Diver Down: A Sailing Saga [Kindle Edition]

Arthur Thompson (Author)

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Product Description

The true life sailing adventures of Catalina 36 , hull number 123 named Diver Down and the original owners who lived aboard her for eleven years. Experience near hurricane force storms at sea and a real live hurricane at anchor in a world class hurricane hole. Meet the characters we met: Roger the Cordon Bleu chef on Palmyra, Rhumb Line Jime, Buzzard Bruce and many others.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 585 KB
• Print Length: 205 pages
• Publisher: FlyDiver, llc (November 10, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002YX0NPS
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #533,260 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Good sea yarn, unless you are a sailor, April 26, 2010

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This review is from: Diver Down: A Sailing Saga (Kindle Edition)

This is a good casual read for anyone that is not a diver or a sailor. If you are one or both, you will be disappointed. The author spends almost no time whatsoever describing the beautiful things he's seen, or any diving at all, really. Instead the pages are filled with whining about everyday repairs and other difficulties aboard a boat, which will be charming to armchair travelers, but a lot like rehashing yesterday's everyday occurrences to a sailor and therefore quickly became a chore to read. I was hoping for a travel adventure story with some descriptions of beautiful and remote dive locations and the creatures and people that were met there. My scuba students could spin a better yarn after dive 1! This book did do one thing, however, and that is to convince us to keep our sailing local, my husband could imagine too well the intimate descriptions of on-the-sea repairs. Thank you, Arthur, for bashing our beautiful retirement fantasy to oblivion.