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The cure for anything is salt water The cure for anything is salt water Mary South At forty, Mary South had a beautiful home, good friends, and a successful career in book publishing. But she couldn't help feeling that she was missing something intangible but essential. So she deci… OL16028846W
Girl On The Orlop Deck Girl On The Orlop Deck Beryl Kingston She will find her husband, even if it means enlisting… Portsmouth, 1803. The British Navy headed by Lord Admiral Nelson himself are in pursuit of Johnny Frenchman. For months, there have been r… OL17467751W
Flying Cloud Flying Cloud David W. Shaw In 1851, Elanor Creesy, in a position almost unheard of for a woman in the mid-nineteenth century, served as the navigator on the maiden voyage of the clipper ship Flying Cloud -- traveling from New … OL1845071W
Dare the wind Dare the wind Tracey E. Fern "Ellen Prentiss felt the sea tug at her heart, strong as a full-moon tide. She loved the water so much that her papa taught her to navigate his schooner across Massachusetts Bay. Soon she was racin… OL19707358W
Blue water dreams Blue water dreams Dena Hankins Lania Marchiol keeps a wary sailor's gaze trained on the horizon. Somewhere out there, the perfect boat is waiting to take her around the world in a self-sufficient home powered by wind, sunshine, a… OL19988658W
The secret she kept The secret she kept Amelia Carr Fearless Felicity Penrose thrives on adventure: she's one of the most experienced female sailors in the world. But one day, in the late 1950s, her boat is found abandoned, drifting off the Cornish co… OL21365215W
Taking on the World Taking on the World Ellen MacArthur When Ellen finished the Vendee Globe, yachting's toughest race aged just 24 the nation took her to it's heart. The depth of the affection for Ellen is extraordinary - she makes people feel like they … OL7912787W