Seasoned By Salt: Amazon.ca: Jerry L Mashaw, Anne MacClintock: Books

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...even-handed, lyrical... (Yachting ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Seasoned by Salt is the fascinating account of a one-year cruise, from Connecticut to Grenada and back, undertaken by a sailing couple. The book alternates throughout between their two complementary voices as they relive their journey.They are not your average tourists. Their story is brimming with humor and high adventure, and reflects a deep understanding of the history, people, and economy of the many islands that they visited. During their journey, they develop an understanding of the historical bond between North America and the Caribbean, particularly their intertwined colonial past and their shared legacy of slavery and racial division.This book is a romance, a comedy, a search for personal meaning, and above all a wonderful sailing story that finds subtle parallels between individuals' relationships and nations' and explores the crucial and continuing ties between the sea and history.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just One of Life's Adventures, Feb 26 2004

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James R. Mcdonald (Killingworth, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seasoned By Salt (Hardcover)

I enjoyed this book immensely.

As I have only known Anne professionally by working with her in corporate life, it was very rewarding to gain an additional perspective about her as a person and as part of her life's team (Jerry & Anne) by reading this wonderful story. It was also very educational to learn of this couple's preparation for such an undertaking and then to read of the experience almost hour by hour as they lived it. I have to say that the passage to Bermuda and on to the BVI's was exceptional.

I also enjoyed Jerry's perspective when he included the background on Caribbean history and that area's relationship to America's struggle for freedom in breaking away from England. It was refreshing to learn more about the culture of the islands by Anne & Jerry's exploration & invesigation of the current political and economic conditions of the islands and the people. The passages concerning their encounters with customs & immigration were hilarious.

In many ways I was sorry that they only got to spend 10 months on this portion of life's journey in the Caribbean. Who knows maybe they will have a sequel.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Living Large Aboard Palemon, Feb 15 2004

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Rod Cober (Cincinnati, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seasoned By Salt (Hardcover)

For those of us who have only played at sailing, a cruise from Connecticut to a southernmost point of Grenada aboard a 36 foot boat represents the zenith of sailing experience among us "regular sailors." But, in fact, the story shared by Mashaw and MacClintock is anything but "regular". That these two, even though sharing an educated view of the world and a love of the sea, are able to, not just endure the confines and discomfort of a small boat on the high seas or in crowded harbors, but to find the joy in them and in each other is a remarkable and revitalizing story of what life can be - and should be. The sailing story is exquisite; the life story is more than that!

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5.0 out of 5 stars How To Do Life, Dec 20 2003

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Frank (Guilford, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seasoned By Salt (Hardcover)

This book and story is not just for sailors, but for anyone who loves life and wants to live it to its fullest. What better way would there be to learn what life has to offer, and how to respond to its challenges and opportunities, than to set off in a sailboat, into strange waters (the ocean, no less), with only your spouse on board (yikes!). As the authors' adventure unfolds, you become completely engaged with them and their boat, the other cruisers they meet, their family, and the coves and ports and islands (and the bars, too) they pass through. Their yarns are laugh-out-loud, tears-down-the-cheeks, just-plain-funny. And also heart-warming, choke-you-up-with-tears, and totally-revealing-and-exposed. Along the way, you get insights into such topics as the legal profession, the history of slavery, the economics of the marine industry and the Caribbean, hurricanes and weather, family dynamics, spousal dynamics, emergency medicine, ocean and coastal navigation, marine life, and temperamental machinery. Then there is the glorious sailing and being completely one with your boat, the water and your partner. This is the Zen of ocean cruising. This is the Zen of life. You have to read this book. I will again, and soon.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Seasoned by Salt
I am not a cruiser nor even a sailor, but I enjoyed this book immensely. Mashaw and MacClintock engross you in their odyssey and serve up some fascinating history of the Caribbean... Read more

Published on Dec 16 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Even if You've Never Shouted "Ready About...Hard a Lee"
You don't have to be a sailor or a Caribbean devotee to be excited about this book. If you've ever taken a trip in an RV, lived in a cramped apartment, or been somewhere remote... Read more

Published on Nov 18 2003 by John Marshall