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Author: vincent bossley
Company: sailboat2adventure
Region: suite 2/7 Ronald Avenue, Narraweena, Sydney, Australia
Website: www.sailboat2adventure.com
Memorable Quote 1: 'You will NEVER regret doing it - You will ALWAYS regret NOT doing it'
Memorable Quote 2: 'DON'T dream about it - Get out there and DO it!'
Author Comment / Biography:
Vincent Bossley is a publisher and sailor living on the Northern Beaches of Sydney Australia. He has his own website for sailors www.sailboat2adventure.com dedicated to all sailors, planning sailors, armchair sailors, virtual sailors and indeed anyone who has ever dreamt of sailing off into the oceans of this beauitful planet of ours. He offers a very useful package of '101 Dollar Saving Tips for Sailors' that could save you many hundreds of dollars or even thousands during your voyage. Included absolutely FREE is his 135 page illustrated download ebook 'Voyage of the Little Ship 'Tere Moana' of his four year adventure to many of these exotic tropical paradises. A 'Ten Tip Plan' of what to look for when buying your dream sailboat by internationally renowned marine surveyor Mark Clarke is also FREE.He is passionate about getting you started on the planning of your odyssey. You can visit him anytime on www.sailboat2adventure.com Other books written by Vincent can be viewed and purchased at Amazon's 'Kindle' ebookstore, Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, Apple ibookstore, Kobo Books and Sony eBooks by typing in Vincent Bossley, author.
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31. Captain Cook and Point Venus, Matavai Bay, Tahiti
December 27, 2007
Our little ship reminds them that if they are to make Point Venus today, then they need to set off now. Extricating the anchor from the mud, the hose and scrubber come into use, removing with some vigorous pokes and vigorous strokes, the thick grey goo from the flukes. Snubbed home with the anc...
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32. The day Diana died - Moorea, French Polynesia
December 21, 2007
Carrying out some much needed housework instead of luxuriating in the hammock swinging in the shade of the awning, sees our valiants scrubbing the waterline. Then, onto polishing the stainless steel pulpit and pushpit rails, stanchions, and re caulking some wayward teak decking. During a brea...
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33. Tonga Whale Tale
December 12, 2007
Tucking in behind the short reef, our little ship arrives just in time for her crew to anchor as the tropical night draws down on the western horizon, squeezing the last of the flaming orange crush over the edge and into eternity. Myriad stars from the east already puncture the black velvet, criss-c...
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34. Galapagos Illusions and Port Protocol
November 18, 2007
GALAPAGOS’ ILLUSIONS AND PORT PROTOCOL As the black tooth climbs higher into the sky it begins to look more like an island of some substance. From the charts and its shape, it is established that they are indeed gazing at Santa Cruz Island. On the western side is Academy Bay and Puerto Ayo...
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35. South Seas Anchorage - Rangiroa Atoll, French Polynesia
November 14, 2007
SOUTH SEAS ANCHORAGE – RANGIROA ATOLL, FRENCH POLYNESIA Bearing down on the Tuamotus, our crew are keeping a sharp lookout ahead. They know now that the first sighting of land is going to be the fronded crown of a palm tree, rooted in the sand of a coral atoll barely above sea level. The exp...
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36. Beachcombing - Rangiroa Atoll, Tuamotus, South Seas
November 11, 2007
BEACHCOMBING – RANGIROA ATOLL, TUAMOTUS, SOUTH SEAS Glittering sunlight shafting diagonally through his open hatch, her captain gradually becomes conscious another day has dawned. Powerless to resist the pull, he rises, and standing on his bunk, pokes his head out of the hatch surveying the...
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37. Two Men in a 'Dog' of a Cat
November 04, 2007
TWO MEN IN A ‘DOG’ OF A CAT Blustering upriver, salty and tangy, the afternoon breeze invades their senses. On such a bright and blue Queensland post meridiem our two heroes choose to launch themselves onto the waters by renting a catamaran for an hour or two. The previous day, with a much ...
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38. Night Watch - Steering by the Stars
September 23, 2007
Night Watch – Steering by the Stars Extract from 'The Voyage of the Little Ship 'Tere Moana' All this starlore stuff is running around her captains head and he reckons he might try steering our little ship by the stars on his watch. He selects a group of stars close to her masthead, a...
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39. Spring, Love and health
September 23, 2007
Spring, Love and Health: Tennyson’s famous line: ‘In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love’ kindles in us all that indefinable feeling of lightness of being, joy, uplifting and rebirthing that suddenly makes us feel alive again after a winter of numbness. In a mome...
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40. Sandy Bay Snapper
August 17, 2007
SANDY BAY SNAPPER Sandy Bay, summer school holidays, three weeks – what a formula to conjure up who knows what wild adventures in the mind of a young boy. Visions of sparkling blue waters, days spent fishing and exploring the bush clad shoreline, with almost half of his holidays to expend,...
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