Awakening Waves: An exciting true life sailing adventure.

By Richard Betzalel LeVine

An exciting true life adventure of Richard & Barbara LeVine. Richard was the senior partner of a large Encino, CA law firm and Barbara the senior partner of a major interior design firm doing models for condos.Neither had ever sailed or had any experience on the ocean. They had a 37' Tayana sailboat built to their specifications in Taiwan and started extensive sailing lessons off of Los Angeles."Magellan" was a fully equipped elegant vessel with all of the amenities: radar, freezers, generators, safety equipment which included a substantial armory for protection against pirates. A full medical kit for everything including minor surgery... all of which was used.Many trial runs up and down the West Coast of California to learn how to properly operate Magellan before venturing south to Baja California and then Mexico.Read of the exciting adventures including fighting off pirates, being boarded 1,000 miles out to sea by the US Coast Guard and dealing with 70 foot waves off of Point Conception, California.Magellan then sailed across the pacific ocean from Acapulco to the various islands of the South Pacific while surviving several full blown hurricanes. Dealing with the natives of the various island groups such as the Marquesas Islands and French Polynesia where we became very good friends with the local royalty and natives. We sailed the west coast of Europe and spent time in Amsterdam as our center of operations.Not a dull moment which is all documented with the exciting stories of the people and places in this page turner from encounters with large groups of whales, killer whales, sharks, dolphins who spent extensive time playing in our bow wake along with cute sea otters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1466465549
• ISBN13: 9781466465541
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"