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Necessary Evil
by Liesbet Collaert
Streams of sweat roll down my face. The sun is burning on my neck, shoulders and back. My head starts hurting. My feet are ankle deep in muddy water, tainted with chemicals. It has been raining. Hard. How can one work when it rains so much and nothing is dry? How can one work in this hot and humid weather? How can one work when every singly muscle in the body hurts? This is the Caribbean, but a less attractive part of it. This is a boat yard in Grenada.

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     Captain Woody's account of his around the world adventure on his 33 foot sloop, the Low Key. Starting out, with his girlfriend, on a boat not designed for the rigors of the open ocean, the plan to do some sailing in the Pacific turns into a global adventure. From nearly losing Low Key in Mexico, to waterfalls in a Polynesian paradise; tribal Kava ceremonies in the Yasawas, and love lost in Australia; brewing his own beer, soloing the Indian Ocean and getting buried under her waves; sailing the perilous East Cape of Africa, enduring South Atlantic calms, getting to know Caribbean crew and Cartegena locals; limping through the Panama Canal and banging up the coast of Baja; there's a little something here for everyone. . More.
Softcover, 224 pages