| This is the story of a Florida banker and his wife,a college professor, who decided in mid-life toquit their jobs, to sell their home, and to spendthe rest of their days cruising in different parts ofthe world. Not just another nautical adventurestory, this book instead is the story of onecouple s carefully planned realization of a dreamshared by many but lived by relatively few. It isalso a celebration of their boat, the ketch Mis-chief, One of the best-known custom-built oceancruisers of the 70 s.In boat living, the Vogt s have found a reason-ably self-sufficient, independent sort of life, alife stripped of much of the stress, complexity,and artificiality of urban living. At the sametime, they know that successful voyaging re-quires mastery of many new skills and thereorganization of one s personal, business, andfinancial aflairs. These things the Vogts havedone. Altering Course is full of good advice notonly about deck seamanship, anchoring secure-ly, and equipment, but also about how they vemanaged their new lives afloat. The Vogts tellfrom first-hand experience how best to handleshoreside assets, arrange for money in distantports, and be relatively sure of getting mail,wherever you might be going.Central to the Vogt s adventure is Mischief her-self. Mr. Vogt provides a step-by-step explana-tion of how Sparkman & Stephens designed thisketch based on his own requirements, of howshe was built of aluminum in Holland and thenbegan her extensive voyaging.For those planning to do some serious cruisingor those who hope to do so some day, Mr. Vogtprovides both sound instruction and a healthymeasure of inspiration. |
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