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Get Real, Get Gone
- Author
- Rick Page
- Narrator
- Liam Gerrard
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 6 April 2021
- Run Time
- 6 hours 26 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Rick's recent appearance on Ben Fogle's New Lives in the Wild chronicled his budget lifestyle and adventures aboard Calypso, and introduced the idea of budget sailing to a whole new audience—an audience who may have never considered the possibility that such a dream could be made a reality, on such a small amount of money. This book is for them and for any experienced sailors who want to cast off the yoke of consumerist yachting and get back to what really matters at sea.
If you are not rich, but dream of seeing our beautiful world from the deck of your own boat, this book is packed full of practical and spiritual advice to help you cut through the endless marketing and identify what it is you truly need to become a modern sea gypsy and sail away on the greatest adventure of your life . . .
Photos and diagrams referenced in this audiobook can be found on sailingcalypso.com.
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Details
- Author
- Rick Page
- Narrator
- Liam Gerrard
- Duration
- 6 hours 26 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 April 2021
- ISBN
- 9781705267844
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Mind, body, spirit, Sport: general, Sailing / yachting, Travel guides: budget travel, Travel and holiday, Spiritualism, Chakras, auras and spiritual energy
Synopsis
The idea that you have to be rich to travel the world on your own yacht is so universal that it goes largely unquestioned. The ubiquitous images of rich men on super-yachts sipping Martinis only help cement this image. This book hopes to change all that.Rick's recent appearance on Ben Fogle's New Lives in the Wild chronicled his budget lifestyle and adventures aboard Calypso, and introduced the idea of budget sailing to a whole new audience—an audience who may have never considered the possibility that such a dream could be made a reality, on such a small amount of money. This book is for them and for any experienced sailors who want to cast off the yoke of consumerist yachting and get back to what really matters at sea.If you are not rich, but dream of seeing our beautiful world from the deck of your own boat, this book is packed full of practical and spiritual advice to help you cut through the endless marketing and identify what it is you truly need to become a modern sea gypsy and sail away on the greatest adventure of your life . . . Photos and diagrams referenced in this audiobook can be found on sailingcalypso.com.
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