A question of balance
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A Japanese office worker suffers the consequences of dreaming to navigate the globe by contracting a nervous disease after five years of building a boat. Nevertheless, he survived and realized his dream. Together with his family he toured the world aboard Hope II despite some hardships they encountered.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1998
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Back to basics
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A successful woman reminisces on her life during the middle 1980s when she went on a three-year cruise of the Pacific and the Caribbeans on a sailboat. The voyage made her realize that the comfortable lives people lead in the US can trap them so much.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1998
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The short way across
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A Swede recounts his thoughts and experiences when he was building a 14-foot boat. He named the dinghy 'Arrandir,' which he would eventually use in crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1998
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