Sea Sailing

After a 25-year break from boating, Brian Harvey circumnavigates Vancouver Island with his wife, his dog, and a box of documents that surfaced after his father’s death. In this memoir, Brian Harvey shares his experience of voyaging with his father’s ghost for two months in the Pacific.

Favian Markham is a rising young American officer during the War of 1812. As commander of the small, slow brig Experiment, he must break the British blockade and take his outgunned vessel on a daring raid into the Narrow Seas of England. On his desperate journey he faces duels, rivalries, ambitious politicians, yardarm-to-yardarm combat, and the deadly beauty of a foreign courtesan. Yet his greatest battle is not with the enemy, but with his own divided nature….

Sailing is an international sport that offers many rewards. Imagine white sails billowing against a clear sky, the brisk feel of the breeze on your face, and the gentle motions of the boat as it cleanly slices through the water. While sailing is a great way to enjoy the outdoors, it also requires you to be an active participant more than almost any other type of boating.

In the 18th century West Indies, stories hold the ultimate power. Sailors spin yarns about pirates. Newspapers tell tales full of half-truths. Myths spread like whispered wildfire. East India Company sailor Nicholas Jerome has no patience for pirates, determined to escape his father's thieving past.

These entertaining stories of sailing life began when Martin and his wife Kerryn departed from Adelaide on their run-down yacht. They were headed for Fremantle, but they forgot to turn right at Kangeroo Island and arrived in Hobart. It was an easy navigational error to make. Once in Hobart, in order to avoid an almost global pandemic, they remained in Tasmania. After all, Tasmania is at the end of the world, and even a virus wouldn't want to go there. Here you will hear no stories of lockdowns or vaccinations, but seven stories about wildlife, catering, and waste and power management.

Wanted by the law? Run, hide, and get away with your crimes by hiding in Mexico? Not this time hombre. Joe Creed follows a wanted, former narcotics detective to the Mexican Baja Peninsula and the Sea of Cortez. With the help of the Mexican Navy, and severasl interesting characters, the rogue cop is trapped and confronted, resulting in an event known as the day of destruction at the border.

Finn's partner disappeared after their last mission. Is she a traitor, or has she been captured? He's still trying to answer that question, when he's captured himself. Will he survive his interrogation? And why is the Russian mob building data centers in Florida?

In Kayak Fishing: A Practical Sea Angler’s Guide for Catching Your Favorite Big Fish from a Kayak, Parsons has collected all of his extensive kayak fishing knowledge in one easy-to-use reference. You’ll discover the best equipment to buy, how to reduce the cost of getting started, and how to stay safe in your kayak while fishing. You’ll learn the best sea kayaking fishing tricks and techniques to catch your fill every time.

When Finn learns that the fire which killed his family was arson, he and Mary expose a criminal enterprise which began over 50 years earlier. The trouble begins when his daughter asks Finn about her grandparents. Finn visits the ruins of his childhood home to refresh his memory. While there, Finn meets an old friend who gives him a sealed letter from Finn's father, claiming that he was killed by a fellow veteran, a man he investigated for crimes in the Vietnam War. As Finn and Mary sail to the Caribbean in pursuit of the killer, they discover an empire built on crime and corruption.

I thought about my wife and four children, and was filled with a fear I’d never see them again…. For Donald Denihan, it was supposed to be the fishing trip of a lifetime. Instead, it ended up nearly costing him his life in a hard bargain he made with the sea. Near death experiences were nothing new to this successful real estate entrepreneur, though. At the age of sixteen, a hunting accident had nearly cost him his foot. A lengthy hospital stay, followed by an equally lengthy rehabilitation, filled Donald with resilience and made him think he could overcome anything. That is, until he ...

Finn and Mary accept a mission to find the true identity of an internet influencer. "Harry Sledge" uses his army of followers to rally voters behind his chosen candidates. Besides his political efforts, Sledge is manipulating several militias. He's using them to smuggle drugs, arms, and people. Finn and Mary are soon caught in a power struggle between two factions within Sledge's empire. Will they survive to identify the man behind the Sledge persona?

This enthralling audiobook takes us on a tour of the most dangerous, exciting, and often eccentric escapades of literature's sailing stars and how these true stories inspired and informed their best-loved works. Arthur Ransome, Erskine Childers, Jack London, and many others are featured as we find out how extraordinary fact fed into unforgettable fiction.

A couple of quiet weeks sailing the River Severn was the intention. Somehow things got out of hand—a year later, I had reached Romania and was still going. Equipped with his cheerful optimism and a pith helmet, this Australian Odysseus in a dinghy travels from the borders of North Wales to the Black Sea—4,900 kilometres over salt and fresh water, under sail, at the oars, or at the end of a tow-rope—through 12 countries, 282 locks and numerous trials and adventures, including an encounter with Balkan pirates.

Finn and Mary are relaxing on their boat in the British Virgin Islands when Finn’s former employer sends a death squad to kill him. With Mary's help, Finn makes quick work of the assassins, but he knows there will be more to come. Mary has his back, but she’s wrestling with a problem of her own. A former colleague has offered her an opportunity to take up her old career as a contract killer. The payoff is high enough to raise her suspicions, and the target won't be specified until she accepts the contract.

J.R. Finn's daughter Abby disappeared from a beach resort in Antigua while on a semester break. Finn and Mary have just arrived in Antigua aboard Island Girl to relax between missions. They learn that Abby's missing when they see a poster in the Customs and Immigration office. Finn has never met Abby; her mother divorced him while he was on a clandestine mission, over 20 years ago.

A Deadly Baja Thrill Ride An immediate attraction between a U.S. bound oil rig diver and a beautiful TV soap queen on holiday in Mexico seems like a dream come true. But the lovers are about to become pawns a scheme to recover priceless treasure at the bottom of the Sea of Cortez. They’d better hurry! monster hurricane is bearing down on Baja!Scroll Up and Grab Hurricane Hole Today!

Whether the result of being cursed at birth by a Santeria Priestess, or the result of a radical genetic mutation, Jamie possesses the preternatural ability to dive to incredible depths, and stay at those depths for hours. When, through no fault of his own, Jamie finds himself at odds with the law, he realizes that his only chance to remain free is to take refuge on and under the sea.

When Amelia and Bethany discover a mysterious book in the Magic Library, they’re whisked away to the bustling shores of 1722 Bermuda, a place teeming with daring sailors, hidden treasures, and swashbuckling secrets. As they navigate between the Royal Navy and the world of pirates, the sisters learn what it truly means to be brave, resourceful, and loyal. With historical intrigue and thrilling encounters on the high seas, The Magic Library: Pirate Hunters is a treasure trove of adventure that young readers won’t soon forget.

Beginning in the 1960s, this audiobook tells of the real-life adventures of the author as a boy. Encouraged by his parents to become more independent, Peter decided to see how far he could get in his family's small open dinghy, Calypso.

Life has lost its savor for Mr. Pathurst. New York, fame, women, the arts, have all become tedious. Searching for excitement, he books passage on a cargo vessel sailing from Baltimore to Seattle on a route that travels around the treacherous Cape Horn.