New 35th anniversary edition"The older I get, the more things there are that tend to make me nervous. I don't see myself as full of cowardice, but as lacking in courage. Given death on one hand and destruction on the other, I have occasionally behaved in manly fashion, but show me an easy way out and I take it."Thus the Payson credo.And thus, behind the self-effacement, a sensible attitude for anyone tackling the formidable challenges and risk of sailboat cruising.The bare outline of Payson's story is a familiar one but with a unique twist: at middle age, a couple decides to take four of their six children on a 38 foot boat, depart work ashore (in the Paysons' case, the smoky nightclubs of L.A.) and take up the cruising life. But the fleshing out of the story - a blend of uproarious mishaps and white-knuckled action - is pure Payson with his style that gained him loyal followers in Sail magazine and others around the world.In nearly seven years of South Pacific island-hopping, the author not only has refined diverse boat-handling and boat-living skills, but has learned that adversity can be funny (to readers, anyway). He applies this outlook to such universal problems as broken-down heads, dilatory customs officials, dubious navigational fixes and coping with gale-fore headwinds when a boat (his own beloved Sea Foam) is shaped more like a bowling ball than a 12-meter.His shaky self-esteem notwithstanding, Herb Payson is a sailor with the kind of hard-earned wisdom that only thousands of tough miles can confer, and his sage advice on the hows and how-nots of cruising is well worth heeding. His story, told with eloquence and humor, will surely rank as a classic of nautical literature.This special 35th anniversary edition is enhanced with a foreword by Lin Pardey plus Herb s reflections on how cruising affected his children and his relationship with his determined, lifelong partner/wife Nancy.

Blown Away

Sports & Outdoors

Payson, Herb

Water Sports

Stanford Maritime

The author describes his efforts to repair his badly damaged sailboat and portrays his voyage with his family from Polynesia to the United States

You Can't Blow Home Again

Hearst Marine Books

Herb Payson, the author whose cruising exploits were told in Blown Away and , has distilled over 20 years of sailing experience into the perfect compendium for those who are contemplating liveaboard cruising, sailors with some experience in weekend and day sailing, and all those sailors who read for information and fun. The book loosely follows a question and answer format that allows the author to range over a broad spectrum of cruising topics. Herb has held numerous seminars at boat shows and as a result knows the real concerns of the average sailor, as well as the questions they are most likely to ask. In 50 chapters, the author covers everything from Really Getting Started to What is it Really Like out There?, from Different Rigs to Motor Mechanics, from My Wife Doesn't Want to Go to Cruising with Kids, from Anchoring to Weather... Advice to the Sealorn is written in the same charming style as Herb's previous stories and the result is a book as entertaining as it is instructive. You won't want to go cruising without it.

Advice to the Sealorn (Sheridan House)

Seafarer Books

In Sea Foam, a 36-foot ketch, Herb and Nancy Payson and their large brood of teenage children cruised the Pacific for six and a half years. They experienced a certain a mount of stark terror, but their delights far outbalanced the drawbacks. The result is Blown Away, a kind of Swiss Family Robinson with overtones of the MArx Brothers. The situation aboard Sea Foam may frequently be desperate but is seldom serious as Herb Payson carries his readers to Tahiti, Fiji, New Zealand and dozen sof other islands.

Blown away

Sail Books, Inc

Sheridan House

In 50 chapters, the author covers everything from Really Getting Started to What is it Really Like Out There?, from Different Rigs to Motor Mechanics, from My Wife Doesn't Want to GO to Cruising with Kids...

Advice to the Sealorn

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.

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

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Blown Away

You Can't Blow Home Again

Advice to the Sealorn (Sheridan House)

Blown away

Blown Away

Advice to the Sealorn

You Can't Blow Home Again