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  • 28 Apr 2011 14:33
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    Gary King wrote:
    Jeff McFadden wrote:
    Looked at the site, the book looks interesting, but by the time a copy arrives in central US it's $60.00 AU / &56.00 US. Not sure I want it that bad. Paul, want to do a more detailed review?

    The author sells it from his own website for half the price:  http://www.monsoondervish.com/
    I've read the book too, considering he couldnt find a publisher and there are lots of terrible books out there that did, he is quite a good writer. I've read a LOT of cruising books and after a while they are all the same, Monsoon Dervish is a refreshing change. He describes some pretty interesting things he did and his attitude to border control/customs is hilarious, kind of the ferrel cruiser of the Indian ocean. I rate it better than most "cruising" books, though the wife couldn't get into it, claiming it was too "blokey" for her.

    Thanks for the tip, Gary. He sounds like an eccentric (+) and if it's half-off (++), my Scottish roots run deep, I'll definitely buy it.

    "MD!"
  • 28 Apr 2011 04:07
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    Jeff McFadden wrote:
    Looked at the site, the book looks interesting, but by the time a copy arrives in central US it's $60.00 AU / &56.00 US. Not sure I want it that bad. Paul, want to do a more detailed review?

    The author sells it from his own website for half the price:  http://www.monsoondervish.com/
    I've read the book too, considering he couldnt find a publisher and there are lots of terrible books out there that did, he is quite a good writer. I've read a LOT of cruising books and after a while they are all the same, Monsoon Dervish is a refreshing change. He describes some pretty interesting things he did and his attitude to border control/customs is hilarious, kind of the ferrel cruiser of the Indian ocean. I rate it better than most "cruising" books, though the wife couldn't get into it, claiming it was too "blokey" for her.
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  • 27 Apr 2011 23:27
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    I hope that the JRA will buy a copy for the library.  Of course, there are copyright issues, (she said, with feeling) but wouldn't it be cool if we could download books from the JRA library.  'Course it would be horrid to read on one's computer but one day I suppose we'll all have electric readers for just this sort of thing: books we want to read and can't afford to buy.

    I wonder if I could persuade my library to buy a copy?
  • 27 Apr 2011 17:53
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    Paul Thompson wrote:
    Mark Thomasson wrote:

    Scroll down and take a look a the most amazing junk rig

    http://www.thecoastalpassage.com/krislarsen.html

     

    Mark Thomasson


    Read the book, which was an enjoyable and interesting read. The man is an original and a free spirit. However I do not see eye to eye with him on many issues but that of cause is to be expected.

    Looked at the site, the book looks interesting, but by the time a copy arrives in central US it's $60.00 AU / &56.00 US. Not sure I want it that bad. Paul, want to do a more detailed review?
  • 26 Apr 2011 20:55
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    Mark Thomasson wrote:

    Scroll down and take a look a the most amazing junk rig

    http://www.thecoastalpassage.com/krislarsen.html

     

    Mark Thomasson


    Read the book, which was an enjoyable and interesting read. The man is an original and a free spirit. However I do not see eye to eye with him on many issues but that of cause is to be expected.
  • 26 Apr 2011 13:50
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    Scroll down and take a look a the most amazing junk rig

    http://www.thecoastalpassage.com/krislarsen.html

     

    Mark Thomasson
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