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Cruising in Seraffyn

By: Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey
Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix
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The cruising tale is full of the sights and sounds, the fragrances and native customs of foreign lands, especially Central American and the Caribbean. It is a story of a leisurely sail through the Gulf of Cortez and on through Panama Canal to the Azores and England. Cruising in Seraffyn is also a carefully thought out guide to living aboard a small boat, with fun and economy as the guiding principles. Four appendices provide data that is vital for anyone comtemplating long-distance cruising.

©2001 Lin and Larry Pardey (P)2014 New Street Communications, LLC Adventure Travel Sailing Sailing & Boating Sports Writing Water Sports Feel-Good
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The story is as you might expect if you know something about Lin and Larry Pardey. Like or loath, I think as time goes on, it becomes interesting in a different way. Almost an historical piece. Worth a read

I could not get on with the narrator. It is not my intention to be unkind, merely honest -- to inform paying customers -- like myself. So I will add: She does not enunciate clearly and slurs her words. She seems to want to avoid sounding monotone...(Great!), but most disconcertingly she does this by putting random emphasis on weird bits of the sentences. Suffice to say, it doesn't work. It isn't a complicated text, indeed it is mostly in just one voice. Unfortunately, this was beyond the reader.

I think the book deserves better. I understand that latter books have better narration. Hurrah!

classic, but poor narration

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Timeless classic recalls childhood days on small boats, perfectly paced and narrated beautifully.
The sequel has been ruined by being read as if listening in fast forward!

Catches a bygone way of life perfectly

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Having listened to the Mediterranean Adventure and now this, I love what the Pardees have done, but sadly some of the narration lets it down. Pauses where there shouldn't be one, to help the sentence make more sense, and also lack of research on pronunciation. E.g. Ibiza - it's pronounced Ibeetha, and lead line, its led line, not leed line. Other occasions slip my memory. It's better overall than the Med Adventure, as there's other errors in that and lots of obvious studio cuts and changes in ambience.
Still, a great listen though and you feel you are there.

Richard.

Great audiobook if you love sailing...

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Very helpful, encouraging and reassuring with lots of common sense and practical advise it will make you want to go cruising right now.

Very inspirational.

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