'When I was first invited by a new - and handsome - man to the local Yacht Club to see his boat, I happily conjured up alluring pictures of me in an expensive bikini and a great suntan. It didn't occur to me that "see my boat" might actually mean going out in the thing....'
Before she knew it, Angela Rice had agreed to a sailing trip on the notorious west coast of Scotland – and to marry her skipper. The voyage did nothing to allay her primal suspicion of anything afloat. But years later, one sunny Boat Show day, she discovered the lifestyle lure of powerboats. Speculating they might be less confusing and scary than their sailing counterparts, she cajoled her man into crossing to the dark side – with wild promises to try to become competent. Reluctance slowly gave way to relish, scepticism to skippering, the Solent to the Seine.....
Originally published as a series in Motorboat & Yachting magazine, and illustrated with wonderful cartoons by David Semple, this is a funny and engaging account of one woman's relationship with the sea, a boat and her husband.
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Adventures of a Reluctant Boating Wife
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Print ISBN
9781408182048
Edition
1Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- eCopyright
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- A move to the dark side
- Wild promises
- Just the two of us
- Changing of the guardrail
- Ducking out of dinghies
- Reluctance is futile
- French revelation
- Ambling through autumn
- Cast off!
- Mutiny in Mâcon
- Nasty noises
- Star-crossed crossing
- Seine but different
- Happy berthday
- Long distance relationship
- Diesel disaster
- Easter bonnet
- Rallying around
- Stand off
- Marina manners
- Under the weather
- Big boating
- Girls and buoys
- Learning your lines
- Racing revelry
- Media mayhem
- Helpful heroines
- Ingenuous engineering