How to Sail a Boat
Illustrated by Scott Kennedy, By Matt Vance
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To sail a boat is a magical, and sometimes mystical, experience. The sailor is free from the cares of life on land, entirely absorbed in the enterprise of moving a craft across the water. For the uninitiated, though, willingly putting oneself at the mercy of nature's unpredictable forces, winds, waves, and weather can seem quite daunting. Here, Matt Vance takes readers inside the mind of a sailor, from the first scary moment
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How to Sail a Boat
9781877551864
1 June 2013
EPUB
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128
269.1 KB
English
True Stories
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"This beautiful little book will put a gleam in the eyes of an experienced sailor, and rock a new sailor's heart with fear, trembling-and longing. As well as reflections on myriad things sailing, it o...
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Author Biography
Matt Vance is a New Zealand-based writer, artist and filmmaker specialising in quirky tales from the South Pacific, Southern Ocean and Antarctica. His stories and photographs have appeared in NZ Listener, Sunday Star Times and Wilderness magazine. Matt has travelled extensively throughout the Pacific and has an immodest enthusiasm for his family, an old yacht named Siward and a motley collection of eccentric friends.