You Can't Blow Home Again

by Payson, Herb

• ISBN13: 9780688040697
• ISBN10: 0688040691
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1984-09-01
• Publisher: William Morrow & Co

Summary

In this charming, thought-provoking sequel to Blown Away, Herb Payson's singular determination and self-effacing humor are irresistible as he and his family make a Pacific Ocean passage in an old wooden sailboat.

Author Biography

Until he sailed off to the South Pacific in 1973, Herb Payson was a jazz pianist on the Los Angeles nightclub circuit. He is the author of Blown Away and Advice to the Sealorn, and he and his wife Nancy--well-known habitues of the many ports of call between California and New Zealand--have been regular contributors to SAIL magazine for 25 years.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Bad News	p. 2
Sea Foam after Lissa	p. 8
Around Tahiti	p. 14
Moorea--Bellinghausen--Suvarov	p. 22
Suvarov--Samoa	p. 34
Samoa--Tarawa	p. 47
Tarawa	p. 58
Majuro	p. 67
Honor Thy Sextant	p. 73
Tarawa--Fiji	p. 84
Parts	p. 93
Ngau	p. 100
Ongea--Fulanga	p. 109
Deck Leaks	p. 115
Hurricane	p. 122
Up Your Mast	p. 138
Suva--Suvarov	p. 147
Commies/Americans	p. 155
Pearls	p. 167
Painting Sea Foam	p. 175
Hawaii--California	p. 182
Epilogue	p. 193
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