Following Seas: Sailing the Globe Sounding a Life
$19.95
The great American
sailor Joshua Slocum may have had little else to do when he began rebuilding the
small sloop Spray. He could, however, look back at a lifetime on the ocean as
preparation for his remarkable circumnavigation. Beth Leonard attended college
and collected a master's degree in business. She could point to a successful international
management consulting career, but there was no blue-water sailing on her resume.
Like so many of us, Beth felt an itch of discontent inside the corporate suit
she put on every day. Unlike most us, though, Beth couldn't resist scratching
that itch. Following Seas recounts the story of Beth's transformation from business
analyst to expert in the sea, the wind, the sky, the stars and Silk, the boat
on which she learns to depend for her life. Over the course of three years, Beth
grows into someone to whom Joshua Slocum could tip his hat in sailing fellowship.
The dramatic shake-down cruise recounted in the prologue of Following Seas became
the first leg of a sometimes tumultuous and sometimes serene circumnavigation.
Sailing west-abound, Beth and companion Evans Starzinger pilot silk from the Azores,
through the Panama Canal, and into the South Pacific, where the peoples of remote
islands play a vital part in the story. How does one decide to leave a career
and adopt a new way of life? What will you discover about the new places you see,
the people you meet? Most important, what might you discover about yourself? Following
Seas tells the story of Beth Leonard's journey of discovery. Why not weigh anchor,
sail west-around, and share this journey of exploration yourself?
Following Seas
272 pages,100
color images. Voyage map and full index. 7 by 10 inches.
Paperback 1-55949-370
Regular price: $19.95.
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