Blue water, green skipper [Hardcover]

Stuart Woods (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 190 pages
• Publisher: Stanford Maritime; First edition (1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0540071684
• ISBN-13: 978-0540071685
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,678,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stuart Woods is the author of forty-four novels, including the New York Times-bestselling Stone Barrington series and Holly Barker series. The last twenty-eight of them have been New York Times best-sellers. He is an avid private pilot, flying his own jet on two book tours a year. His latest novel is Santa Fe Edge,to be published on September 21st. You may see his tour schedule and learn more about the author on his website, www.stuartwoods.com.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Must Read for Stuart Woods fans, December 3, 2004

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R. Spell "raspell" (Memphis, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Water, Green Skipper (Hardcover)

Over the years I've read many Stuart Woods books starting with White Cargo which is still one of my favorites. From there I read many of his early books and read many later books up until the last three years. Having spent so much time reading his different writings including one of his early novels of sailing, I thought it would be worthwhile to read his first book. Blue Water is about Stuart Woods' love of sailing and his adventure in participating in a transatlantic race solo. While this book shows signs of an inexperienced writer, inordinate details that do nothing to move the book along, it does provide a great framework of what is involved in undertaking such a challenging race including the dangers at sea which become quite clear in the last 8th of the book. In addition, if you have studied Woods' other books you get a look at his early life and how those influences may have affected his writings.

If you are a fan of Stuart Woods' novels, this is a worthwhile read. If you are a fan of the sea and sailing, you'll also enjoy this book. Other than that, I wouldn't take the time to find this book and pay the high price necessary since it is so far out of print and sells at a high level.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blue Water - Green Skipper, June 17, 2009

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Brian Laux (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews
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If you enjoy Stuart Woods' books, and especially if you enjoy sailing storoes, then this is a great picture of his early years, how he got started writing, and a great story of his preparing for and then sailing the OSTAR transatlantic sailing race.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love Stuart Woods, December 3, 2010

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Claudia Richards (FORT WALTON BEACH, FL, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Blue Water, Green Skipper (Hardcover)

I admit I did not buy this for myself. I bought it for a gift for a friend of mine that loves to sail, and reads only non-fiction books. Because I love Stuart Woods, I thought he would love this book. I have read all of his Stone Barrington novels, Ed Eagle, Will Lee and Holly Barker books. I look forward to reading the 3 novels he has coming out next year.