Up the Creek: A Lifetime Spent Trying to Be a Sailor

Up the Creek: A Lifetime Spent Trying to Be a Sailor

by TonyJames (Author)

Synopsis

Up the Creek charts Tony James' unintentional voyage from his home in landlocked Derbyshire, to a marina in Somerset via the Caribbean, the Persian gulf and the bottom of a swimming pool in Ottery St. Mary. On the way, Tony gathers a motley crew of unforgettable eccentrics and maritime misfits, brought to hilarious life by his acute observations of the ridiculous and by his wry acceptance that whatever happens at sea, things can only get worse. The funniest and most original sailing book for years.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 284
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Sheridan House
Published: 01 Feb 2006

ISBN 10: 1574092227
ISBN 13: 9781574092226

Media Reviews
..a pleasant romp, one well worth the time to the very last page. Sailing Laugh-out-loud funny... unlike any other sailing memoir... destined to become a classic. Traditional Boats and Ships Waves of humor in a sea of sailing experience Royal Yachting Association Ever know a full-time undertaker and sometime sailor foolish enough to take a life raft inside a phone booth, then accidentally trip over the ripcord? Well, British author Tony James does, and he describes the incident succinctly and with comic flare in his entertaining and well-written memoir Up the Creek: A Lifetime Spent Trying to be a Sailor. Sail Magazine