Home is Where the Boat is [Paperback]

Emy Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1993

Home Is Where the Boat Is is and entertaining and informative report on the lifestyle of adventures who cruise the oceans in small sailboats. Written for sailors and laymen alike and for anyone who has ever dreamed of sailing off into the sunset, it is a lively and honest account of the pros and cons of cruising. Chapters include getting food and water, doing laundry, making a living, meeting the natives, surviving storms and sickness. The book is also a love story about the author, a journalist, and the typical "yachtie" with whom she spent 13 years sailing halfway around the world, visiting scores of tropical paradise.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Emy Thomas grew up in Connecticut, attended excellent schools and was a journalist in New York City when she discovered the tropics. She moved to the Caribbean, fell in love with a man who was sailing around the world and embarked on along, idyllic cruise. For 13 years they sailed the Caribbean and Pacific, and home was where the boat was. The author now lives and writes in St. Croixin the U.S. Virgin Islands. Home Is Where the Boat Is was her first book.¿She is also the author of Life in the Left Lane, about what it's like for expatriates to live in paradise. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 147 pages
• Publisher: Cruising Guide Publications (October 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0944428207
• ISBN-13: 978-0944428207
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,390,165 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Home is Where the Boat Is., March 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Home is Where the Boat is (Paperback)

Emy Thomas is a remarkable woman who spent a remarkable 13 years of her life living a dream. The book is at times both journalistic and narrative, and while it often follows a "how-to" format, it is also an entertaining anecdote of an experience most of us would love to have had. This is a great, quick read, and very entertaining.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A light hearted tale of cruising experiences, May 6, 2003

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Jan H. Toncar (The Florida Keys) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home is Where the Boat is (Paperback)

How many people sail because they love to sail. And then again, how many sail only because they love a person who loves to sail. This is Emy Thomas' story. How she overcame the fear, and the deprivation to be with the man she loved. She sailed with him in the Caribbean and Pacific for thirteen years and came to love sailing too.
Many sailing books are maintenance and navigation encyclopedias. Others are cruising logs - the chronology and itinerary of the voyage. Emy's book is neither of these. Her book answers the very simple question - "what was it like?" It is arranged by topic to address typical concerns and inquiries - do you get seasick, how does the laundry get done, what about storms and hurricanes, and theft, how do you keep all those nautical terms straight, how do you keep in touch with folks at home, how hard is the work, what sort of people do you meet, what do you do with your garbage?
Emy had lived more comfortably before. She and her sailing mate scraped by for thirteen years, stopping to pick up casual jobs when the money got low. But you get the feeling she would have had it no other way. They were accepted in many of the poorer islands they visited and had a richer experience as a result, not because they had a fancy yacht bristling with electronics, but because they didn't.
This book is an easy read and highly entertaining for anyone who likes sailing or has fantasized about cruising the oceans. If someone you love is trying to drag you off to sea you will want to read this book. Then, you'll probably say "okay, let's do it".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting overview of a different kind of life., March 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Home is Where the Boat is (Paperback)

If you have any desire to leave the land behind and take to the sea, this book gives you insight on what you might encounter.

Emy Thomas was financially able to try the life of a "yachtie". She explains all the different problems and solutions that she and her sail mate experienced.

Her writing is interesting and at times amusing. This book is one to read for the pure enjoyment of it.