{"product_id":"penelope-down-east-cruising-adventures-in-an-engineless-catboat-along-the-worlds-most-beautiful-coast-paperback","title":"Penelope Down East: Cruising Adventures in an Engineless Catboat Along the World's Most Beautiful Coast - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eW. R. Cheney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePenelope Down East\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of stories about cruising a twenty-two-foot gaff-rigged catboat--with no auxiliary engine--all along the coast of Maine, bucking tremendous tides, riding the fickle winds, glorying in the most gorgeous, rugged seacoast imaginable, and often winding up in unforeseen places at the end of each day. W.R. Cheney is a cheerful guide to the joys and frustrations of engineless cruising, and the heightened sailing skills needed to do it. Not just a Maine title, \u003ci\u003ePenelope Down East\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to small-boat sailors and cruisers everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eW. R. Cheney has worked as the Sheriff in the Gaslight Club in Paris and sold Volkswagens in Afghanistan. For more than forty years he was a professional photographer and photojournalist in Europe and the U.S. During much of that period he managed to own boats and spend an inordinate amount of time using them, most notably in the Bahamas, along the Eastern Seaboard and on the Baie d'Arcachon. He, his wife, Kendra, and their English Setter Sparky currently divide their time between Swan's Island, Maine--where he sails the engineless Marshall 22 \u003ci\u003ePenelope\u003c\/i\u003e--and Lady's Island, South Carolina, where he cruises and races the Marshall Sanderling \u003ci\u003eShorebird.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770623033632,"sku":"9781621240181","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b9bc552b20b94b9ade4a79abbe8d0ebf.webp?v=1780375469","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/penelope-down-east-cruising-adventures-in-an-engineless-catboat-along-the-worlds-most-beautiful-coast-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}