Sailing with Impunity Adventure in the South Pacific (Audible Audio Edition) Mary E Trimble Michelle Murillo LLC New Street Communications Books
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Sail with Mary and Bruce on a 13,000-mile adventure from Seattle to legendary South Pacific Islands and home again. From magical sights and scents of their first tropical island landfall to the bustling, colorful Tahitian markets. From sudden midnight squalls and a cyclone in Samoa to pristine anchorages in the Kingdom of Tonga. Share the adventure as they fulfill their dream.
Sailing with Impunity Adventure in the South Pacific (Audible Audio Edition) Mary E Trimble Michelle Murillo LLC New Street Communications Books
Enjoyed reading this. It isn't a big thick book (for those wanting a quick read) and makes for most pleasant reading on a sail adventure which took place in 1989. It was sad to read of the awful pollution of Pago Pago and only recently has Starkist been part of an agreement to clean up the area. Reading from another book "Bloody Ridge and Beyond" by Marlin Groft, it was fascinating to read how pristine this area was when troops arrived there in WWII. Overall, a lovely good read.Product details
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Sailing with Impunity Adventure in the South Pacific (Audible Audio Edition) Mary E Trimble Michelle Murillo LLC New Street Communications Books Reviews
Research for my own sailing adventure brought me to this wonderful book. Full of useful advice, funny anecdotes, and perils we can all learn from, I found Sailing with Impunity a great addition to the books I will keep on the boat with me. My one complaint....I am from Port Angeles, WA and was more than slightly disturbed to read that Ediz Hook is now in Port Townsend????
When a seasoned novelist casts away fiction to embark on a memoir, it's worth noticing. Especially so, when the writer (Mary E. Trimble) has already written a gripping memoir about volunteering with the Peace Corp in Africa ('Tubob').
In 'Sailing With Impunity' Bruce and Mary tackle sailing their own boat from Seattle to the South Pacific. As if surviving as hostages in an African coup wasn't exciting enough, in this book, a sailor's worse nightmare comes to life. Mary does a superb job--I couldn't breath during that scene--even though I knew there was, thankfully, a positive outcome.
Mary takes the reader from the first dream of sailing, buying a boat and meticulously preparing, all the way to sailing to Tonga and back. It's beautifully told. You may feel ready to cross this particular adventure off your bucket list after reading this book, or you may be inspired to try blue water cruising yourself. Either way, Mary has given you an accurate account of what's involved.
I think you'll enjoy this book as much as I have.
A pleasant and easygoing recounting of sailing ‘there and back again’ which I found enjoyable as a vicarious escape beyond the horizon. The detail was sufficient for a seasoned sailor to identify with but not to much as to intimidate the newbie.
Well written. Made all it could out of not much "adventure."
Wonderful book for husbands, who want to sail away, to recommend for their wives to read. It was a charming book, but a little too "country club" social for me
Very informative, giving insight in looking for an ideal cruising boat. How one couple made the plans and devised methods and reasons they chose the Yawl they purchased. Started out with the "dream", how they practically went about organising their lives and jobs to fulfil that dream; showing how they made it their reality. Written in a way that captivates your attention, making it difficult to put the book down!
Mary writes in a descriptive language that allows one to drift comfortably into the narrative, and to forget about the act of reading a book. Entertaining, highly informative and honest. Thoroughly recommend this book.
My reservations centered around seeing the view of the sailing adventure thru the eyes of a women with little or no experience on the open ocean, however I Was pleasantly surprised. Ms Trimble did an outstanding job by citing the flora and beauty of the various islands that the were lucky to visit inter mixed with the wonderful imagery of the life on a sailing vessel during the best of times as well as some of the hair raising times that she and her husband experienced. GREAT READ!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book--and that from a city-bred landlubber for whom sailing the Pacific in anything but a cruise ship would be unthinkable. Except in my imagination, of course, for I loved Kon Tiki when I was young and adventurous, and this book took me back to those days.
In this book, as in Tubob, the story of her Peace Corp years, Mary Trimble has the knack of pulling you into her life so totally that you are walking her shoes, burning in the sun, shivering in the wet, clinging to the halyards in the gales. But this is not the story of the young and reckless; I, who have never sailed anything larger than a dinghy, am in awe of the Trimbles’ preparation—from boat to cookware, food to rigging and the knowledge of the sea they display before they set out.
Since the first stage of the trip is among the roughest, we are immediately caught up in the overwhelming force of the sea, the perseverance required to battle weather (and seasickness) that makes the simplest of tasks, such as going to the bathroom, hazardous. We echo Trimble’s exclamation, “And this was supposed to be fun?” We are as relieved as they to reach Southern waters and the sun, discard our wet gear and reflect on the importance of knowledgeable preparation.
When the Trimbles reach Samoa, the story shifts from the sea to the people and cultures of the island and the yachting community anchored there for the winter. As in Tubob again, Mary conveys effectively her own joy in meeting the people and customs of other cultures and engages us as well. Again, the gift of detail brings us in close and personal. Among the “yachties” the Trimbles become the gurus and we encounter the reckless abandon with which some take off across the sea—and the terrifying effects. Over and over we are impressed with the Trimbles’ skill, both technical skill in managing their boat and its contents.
By the time they head for home, the reader has been taken from utter bliss of the South Pacific islands and warmth of the people, through a harrowing cyclone to solitary enjoyment of uninhabited wilderness. And then to the sea in all of its magnificence and wrath again as they head north for their reunion with family and friends.
The knowledge of boat and sea, brought home by the detailing, will delight sailors—as well as bringing home the skill and preparation needed before undertaking such a voyage. But the details of equipping and handling the boat never buried the story for non-sailors like me; I was fascinated throughout, and their months with the people of the islands provided contrast—up close and personal. I feel I have shared an adventure.
Enjoyed reading this. It isn't a big thick book (for those wanting a quick read) and makes for most pleasant reading on a sail adventure which took place in 1989. It was sad to read of the awful pollution of Pago Pago and only recently has Starkist been part of an agreement to clean up the area. Reading from another book "Bloody Ridge and Beyond" by Marlin Groft, it was fascinating to read how pristine this area was when troops arrived there in WWII. Overall, a lovely good read.
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