The true story of a married couple in their thirties who resolve to quit their jobs and abandon their conventional lives to follow a dream of living on a sailboat and exploring the path less traveled—a plan some of their family and friends consider to be a ‘half-assed scheme’ at best. The expected yearlong adventure evolves into a quarter-century voyage of discovery spanning half the globe. Come along as Randy and Cheryl cruise their small boat to intriguing destinations you won’t find in any tourist brochure. Along the way they discover the best and worst the sailing life has to offer. Not always easy but never boring, their adventures and misadventures include encounters with hurricanes, thieves, drug smugglers and a disastrous tsunami as well as lasting new friendships formed with local people and fellow sailors all along their route. A rousing tale that will leave you yearning for more and maybe even convince you to take the plunge yourself and join the ranks of the world’s sea nomads.
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About the Author
Randy Baker and his wife Cheryl began their sailing life with their trailerable sailboat Amuck in 1988 and transitioned to full time cruising and living aboard Caribee, their Nicholson 32, in 1992. They cruised the Bahamas, the Gulf Coast of North America, the Greater and Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, the Spanish Main of South America and the Caribbean coast of Central America before transiting the Panama Canal in 2008 and crossing the Pacific, with landfalls made in the Galapagos Islands, French Polynesia, The Cook Islands, American Samoa, Kiribati, The Kingdom of Tonga and Fiji. Randy has had numerous articles published in the American sailing magazines Cruising World, Blue Water Sailing and Good Old Boat. Half Fast is his first book-length work. Randy and Cheryl sold Caribee in the summer of 2019 after more than 27 magical years spent cruising her. They currently live in their old hometown of Clinton, Arkansas.
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