Half Fast: (mis) Adventures in Slowly Sailing around (on) the World - Softcover

Baker, Randy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1691083445 ISBN 13: 9781691083442

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

Ever thought of ditching your conventional life to buy a sailboat and go traveling the world as a modern-day sea nomad? Half Fast is the true story of a married couple in their thirties who do just that—a move some of their family and friends consider to be a 'half-assed scheme' at best. With little money and even even less nautical experience they leave their small-town home in Arkansas to embark on an adventure they hope will last for a year or two but which evolves into a quarter-century voyage of discovery spanning half the world. Come along with Randy and Cheryl as they cruise their small boat to intriguing destinations that you won’t find in any tourist brochure. Along the way they discover the best and worst the sailing life has to offer as they visit twenty-nine countries in the Caribbean, Central and South America and the South Pacific. Their adventures and misadventures include encounters with hurricanes, thieves, drug smugglers and a disastrous tsunami as well as lasting new friendships formed with local people and fellow sailors all along their route. Cruising under sail is a lifestyle like no other and though there are sometimes hardships, those who take the plunge will be rewarded with a life of adventure and freedom that may be impossible to find any other way in the modern world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1691083445
• ISBN 13: 9781691083442
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 286