#Trim(mainLayout.Name)# Advertising Info Advertising Info

 
News Home Text Only News Cruising Australia Cruising USA Cruising Canada Boats for Sale
Sail-World Racing Powerboat-World MarineBusiness-World FishingBoating


 


Sail-World.com : Book of the Week: 'Shooting Stars and Flying Fish'

Book of the Week: 'Shooting Stars and Flying Fish'

'Shooting Stars and Flying Fish'    .

When Nancy Knudsen and her architect husband Ted Nobbs decide to escape their high-pressure corporate lives and follow a dream of sailing around the world together, little do they guess where their journey will lead them and the strange events which are to turn their lives upside-down.

As our Book of the Week, 'Shooting Stars and Flying Fish', is a light-hearted but inspirational memoir about a remarkable couple who left behind the corporate rat-race to follow their dream of sailing around the world - a story that demonstrates the rewards of taking risks to follow one's star.

Nancy Knudsen -  Tracey Trompf  
While Nancy and Ted cross all the great oceans of the world and visit dozens of countries, it is the unexpected that draws their story along. Their day-to-day adventures are sometimes hilarious, sometimes life-threatening, and lead to the beginning of many life-long friendships.

Shooting Stars and Flying Fish shows how the couple's experiences both humble them and irrevocably change their attitudes, ethics and outlook on life, with neither returning to the corporate world on their return to Australia, but leading them to new lives and new careers.

This book is a beautifully written, inspirational memoir that shows the rewards of taking a risk to follow one's dreams. It has already received rave review in some quarters, and is a great read.

If it's not available in your local bookshop, you can buy it online at Boat Books by clicking here. It will be mailed to you within two days.


ABC Interview - Click play button twice to listen


Windows Media Player is required to play this file.
Windows Media Player (Windows 98/ME/2000/XP)
Windows Media Player (Windows 95/NT)
Windows Media Player (Mac)





by Des Ryan

  

Click on the FB Like link to post this story to your FB wall

http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?nid=83159

11:08 PM Wed 4 May 2011 GMT



Click here for printer friendly version
Click here to send us feedback or comments about this story.


Related News Stories:

05 Jun 2013  Review: Why do so many Kiwis own a boat but never go to sea?
03 Jun 2013  Book of the Week: 'Perfect Passage Planning' by Alistair Buchan
03 Jun 2013  Book of the Week: 'Perfect Passage Planning' by Alistair Buchan
22 May 2013  'Memoirs of a Cruising Dog', sailing on South Islander
12 May 2013  Book review: A Thousand Miles from Anywhere, Sandra Clayton
12 May 2013  Book review: A Thousand Miles from Anywhere, Sandra Clayton
29 Apr 2013  Book Feature: Dag Pike's Cruising under Sail
31 Mar 2013  Book feature: 'The Sinking of the Bounty'
03 Mar 2013  Book Review: Tasmanian Anchorage Guide - new edition released
12 Feb 2013  Happy Hooking, The Art of Anchoring, now in Kindle
MORE STORIES ...

 
Our Advertisers are committed to our sport, please support them!
This site and its contents are © Copyright TetraMedia Pty. Ltd and/or the original author, photographer etc. All Rights Reserved.

Photographs are copyright by law. If you wish to use or buy a photograph you must contact the photographer directly (there is a hyperlink in most cases to their website, or do a Google search.) with your request.

Please do not contact Sail-World.com as we cannot give permission for use of other photographer’s images.

Only if the photographer named on the image is Sail-world.com, Powerboat-world.com, Marinebusiness-world.com or NZBoating-World.com.
Contact us .
Ph: +61 2 8006 1873 or complete our feedback form    Contact us .
   View our Privacy Policy.    [Go Home]     [  Banner Advertising Specification]    [Bot Archive ]

Customised news feeds -Marine Industry companies, Clubs and Associations have their own customised version of our news feed on their website.
Look_here_to_see_examples