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The Dance of the Sea and the Wind

Slovenian schoolteacher Barbara Cirman and her friend Pavle have virtually no experience of sailing when they decide to invest in a boat. It?s mainly that they?ve fallen for one particular boat, and are smitten with the idea of taking to the water in a vessel of their own. So they buy Maelstrom and, well, the rest is history, captured in these pages taken from Barbara?s log book and diary entries recounting the pair?s adventures sailing around the beautiful islands of the Adriatic over several years at the turn of this century.

The inexperienced sailors have to learn as they go along, often finding themselves battling the elements, sleep or food deprived, or seasick in a violently rocking boat. The Mediterranean winds, from the Bora to the Mistral, as well as the prospect of simple pleasures ? freshly made fish soup and a cold beer ? propel Barbara and Pavle along, as they sometimes end up off course, sometimes find themselves on the verge of disaster, but always somehow find time to write it all down to provide an entertaining read for sea lovers or those or who just want to find out how a pair of novices rapidly acquire the nautical skills they need to survive.