After a lifetime spent selling real estate on the western Canadian prairie Hal and Maxine Tipper retire to fulfill their lifetime dream of cruising the Caribbean in their own sailboat. Have they ever owned a boat? No. Do they have the slightest idea of what they are getting into? No. But buy a boat they do. The original plan is to spend two years on the boat. Fifteen years later they come home, for health reasons, not because they want to. Wanna-be sailors will laugh and learn with Hal as he slowly masters the cruising lifestyle. Old salts will laugh and comiserate with Hal as he struggles to retain his shaky reputation for infallibility.
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"Wanna-be sailors will love this book!" -- Edith Kirby, Senior's columnist, Edmonton Journal
"We borrowed your book from a gentleman sailor we met when traveling with a group in Tuscany last fall. Dan and I have twice chartered (bare-boated) with friends in the Virgin Islands and your book certainly brought back (fond?) memories of sailing there. Please send us six (6) copies of your book. Some of our friends are going to get great Christmas gifts! Thanks...." -- Ellen Hemming, Rochester NY
In the 1960's Hal and Maxine Tipper became entranced by the music of the Caribbean, including the song "Yellow Bird." Twenty years later they began an active pursuit of the freewheeling spirit typified by the music by sailing the Caribbean in a sucession of yachts. This book is a humorous and informative memoir of their 15 years as foot-loose "gypsies of the sea," members of a nomadic community that sails freely from island to island. -- "The Rotarian" magazine
"We borrowed your book from a gentleman sailor we met when traveling with a group in Tuscany last fall. Dan and I have twice chartered (bare-boated) with friends in the Virgin Islands and your book certainly brought back (fond?) memories of sailing there. Please send us six (6) copies of your book. Some of our friends are going to get great Christmas gifts! Thanks...." -- Ellen Hemming, Rochester NY
In the 1960's Hal and Maxine Tipper became entranced by the music of the Caribbean, including the song "Yellow Bird." Twenty years later they began an active pursuit of the freewheeling spirit typified by the music by sailing the Caribbean in a sucession of yachts. This book is a humorous and informative memoir of their 15 years as foot-loose "gypsies of the sea," members of a nomadic community that sails freely from island to island. -- "The Rotarian" magazine
About the Author
Hal Tipper's career spans a wide spectrum of activities. From fur trader in Canada's north through many and varied business activities to Caribbean cruiser and now author. This is Hal's second book. His first, "From Roadtown to Fort Lauderdale With Hardly Any Trouble At All" was also self published and provided many smiles and chuckles to members of the cruising community.
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