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Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure

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This was my first book I have read which is a narrative on what it is like to cruise for years in the Mediterranean on a 24 foot sail boat. I am planning on a 3 month cruise in the summer of 2002 and wanted info on what it is like. The Authors had a good mix of experiences from Lessons-learned, weather/seas in the Western/Central Med, and alot of good narrative about the people they meant in a variety of ports. It was just what I wanted to understand what the experience is like. I was a little disapointed when the book stopped short of the Greek Island which is where I am planning on going. Over all, if you are thinking of cruising and want a little feel of it with out ocean spray, this is the book for you...

This is the third book of the Pardey's four book Seraffyn series. Once you start them, it's hard to put them down. Lin Pardey has an easy, comfortable, writing style. One is really pulled into their travels.

As I returned to this site to order the remainder of the series, I thought I would share the experience. The sine qua non for me in books is well-written. This book is a welcome relief from the average poorly written cruising book. The sailing jargon is a bit daunting, but appropriate. I learned to like these people and would love to meet them and know if they are still asea. I wish that they had a web site like Rita Golden Gelman's, (the author of the great book "The Tales of a Female Nomad") to keep us abreast of their latest adventure. They left me aching to get started on my very slow circumnavigation; now, all I need is a captain.

An enjoyable and easy to read book. Very outdated (1970s) which makes it interesting in itself (villages in Majorca untouched by tourism). Extensive use of nautical terminology might put off non-sailors.

What more can I say ... (see also my remarks to "Cruising ..." and "European ..."). Having reached a peak with the precursive narrative, the Pardeys continue their trip and deeply moving story telling. Maybe you can enjoy their experiences in Gibraltar, Italy, Yugoslavia (as it was named back then) even more when you know those areas by yourself. Anyways, let yourself be driven away in space and time by immersing into this, the third, part of cruising with Seraffyn.

Seraffyn continues to be the third crew member of this respected cruising couple's adventures. Each chapter seems to be written by this "crew" from a wave away prospective showing how to do it as well as how to enjoy the cruising lifestyle. I look forward to new insights of this type of motor-less sailing in the future. Please, Lyn and Larry do not stop writing these adventures from the sea. There are a whole new group of readers ready for your reprints to come out. Please do not let us down, remember the Spirit that helped you name your new boat-Tristan of Fiddler's Green. There are so many islands to explore, moorings to find and people to meet: keep looking for that piece of wooden handle just below the surface transcending into a quiet mooring and reflective tales of new places to explore. From Gibraltar to Malta and beyond, Seraffyn had the readyness of friendly and helpful people and cooking aboard fishermen's trawlers from a simple but tasty meal. Simplicity at it's best best describes the oneness of this couple where-ever they go sailing. Lyn and Larry expose the real demerits of the unnecessary things aboard both their boats. Experience less is a better value when crusing couples wish to cruise longer and fill the cruising kitty in less time. This book continues the saga for Lyn and Larry in a pleasant cruising lifestyle. A captive, leasurely read.

I thought the book was well written even for someone that has never sailed. The book made me want to learn to sail and look for adventure like the Pardys. My only question would be if it would be the same sailing throught the Med sea today. i hope so!!!! I went out and ordered more of there books right way and I can't to explore with them again!!!!!