Sailing to Jessica - Softcover

Watts, Kelly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0987454803 ISBN 13: 9780987454805

Publisher: Marshall & Gilbert, 2012

Synopsis

At 35-years old, Kelly and Paul Watts sold their home and quit their jobs to sail around the world, without any sailing experience. Two days after purchasing their forty-two-foot sloop, they got caught in a forty-knot gale off the coast of Cape Fear, NC. Their sails ripped; the engine overheated; the GPS broke; they suffered hypothermia and severe seasickness. And yet they persevered on their journey, discovering the playful sea lions of the Galapagos, the seductive dance of the Polynesian girls, and the primitive beat of Tuvaluan music, all while learning how to sail and repair their boat. They narrowly avoided a shark attack in Suwarrow, fled from suspected pirates off the coast of Ecuador, and hit a submerged container - the fear of all sailors - near Midway Island. What started as a search to find meaning to "life without children," only strengthened their desire to have a family. After fertility attempts failed in America and New Zealand, they unexpectedly adopted a two-month old baby in Kiribati. And so began the adventure of raising a baby on a boat in the middle of the Pacific, battling Dengue Fever and an epidemic of e-coli., almost losing their lives in a 60-knot westerly gale and navigating through the maze of international adoption paperwork. Told from Kelly's conversational point of view, "Sailing to Jessica" will inspire anyone who is searching for meaning in their life to get up and find it.

About this title

From the Author

After two full-time years of writing - and editing! - this book, I am thrilled to finally have it on the bookshelves. To get a feel for our adventure, watch the book trailer video on my Amazon author profile.  Then sit back and enjoy the adventure with Paul and I...from the safety of your armchair.

About the Author

Before moving to India, and subsequently Australia, Kelly Watts was a regional contributor for Meredith Corporation, the American publisher of Better Homes & Gardens magazine. She also wrote freelance articles for Blue Water Sailing magazine, Creative Home magazine as well as Pet Trader magazine (NZ). 

Prior to her four-year sailing trip, she wrote a weekly newspaper food column for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and St. Paul Pioneer Press for three years in addition to freelance food articles for other newspapers and Hometown Cooking magazine. She was also a food photographer for these newspapers. One of her sailing photographs appeared on the June 2006 cover of Blue Water Sailing magazine. 

She has a degree in Chemistry with a double major in French from Georgetown University and received her Certificat de Cuisine Base from the Cordon Bleu in Paris.

About this edition

• Publisher: Marshall & Gilbert
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0987454803
• ISBN 13: 9780987454805
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 285