Running with the Tide

By Marlene Allen

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965683907
• ISBN13: 9780965683906
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: GIMCRACK Press
• Length: 397 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent, personal adventure

Here is an average American couple that does something we all dream about - but most never do - sail away to the South Pacific. In addition, the author takes us through their boating and non-boating lives in an interesting way. Probably the most compelling theme is choosing to run your own life - i.e. they had to decide to quit working, deal with home ownership, grown kids and so on, to realize their dream. So in that sense it is resource for anyone thinking about realizing some dream, it doesn't have to be about boating. But for those of us that like boating, well it is that much better. She's a good writer and I'd sure like to see another book on what they did after they returned from the South Pacific. Highly recommended!

Wonderful!

An extremely captivating, well written book! It was a relaxing read that allowed me to see what life would be like living on a boat. There is so much more to cruising than I ever imagined - although it would be amazing to see the world aboard a boat, you learn what hard work it is and how dangerous it can be. Not only is this a book about cruising, but also about real people and their emotions and their relationships. The author and her husband's relationship is strong, but its strength is tested by this trip. I absolutely loved this book and hope you'll get a chance to read it sometime!

deserves to be on the book shelf of every boating store

What a wonderful book. You tell such a descriptive story. It is just fantastic. I have been reading numberous books on sailing addventures and yours deserves to be on the book shelf of every boating store.

once-in-a-lifetime sailing adventure in Pacific

Running with the Tide by Marlene B. Allen. Gimcrack Press, Mill Valley, CA. 1998. 406 pp. $16.95 trade paper. black-and-white photographs; maps. After 35 years of marriage, when Bob Allen retired, Marlene and her husband finally got to take the long sailing cruise they had always dreamed about. In a narrative variously folksy, lyrical, romantic, reminiscent, and descriptive, Marlene Allen recounts this long voyage down the west coast of California and Mexico, out to Tahiti and Hawaii, and back to California. The joys of sailing, as well as its practicalities which can sometimes be bothersome, are palpable in her open, personable, account. Her journal-like narrative records as well as few alarming moments that came up along the way. And more than just a tale of a memorable sea voyage, Running with the Tide is a story about the rich later years of a long-lasting marriage. Many readers will be pleased by this aspect, although the work can be followed as an engaging, easy-to-read, and to some degree informative, account of a long sail through a large part of the Pacific. In appendices, Allen treats safety, equipment, preparation, and provisions for such a trip. An ideal book for any sailer or boater, or gift for those planning such an adventure; and ideal for summer reading.review by Henry Berry Book Reviewer Editor/Publisher, The Small Press Book Review