As Long as It's Fun, the Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey [Kindle Edition] Author: Herb McCormick | Language: English | ISBN:
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Download for free books As Long as It's Fun, the Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey Free Download from mediafire, rapishare, and mirror link To anyone interested in small-boat cruising and voyaging, the names Lin and Larry Pardey need no introduction. As world-girdling sailors who roamed the planet on a pair of small, engineless boats that they built themselves, the Pardeys established their hard-earned reputations by eloquently (and sometimes controversially) telling their stories through a series of best-selling books and manuals, and countless seminars and boat shows. They have been called the first couple of cruising and have remained true to their mantra: Go simple, go small, go now. And after 200,000 miles of cruising under sail, they ve demonstrated that the dream of voyaging over the horizon is not only attainable, it s affordable. The children of modest, middle-class families, their message of accessibility into the world of cruising of taking your own floating home anywhere has proved irresistible to tens of thousands of sailors. Lin and Larry Pardey became cruising royalty not solely due to their impressive deeds but also through their rare ability to share what they d learned across multiple media. Seemingly every offshore cruiser knows who they are and what they represent. Or do they? In As Long as It s Fun, the biography of Lin and Larry Pardey, Herb McCormick recounts their remarkable sailing career from their early days in Southern California to their two circumnavigations to their current life in a quiet cove in New Zealand. Through interviews with their families, friends, and critics, McCormick delves deeply into the couple s often-controversial opinions, sometimes-tenuous marriage, and amazing list of accomplishments. As Long as It s Fun is as much a love story as it is a sea yarn, and, like all such stories, it s not without complications . . . which makes it not only a sailing tale but also a human one. Direct download links available for As Long as It's Fun, the Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey Free Download
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- Print Length: 280 pages
- Publisher: Paradise Cay Publications (December 31, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00HQ6Q3WU
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Herb McCormick has done a remarkable job with this double biography. I went in with a normal healthy dose of skepticism, expecting it might turn out to be a typical "buddy bio," where the author has a friendly agenda and sings the praises of his old pals, glossing over the defects in the wood. I was immediately impressed, however, when he did two things that I really respect in storytelling: first, he opened in medias res with a real collar-grabber. Second, he did it using an episode not only foaming with peril but also seething with complex, long-standing, and multi-layered personal conflict. OK, I thought, settling in and getting comfortable, this is going to be an interesting read.
McCormick tackles the topic with a comfortable degree of detached objectivity. Although the tone skews favorably overall -- it's certainly not a hatchet job -- in no way does he avoid the warts, disputes, embarrassments, regrets, and sensitive spots. I had recently started reading High Endeavors: The Extraordinary Life and Adventures of Miles & Beryl Smeeton by Miles Clark, and although As Long As It's Fun takes place in a later age, the similarities provided a curious counterpoint and a sharp relief. Unlike High Endeavors, McCormick is writing about people who are still alive . . . an undertaking that demands a certain level of delicacy. The occasional euphemism or wink is to be forgiven.
I happened to consume most of this book while sitting at a dockside bar, with the St. Petersburg Yacht Club to my right and Vinoy Basin to my left. It was amusing to glance up from the text and see cruisers and racers coming and going while I sat there with my book and my glass of Malbec, the sun setting behind me.
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