Rescue in the Pacific: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in a Force 12 Storm - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rescue in the Pacific: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in a Force 12 Storm write by Tony Farrington. This book was released on 1998-03-22. Rescue in the Pacific: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in a Force 12 Storm available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In June of 1994 a dangerous "bomb" storm caught dozens of cruising sailors by surprise as they voyaged north from New Zealand. This is the true story of how nine yachts struggled to survive the hurricane-like conditions. Boats were battered by fierce winds and capsized by seas towering well over 50 feet high. Equipment was ripped loose, and water penetrated every weak point. Masts collapsed, rudders broke, and sailors lost steering control when they needed it most. The crews coped as best they could with injury, fear, exhaustion, and illness. Their electronic calls for help were picked up by satellites and radio operators, who initiated a massive air and sea search. This is the story of heroic rescues, human endurance, and tragic loss.
Flight of the Osprey
Flight of the Osprey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Flight of the Osprey write by Kurt Mondloch. This book was released on 2005. Flight of the Osprey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. After raising their son and daughter, Kurt and PL Mondloch decide to circumnavigate the world aboard their sloop, the Osprey. As they prepare for their voyage in San Francisco, they receive a disturbing message. Their son, on a backpacking expedition in India, has gone missing. Kurt flies to the Indian Himalayas to try and find him, sparking a major international investigation and dragging the family into a world they never imagined. Eventually an overseas phone call destroys the couple's fragile cocoon of hope-their son and his girlfriend were swept away by a monsoon-swollen river. Reeling from the death of their son, Kurt and PL must make a choice: either mourn endlessly or move on with life. The couple decides to sail around the world as a balm for their spirits and as a tribute to their late son. Over the course of almost seven years and an incredible journey of 40,000 miles, their phenomenal memories and fresh horizons help extinguish the pain and recharge their lives.
After the Storm
After the Storm - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook After the Storm write by John Rousmaniere. This book was released on 2002-04-17. After the Storm available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An exploration of loss and survival by one of America's finest nautical writers After the Storm is John Rousmaniere's most ambitious work ever, the unique expression of a master storyteller and authority on seamanship who has survived storms at sea. Each of the book's stories of seafaring disastermany little known, all exciting and of deep human interestpresents a broad human drama. Rousmaniere tells of the hopes and choices that put these sailors in harm's way. He takes readers into the gales themselves with authoritative knowledge of horrific weather and the split-second decisions that seamen must make. Finally, he explores the consequences of these disasters for survivors, rescuers, families, communities, and in some cases nations. The pursuit of these elusive strands leads the reader deep into our ambivalent relationship with the sea as both "destroyer and preserver."
The Reader's Digest
The Reader's Digest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Reader's Digest write by DeWitt Wallace. This book was released on 1996. The Reader's Digest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Forthcoming Books
Forthcoming Books - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Forthcoming Books write by Rose Arny. This book was released on 1998-04. Forthcoming Books available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
