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A question of balance

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A Japanese office worker suffers the consequences of dreaming to navigate the globe by contracting a nervous disease after five years of building a boat. Nevertheless, he survived and realized his dream. Together with his family he toured the world aboard Hope II despite some hardships they encountered.

Author: Fujimura, Masato
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1998
Japanese, Japanese (Asian people)

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Back to basics

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A successful woman reminisces on her life during the middle 1980s when she went on a three-year cruise of the Pacific and the Caribbeans on a sailboat. The voyage made her realize that the comfortable lives people lead in the US can trap them so much.

Author: Boettcher, Wendy
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1998
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Businesswomen

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The short way across

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A Swede recounts his thoughts and experiences when he was building a 14-foot boat. He named the dinghy 'Arrandir,' which he would eventually use in crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

Author: Naslund, Sebastian
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1998
Sailing, Single-handed, Single handed sailing

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Subjects list: Personal narratives, Boats and boating, Boating, Boats, Voyages around the world, Circumnavigation
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