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  A Mile Down: The True Story of a Disastrous Career at Sea
Mile Down: The True Story of a Disastrous Career at Sea 
The true story of one ordinary man’s misadventures at sea. While on a visit to Turkey, Vann falls in love with a partially finished hull of a 90-foot sailboat. He purchases it and endures the process of boat-building in a foreign land with low-grade materials and workmanship. Months later, broke and sailing toward the Caribbean he is beset by a storm and loses his rudder. The litany of disasters continues, including bankruptcy, piracy, and a keystone cops attempt at rescue by the Coast Guard.

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Author

Vann, David
Number of Pages

236
Format

softcover
Date

2006
ISBN

1560257105
ISBN13

9781560257103
 
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