Turtles in our wake / / Sandra Clayton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828034503321
• Autore: Clayton Sandra
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Adlard Coles Nautical, , 2012; ©2011
• ISBN: 1-4081-5936-8; 1-4081-5585-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 pages)
• Disciplina: 909.09822
• Soggetti: Offshore sailing - Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean Region Description and travel
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- The Journey -- The Beaufort Wind Force Scale -- About Voyager -- Prelude -- England -- 1 Selling Up -- 2 Setting Out -- 3 Sorting Out -- 4 Lovely Mahon -- 5 Waiting to Exchange -- 6 Flight back to Mahon -- The Balearic Islands -- 7 Mahon -- 8 Mañana -- 9 Lift-Out -- 10 Life Ashore -- 11 Cala Grao -- 12 Addaya -- 13 Fornells -- 14 Cuitadella -- 15 Fornells to Mahon -- Sardinia -- 16 Menorca to Sardinia -- 17 The Sinis Peninsula -- 18 Torre Grande -- 19 Torre Grande to Carloforte -- 20 Carloforte -- 21 A Quiet Day In -- 22 A Jaunt Ashore -- 23 Carloforte to Calasetta -- 24 Calasetta to Malfatano -- 25 Malfatano to Cagliari -- 26 Cagliari -- 27 A Walk Through History -- 28 In Pursuit of Propane -- 29 The Courtesy of Strangers -- 30 Nora -- 31 Sardinia to Menorca -- The Balearic Islands -- 32 Menorca: Fornells -- 33 Mallorca: Bonaire -- 34 Sóller -- 35 Andraitx -- 36 Palma -- 37 Ibiza -- 38 Formentera -- Mainland Spain -- 39 Alicante -- 40 Tabarca -- 41 The Costas -- 42 Tranquil Anchorages -- 43 Sea Mist -- 44 A Secluded Bay -- 45 Marbella -- 46 Marbella to Gibraltar -- Gibraltar -- 47 Sheppards Boatyard -- 48 National Day -- 49 Warranty and Insurance -- The Atlantic Ocean -- 50 Leaving Gibraltar -- 51 The Net -- 52 Lost Appetites -- 53 Sleep Deprivation -- 54 Plodding On -- 55 Blobs in the Night -- The Madeira Islands -- 56 Porto Santo -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary for Non-; Sailors -- By the Same Author -- Imprint.
• Sommario/riassunto: Most people at some point long to escape - from the weather, the commute, the routine. Sailing off in a forty-foot boat called Voyager comes at a price, however. Indeed, for David and Sandra Clayton it meant selling their house and possessions with a lifetime's collection of memories and emotions attached to them. But the result proved life-enhancing. With her eye for detail and vivid descriptions, Sandra carries the reader with her through some of the Mediterranean's loveliest islands. Charmed by tranquil anchorages, ancient harbours and the people they meet, they also develop a fascination with the sea and its wildlife. And, whilst questioning the things we value and the nature of happiness, this book reveals the growing and sometimes amusing inter-dependence of two people alone at sea. This is the sequel to the popular Dolphins under my Bed, which charted Sandra and David's first long journey: a 2,000-mile voyage from England, down the Atlantic coast and into the warm waters of the Mediterranean.