Cape Horn to Starboard

Name: Cape Horn to Starboard
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)
Author: John Kretschmer
ISBN: 9781541439825

Author: John Kretschmer

Narrator: Tom Perkins

Unabridged: 6 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/04/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Sports & Recreation, Water Sports, Sailing

Synopsis

Legendary account of the author's voyage around Cape Horn in a 32-foot sailboat, sailing east-to-west (thus the Horn is to starboard, or on the right). This is a notoriously difficult and dangerous passage, especially in a boat this size.

About John Kretschmer

John Kretschmer is a writer, sailor, philosopher, lecturer, and businessman whose successful sail-training business takes a uniquely philosophical but hands-on approach to offshore sailing. He is the author of several works of nonfiction, including Cape Horn to Starboard and At the Mercy of the Sea, as well as hundreds of articles for the sailing press, Life, and the Los Angeles Times.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aaron on October 20, 2021

Would have been more enjoyable if Kretschmer’s dialogue between him and his old girlfriend wasn’t “baby” every other word. “Don’t worry baby”, “I love you baby”, “let’s sail around Cape Horn baby”, “I think that the water tank is contaminated with gasoline baby”.......more

Goodreads review by Ugis on October 05, 2020

Excellent book on how one sailing career started......more

Goodreads review by David on November 01, 2020

Fun, short, and (mostly) lighthearted memoir of a very young Mr. Kretschmer as he falls in love with both offshore sailing and his then-girlfriend Molly. It documents his ambitious challenge of sailing from NY to San Francisco via Cape Horn in Gigi, a mere 32-foot Contessa - a journey of 161 sailing......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne Pixley on January 23, 2019

Cape Horn to Starboard Love Kretschmer's books on sailing!! This is an update about his 80's sailing adventure around the "horn" but with added info about the rebirth of the boat he and Ty used for the sail "Gigi". Kretschmer 's writing makes you feel like you're in the boat next to him experiencing......more

Goodreads review by Brian Aherne on December 10, 2019

ONE OF THOSE STORIES.... ONE of those stories that end too soon, and leave the reader wanting more. More of the story itself, more similar stories by the author, and more about the people in it. I've read other Kretchner tales, and know some of the answers, but still not enough. Maybe someday I'll ha......more