Sailing: A Sailor's Dictionary (Papermacs) - Softcover

9780333328453: Sailing: A Sailor's Dictionary (Papermacs)
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Sailing: A Sailor's Dictionary (Papermacs) [paperback] Beard, Henry,McKie, Roy [Feb 01, 1982]

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. . . Quite simply the funniest book I have ever read.

--William F. Buckley, Jr., Captain of the Suzy Wong

A lexicon bringing new meaning to the things said at sea.

From: ABANDON: The wild state in which a sailor buys a boat.

To: Zephyr: A warm, pleasant breeze named after the mythical Greek god of wishful thinking, false hopes, and unreliable forecasts.

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sailing the fine art of getting wet and becoming ill while slowly going nowhere at great expense.

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  • PublisherMACMILLAN
  • Publication date1982
  • ISBN 10 0333328450
  • ISBN 13 9780333328453
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages96

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