Seasoned by Salt: A Voyage in Search of the Caribbean

by Jerry L. Mashaw, Anne U. Macclintock

Release Date: October, 2003

Edition: Hardcover

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Just One of Life's Adventures

I enjoyed this book immensely.

As I have only known Anne professionally by working with her in corporate life, it was very rewarding to gain an additional perspective about her as a person and as part of her life's team (Jerry & Anne) by reading this wonderful story. It was also very educational to learn of this couple's preparation for such an undertaking and then to read of the experience almost hour by hour as they lived it. I have to say that the passage to Bermuda and on to the BVI's was exceptional.

I also enjoyed Jerry's perspective when he included the background on Caribbean history and that area's relationship to America's struggle for freedom in breaking away from England. It was refreshing to learn more about the culture of the islands by Anne & Jerry's exploration & invesigation of the current political and economic conditions of the islands and the people. The passages concerning their encounters with customs & immigration were hilarious.

In many ways I was sorry that they only got to spend 10 months on this portion of life's journey in the Caribbean. Who knows maybe they will have a sequel.

Living Large Aboard Palemon

For those of us who have only played at sailing, a cruise from Connecticut to a southernmost point of Grenada aboard a 36 foot boat represents the zenith of sailing experience among us "regular sailors." But, in fact, the story shared by Mashaw and MacClintock is anything but "regular". That these two, even though sharing an educated view of the world and a love of the sea, are able to, not just endure the confines and discomfort of a small boat on the high seas or in crowded harbors, but to find the joy in them and in each other is a remarkable and revitalizing story of what life can be - and should be. The sailing story is exquisite; the life story is more than that!