfy readers looking for systematic technical guidance.”
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