{"product_id":"sailing-by-starlight-the-remarkable-voyage-of-globe-star-hardcover","title":"Sailing by Starlight: The Remarkable Voyage of Globe Star - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRod Scher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSailing by Starlight\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the adventure of a lifetime--in fact, of many lifetimes. In the early 1980s, retired geography professor Marvin Creamer set out to do what hadn't been done for a thousand years--if indeed it had ever been done at all: Marv and his crew boarded a 35' sailboat named \u003ci\u003eGlobe Star\u003c\/i\u003e and set out into the frigid Atlantic, planning to sail around the world \u003ci\u003ewithout the use of any instruments\u003c\/i\u003e. There was no sextant aboard. No compass. No chart-plotter. No GPS. No radar. Not even a stopwatch. Creamer wanted to prove to the world that it was possible for ancient mariners to have crossed the largest seas, perhaps even sailed around the world, using only their brains, their experience, their sense, and their courage. In attempting to prove his point, Creamer would push his boat and his crew to the limit--and occasionally beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravel with Creamer as \u003ci\u003eGlobe Star\u003c\/i\u003e sails around the perilous Horn, across the dangerous and tumultuous Tasman Sea, and into an active war zone. Sail around the world with a man who was taken prisoner by an idea, a man obsessed with proving a point, and who would let neither 40-foot waves nor fractious crewmembers deter him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRod Scher is an experienced writer and editor with multiple books and dozens of magazine articles to his credit. The former editor of \u003ci\u003eSmart Computing Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Scher is also the author of \u003ci\u003eLeveling the Playing Field: The Democratization of Technology\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor\/annotator of recent editions of Joshua Slocum's classic nautical memoir, \u003ci\u003eSailing Alone Around the World\u003c\/i\u003e, and of Richard Henry Dana's classic \u003ci\u003eTwo Years Before the \u003c\/i\u003eMast, all from Sheridan House Publishers. He lives in Depoe Bay, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.05 x 6.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48227682156792,"sku":"9781493065691","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/V33iRHkz1Z9781493065691.webp?v=1783616224","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/sailing-by-starlight-the-remarkable-voyage-of-globe-star-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}