{"product_id":"yacht-voyages-eric-wiberg-9780999847916","title":"Yacht Voyages: One Captain's Adventures Afloat","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is all the saga of global yacht delivery crew who are the unsung glue who fill in the gap by manning and moving those boats smaller than the mega-yachts and bigger than those which the owners sail themselves. A nautical memoir about a young sailor rising through the ranks aboard over 125 privately owned sailing yachts and power boats 25 to 70 feet long. The stories start with him being tossed around in a tiny boat in the Baltic, then gaining a foothold as a boat-boy for a prominent Brahmin family, racing to Bermuda. This led to his assuming command over a 68-foot wooden yacht across the Pacific. Accounts include being knocked overboard in a snowstorm, the burning and sinking of a classic 1937-built yacht off Trinidad (which led to a seminal maritime law case), trans-Atlantic voyages with a drunk, a playboy, a former CIA agent partially blind and nudist, a captain whose water jug, turned out to contain vodka, and a convicted drug smuggler and addict who assaulted him with a knife - twice. On top of these were several shark attacks, mutinous behavior not just by the crew, but when the author was forced by necessity to become crew for other captains again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumorous episodes include developing a knack for having huge ships alter course for tiny yachts, grabbing crew out of sundry bars to avoid hurricanes, or leaving undesirables ashore. The nomadic life led to fast-paced romances in foreign ports. After a voyage from the US to the UK, the burly Australian skipper forced the young yacht owner to drive in a red Ferrari to London banks until the crew were paid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Wiberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0999847910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999847916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Island Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Eric Wiberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483852288255,"sku":"9780999847916","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_579347b4-cb32-4b4a-a40a-7061d20a38c3.jpg?v=1778041002","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/yacht-voyages-eric-wiberg-9780999847916","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}