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Gonta    by Alex Frishberg
Price: $0.99 USD. 13720 words. Published on July 10, 2011. .

A real-life adventure story about Alexei and Nikolai, who travel to Australia to find Gonta, a sailboat which they built with their own hands. With little money, no sailing experience and no knowledge of English, they set out on a year-long adventure of a lifetime. This is a true story of friendship, human courage and survival under extreme conditions in the freezing ocean waters.
Seize The Day    by Shirley Billing
Price: $2.99 USD. 105740 words. Published on September 9, 2012. .

A stunning account of seven years on the seven seas sailing from London to Singapore, the first lap of a 65,000 mile circumnavigation in their 35' ketch. An exciting account of preparations, voyaging and much nuts-and-bolts sailing information. They encounter:joy, freedom, paradise, friendly island people, gales, robbery and shipwreck. Shirley says "Togetherness is - being seasick holding hands."
The Tahiti Syndrome-Hawaiian Style    by Andrew Gunson
Price: $7.99 USD. 172420 words. Published on November 21, 2012. .

The Tahiti Syndrome Hawaiian Style is an introspective journey taken under sail into the very heart of the Great Pacific Ocean to the magnificent Hawaiian archipelago. The author seeks life and love while attempting to ascertain the meaning of life as seen from the deck of a 52 foot ketch, the sailing vessel Maiatla II.
Nothing Goes to Weather Like a Delivery Crew    by Lance Gettler
Price: $4.95 USD. 14570 words. Published on January 21, 2013. .

This is the story of a Pacific crossing, the delivery of a 3 year old Hallberg Rassy 40' sloop. My brother and I picked the boat up in Auckland and delivered it to Seattle over 6200 nm away. We did the trip nonstop. Here is the day to day story, photos and log entries of two people spending 55 days together at sea on a 40' sailboat going to weather.