A Visual Guide to Nautical Flag International Codes and Signals for Maritime Boats with NATO Phonetic Alphabet and Morse Code. This colorful visual guide contains an alphanumeric list of all of the ICS Flags with the internationally recognized single-flag meanings for you to learn, along with some common 2-flag codes that may be useful to you. A list of words to identify letters during the transmission of messages called the phonetic alphabet is shown beside each flag/letter. Each letter is … [Read more...] about Nautical Flag Alphabet by three over eight
Interview with Author – David Rich
About David Rich: David Rich grew up on a ranch in Colorado. His dad introduced him to tractors and cattle, and his mother to music and travel. He toured the country with an amazing group of fellow misfits in the fighting 529th Air Force Band, attended the University of Colorado in Boulder and the University of Chicago Law School. By some fluke he began practicing law in Phoenix with Lewis and Roca, the firm that handled the Miranda case (which he had nothing to do with). After a stint as a law … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – David Rich
Interview with Author – Stan Loveday
About Stan Loveday: As a retired Firefighter/Paramedic, Stan Loveday lives aboard an aging sailboat in the Florida keys. He is the author of “Dark Wave” and the four other novels including the “Fireman Down” series. With over 35 years’ of experience, he now travels aboard his sailboat ‘SE of Disorder‘. An experienced sailor with thousands of sea miles under his keel, he brings real life experiences to the pages of his works. When not traveling the Caribbean, he resides on the waters of Key … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Stan Loveday
Matthias: The Ghost of Salvation Point by Jodi Auborn
Ten-year-old Dylan is excited when his father inherits an old lighthouse and cottage in Maine. Dylan and his family get to live there all summer! He goes sailing on the bay, explores the small town down the road, and searches for a legendary pirate treasure that was said to be buried nearby. After mysterious things start happening at the cottage, Dylan meets Matthias, a gruff lighthouse keeper who had died in a storm one hundred years before. A ghost! Dylan is startled to find Matthias living … [Read more...] about Matthias: The Ghost of Salvation Point by Jodi Auborn
Interview with Author – Jackie Parry
About Jackie Parry: Originally from the UK, Jackie is now an adopted Australian. She grew up with horses in the UK until her world was shattered with a heart-breaking bereavement. Disillusioned with life she ran away to Australia and met and married Noel. They decided to buy a boat and set sail. So within her first year living in a foreign land, she was getting used to a foreign husband, and a foreign life on board! Mariah II took Jackie & Noel around the world. Pyewacket II (purchased … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Jackie Parry
Interview with Author – A.J. Sendall
About A.J. Sendall: “WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW.” UNKNOWN “YOU HAVE TO LIVE IT UP BEFORE YOU CAN WRITE IT DOWN.” ROBIN MOORE. After three decades of ‘living it up’, it is now time for A.J. Sendall to write it down. Not as a dry travelogue or memoir, but as realistic novels based on real life experiences. Experiences, which still run technicolour through his mind. Since ’79, A.J. Sendall has been collecting people and places. From the polluted dust bowls of the Sahara, to the pristine ice … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – A.J. Sendall
Island Explorer by Dan Scheffler
Adventure through remote tropical seas! Do you want to sail to pristine islands, untouched coral beaches and flawless surf? Board the Island Explorer and join a group of surfers in a quest to find perfect waves away from the crowded shores of the known world. Join the journey through Sumatra’s jungles, across volcanoes and along chaotic roads, through isolated villages and temples to the fabled Mentawai Islands and beyond. As the ship drifts deeper into the wilds, its occupants … [Read more...] about Island Explorer by Dan Scheffler
Swept to Sea by Heather Manning @HeatherM_Author
Lady Eden Trenton never wanted to leave her privileged existence in London—until her father invites a dangerous suitor into her life. Left with few options, Eden devises the best reprieve she can: escape. Chasing freedom, she stows away aboard a pirate ship, praying she will gain her independence in the colonies before she is discovered by the nefarious crew. Captain Caspian Archer has spent the last five years hardening his heart and searching to exact revenge for the event that tore his … [Read more...] about Swept to Sea by Heather Manning @HeatherM_Author
Interview with Author – Marilyn Dalla Valle @mjdalldv
Author Bio: Marilyn W. Dalla Valle lives in Northwestern Connecticut with her husband, Roger and a rambunctious Sheltie named Randy. Together they play ball, go for long walks and frequent the shore. Dance Instructor for 5 years and professional photographer for 30, when her two sons left the nest, Ms. Dalla Valle decided it was time to write. A fan of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Clive Cussler and Sue Grafton, the genre she chose had to be mystery with a twist of adventure. In March … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Marilyn Dalla Valle @mjdalldv