True
Stories of Travel and Adventure by Tor Pinney Copyright
Notice
Check out
Tor's book, Ready
for Sea!
A
Home for Dracula - the story of La Rosa Española de Sevilla
A
Rock and a Hard Place - an adventure on mighty Mount Shasta
A
Time of Miracles - hangin' out with God
Almost Heaven - broken down in Nitro,
West Virginia; rescued by angels
Back Porch Landfall
- a new port, a Latino jam session, and a bunch of new friends
Bimini
or Bust - a neophyte sailor lucks out
Bragging Rights - for one
thrilling moment every fiber of the boat and the skipper were
thrumming
Dinghy
Dangling - how and when not to tow your dinghy
Engineless -
suddenly engineless between a rock and a hard place in the lower
Exumas
Fire
at Sea - a dramatic rescue in the Bermuda Triangle
Glory
Days - an auto-history of some 1960’s garage bands
Homeward
Bound - a perfect and introspective night at sea
Isla Beata -
from waypoint to highpoint
Knockdown!
- a lone sailor faces death at sea
Landlubber's
Lament - a poetic admonition to do it while you can
Learning
the Do's and Donuts - how not to anchor a ketch
Love in the Middle of the Ocean
- the song and the incredible story behind it
Piaroa - visiting primitive
rainforest dwellers in the Venezuelan Amazon
Playing with Dolphins
-
Wild, free and friendly! (Coming
soon, after its Cruising World premier)
Pot o'
Gold - There
really is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
Shedding
Light On The Mountain - a tale of strange lights on a magic
mountain
Son
of a Daughter of a Sailor - my grandfather's incredible sea
story
Swimming Swine -
Can pigs swim? In the Exumas they can!
The
Arrogant Customs Officer - a confrontation in St. Lucia
The
Old Salt at the Boat Show - meeting the legendary Tristan
Jones
The
One Dollar Sailboat - it sold for $1, but I missed it by 2
minutes
The
Tornado - a very scary night in the Coconut Grove anchorage
The
Voyage of the Sloop Eliza - misadventures aboard a ship of
fools
Thumper
- a boat, a girl, an
island and a very long Norther
Wanna' Iguana? - There's a
beach full of them in the Exumas
Waxing
Poetic over the Puerto Rico Trench
- Reflections on a midnight watch
plus...
A
note from Walt Whitman - song of a kindred spirit
An explanation from John Wayne -
She's more than a ship...
And
a song from Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man
Available here after they have appeared in upcoming issues of
SAIL magazine.
Tor's
Tip's - Sailing
techniques, cruising guides and other useful stuff
