Sailing a Serious Ocean
Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea

Any book written by someone who lives and loves his subject, knows how to tell a story, and knows how to write, is bound to be good. This book is no exception. It almost makes me want to sign aboard, though I know full well that I’m unsuited for life at sea. All in all, this was a wonderful journey i......more

I love books written by people who not only have the best adventures, but also know how to write about them. John Kretschmer (bluewater skipper who has logged more than 300,000 offshore sailing miles) is really good at the first, and pretty darn decent at the second. The best parts are the storms (o......more

I picked this up after a positive review by a fellow sailor and I must note she has far more experience than I. I am "bare boat certified" and have sailed the gulf stream in thunderstorms crossing from Bimini to Ft. Lauderdale and and and experienced a 3 a.m. thunderstorm in the Gulf of Mexico durin......more

Great book to capture offshore sailing Sailing offshore on big trips has all the joys people first think of -- endless horizons, stunning sunsets, awesome reaches, dolphins, big laughs -- but it also has the part not talked about in the brochure -- real discomfort, long hours of waiting, fear about w......more

Something very few of us manage to do, John Kretschmer has been living his passion his whole life. He managed to combine something he really loved with a way of making enough money. While delivering yachts for wealthy people to variously spread-out locations around the world he combined the 'deadlin......more