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Название книги: The Pacific High
Автор(ы): Grant Fjermedal
Жанр: Мистика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Pacific-High-227649.html
Excerpts from a journal washed ashore on an Oregon beach:
July 31:
Went up the mast in a bosun's chair to check the rigging. Took plenty of duct tape with me. At the top I opened a can of Hamm's and enjoyed drinking it as I looked down upon the other boats moored in Victoria Harbor. There will be just thirteen boats in this year's race to Maui, but considering the distance (2,300 miles) and the time it takes (two weeks in a fast year, four weeks in a slow year) it isn't surprising that so few go.Besides, sailing on the ocean, especially at night, can scare the hell out of you.
August
19.00 hrs:Well, we're under way. We won the start but were soon passed by other boats as we worked our way out to the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and then into the Pacific Ocean.This isn't the boat we had planned on chartering for the race – by any stretch of the imagination. But the price was right. Rather than pooling our funds and chartering a racing machine like a Frers 50 for $30,000, we ended up with our low-tec
Название книги: The Pacific High
Автор(ы): Grant Fjermedal
Жанр: Мистика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Pacific-High-227649.html
Excerpts from a journal washed ashore on an Oregon beach:
July 31:
Went up the mast in a bosun's chair to check the rigging. Took plenty of duct tape with me. At the top I opened a can of Hamm's and enjoyed drinking it as I looked down upon the other boats moored in Victoria Harbor. There will be just thirteen boats in this year's race to Maui, but considering the distance (2,300 miles) and the time it takes (two weeks in a fast year, four weeks in a slow year) it isn't surprising that so few go.Besides, sailing on the ocean, especially at night, can scare the hell out of you.
August
19.00 hrs:Well, we're under way. We won the start but were soon passed by other boats as we worked our way out to the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and then into the Pacific Ocean.This isn't the boat we had planned on chartering for the race – by any stretch of the imagination. But the price was right. Rather than pooling our funds and chartering a racing machine like a Frers 50 for $30,000, we ended up with our low-tec
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