Bibliograph

The box wine sailors, misadventures of a broke young couple at sea, Amy McCullough

Type

Label

The box wine sailors, misadventures of a broke young couple at sea, Amy McCullough

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The box wine sailors

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Amy McCullough

Sub title

misadventures of a broke young couple at sea

Summary

Amy and Jimmie were not sailors. Their experience included reading a few books, watching a couple of instructional videos, and sailing once a week for a year. They were land-lubberly, middle-class twentysomethings, audacious and in love. All they wanted was to be together and do something extraordinary. They quit their jobs, bought a boat that was categorically considered "too small" for ocean sailing, and left Portland, Oregon for the Sea of Cortez. The Box Wine Sailors tells the true story of a couple's ramshackle trip down the coast, with all the exulting highs and terrifying lows of sailing a small boat on the Pacific. From nearly being rammed by a pair of whales on Thanksgiving morning and the terrifying experience of rounding Punta Gorda-hanging on to the mast for dear life and looking about at what seemed like the apocalypse-to having their tiller snap off while accidentally surfing coastal breakers and finding ultimate joy in a $5 Little Caesar's pizza. It also tells the story of two very normal people doing what most people only dream of, settling the argument that if you want something bad enough you can make it happen

Target audience

adult

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