The Oceans Are Waiting: Around the World on the Yacht Tigger [Hardcover]

Sharon Ragle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2002

The Oceans Are Waiting is a true story of newlyweds on a four-and-a-half year circumnavigation aboard a small sailboat. Single for many years, with her children grown, the author found herself facing a solitary future. Little did she know that one step off her familiar path would lead to adventure, romance and a life at sea. What followed was a funny and loving escapade across 35,000 miles of ocean and through many exotic lands. Join the author and her husband as they sail to the Cook and Gala‡pagos Islands, as well as many others aboard their 37-foot sailboat, Tigger. You will be captivated by their honeymoon voyage to little known places like the islands of Rodrigues and Atata. You may also gain a new perspective on several favorite cruising destinations like the South Pacific and the Great Barrier Reef. While there are many sailing books that tell of various journeys, this is undoubtedly the first one by a middle-aged woman who finds a new chance at love and at life because of her dream of a circumnavigation.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Sharon Ragle is a woman in perpetual motion, and her rollicking tale about her personal ad attractive lady sailor seeks SWM for cruising future and beyond and marriage and four-and-a-half-year circumnavigation aboard the Tartan 37 TIGGER with said SWM (a great guy named Dave) is written in her brilliantly impulsive style of life. --Cruising World

Attractive 49-year-old lady sailor seeking a SWM of same generation as friend/possible permanent partner, for cruising future and beyond. The oceans are waiting. I don't want to go alone! The author of this book, and the advert, was a divorced single parent. She had raised two daughters and a son. One marriage had been enough. She was sad and skeptical about herself and her marriage, preferring, in her words, to stay single and safe. Driving down a Texas freeway one day, minding her own business, she heard a voice, which said to her You are going to buy a boat and sail around the world. Whatever or whoever "the voice" was, changed her life. She heeded the call and immediately took sailing lessons. She became more aware of her loneliness and her need for a crew. Hence the advert in Cruising World. It was not, perhaps, the ideal way to find a partner, but Dave, who lived aboard a 37-foot Tartan named Tigger in Florida, proved perfect enough to change her mind about marriage. And so they start out on their circumnavigation; a four and a half year story of adventure, of evolving love, of discovering new faces and places, and themselves. Among those adventures are South African stop-overs in Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, and Cape Town, with an inland trip to Kruger Park. It is a warm feel-good story, an inspirational one for those who dream but don't do... --Sailing & Yachting

About the Author

Sharon Ragle is a writer and sailing enthusiast.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Sheridan House (October 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157409145X
• ISBN-13: 978-1574091458
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #954,554 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #96 in Books > Teens > Sports & Hobbies > Girls in Sports

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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and entertaining, January 31, 2012

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Ocean Girl - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Oceans Are Waiting: Around the World on the Yacht Tigger (Hardcover)

Loved the book, the author has a great sense of humor and her descriptions of the ocean, places she visits, and the storms she encounters are beautifully written. It's an honest look at sailing around the world, the book is already making it's round with my friends :-).

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The adventure of real people, October 30, 2002

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Alecia (Katy, Tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Oceans Are Waiting: Around the World on the Yacht Tigger (Hardcover)

Listen to a real cool person tell you all the best parts of a great adventure.
Sharon is my mom, and a very interessstttting person. Dad is a great guy and our favorite curmudgeon.
This book started out as a handwritten journal, mailed home from some really far out places around the world. It is now a well-polished book full of laugh-out-loud silliness and high adventure.
My favorite story is about the raft of "refugees" on the Indian Ocean. Read this book and see if you agree. :)

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Oceans are waiting, October 25, 2002

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William Langton (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Oceans Are Waiting: Around the World on the Yacht Tigger (Hardcover)

"The Oceans are Waiting" by Sharon Ragle was a delightful surprise. It is an enchanting love story and a bold adventure. Mrs. Ragle has wonderful style and I will recommend the book to all my friends, including the Land Lubbers!
Great Book Sharon!

Simply Delightfull