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A Year in Paradise : How We Lived Our Dream | 
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| Author: Stephen Wright Watterson
Publisher: Eagle Cliff Pr
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 280785
Media: Paperback
Pages: 184
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.3
ISBN: 0970616708
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9780970616708
ASIN: 0970616708
Publication Date: April 2001
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Condition: No marks/highlights on any pages; some cover wear, corner bends & smudges on front/back; paperback
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Book Description
What is it like to cut loose and sail away for a year? How do you really do it? Join them in their Adventure! Taking their cat along as a referee, Steve and Margaret Watterson spent a year on their 30-foot sailboat traveling from Cleveland, Ohio to the Florida Keys and back. In this book, they describe their experience--the good times and the bad--in order to share it with those who dream of some day cutting off the phone, canceling the paper, and locking the door behind them. If you have ever wondered how to actually do this, you will enjoy this book. The Wattersons tell how much they spent, how they handled mail, and what charts and cruising guides they used. They cover insurance, how to prepare a boat for this kind of trip, and much more.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 An Enjoyable Book December 7, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an amusing and enjoyable book. My husband and I are planning to cruise down the Intracoastal Waterway, and I found this book to be full of useful information about the Erie Canal and the Waterway, and about living aboard a 30-foot boat for a year while cruising south. The book puts you there just as if you were actually having the experience. I highly recommend it to anyone who dreams of such a trip.
 A quick year February 17, 2004
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
The book gives a quick overview of a long journey. It's an easy read, but the details are thin for anyone looking to make this journey. "Honey, Let's Get A Boat" provides better information and detail than "Our Year". Most of the pictures and maps appear to be borrowed from cruising guides. It does give some highlights, that are extracted from newsletters the author wrote - which is the impression I got while reading it - a compendium of personal newsletters to friends, rather than for someone looking to make this journey.
Captures the Essence February 14, 2004
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
What I like about this book is that it captures the real sights and smells of traveling the Atlantic Intracoastal. I believe that this must be what it's really like to live on a 30-foot boat for a year cruising up and down the East coast of the US. The author's descriptions put you right in the picture, and his sense of humor will make you chuckle. There is also a lot of useful information in this book. Anyone who dreams of doing anything like this some day will get a lot of enjoyment from this book.
Informative, unpretentious, and entertaining. February 14, 2004
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I was captivated by this story of a 60-something couple taking the voyage of HIS dreams. While their particular trip in itself was not extraordinary --- many boaters do this --- the author's wry and self-deprecating sense of humor makes this account of their adventure an outstanding read. It is also chock full of very useful information, but primarily it is just a good book to curl up with when you feel like escaping to an achievable dream.
Fun to read February 12, 2004
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I found this book to be entertaining and fun to read. It details the author's boat cruise down the Intracoastal Waterway from start to finish, including all the planning involved. It is a "we did it, so can you!" book. But mainly, it is just an easy to read story, and the author's personal take on events is amusing. Buy it, you'll like it!
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