{"product_id":"9780924486753","title":"Sails Full and By","description":"\u003cp\u003eYacht broker and freelance writer Degnon's breezy account of his extended voyage provides entertaining adventure and a refresher course in geography. One unidentified year, with Celia Lowe as crew mate, he set out from New England in Taku, a 41-foot ketch; first stop, the Caribbean, where they picked up additional crew before sailing throught he Panama Canal and on to Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji. In everyport they met other yachties-long-distance, blue-water cruising has its own culture. They spent six months in New Zealand, fitting Taku and sightseeing. Next, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guines and Australia where they has a rough time finding theor way through the Great Barrier Reef in a storm. Then they headed home via Indonesia (Bali), the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sheridan House, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033656475888,"sku":"9780924486753","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780924486753_p0.jpg?v=1763854348","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780924486753","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}