Cruising In Seraffyn: Tribute Edition: As Long as it's Fun

by Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey

Let Cruising in Seraffyn introduce you to a special world. The first of a four-book series, it is full of the sights, sounds and people of Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the islands of the Atlantic Ocean. Read how Lin and Larry built their wooden 24-foot engineless cutter and set off hoping for a few months of true freedom in spite of limited finances. Share their excitement as they learn how to earn as they go and sail ever further afield. These two persuasive sailor/writers set out convincing arguments to get you chasing your dream sooner than you think –be it exploring the world under sail or adventuring towards any new goal. A favorite of sailors and armchair sailors for over four decades, this book is more than a first-rate tale and love story; it is also a carefully thought-out guide to living aboard a small boat, with fun and good seamanship as guiding principles. This tribute edition, created by Lin to honor Larry, includes a new foreword, updated appendices and a color insert showing Seraffyn during her circumnavigation and afterwards, under the guardianship of subsequent owners – which proves that Larry really did build her to last for 50 years or more.

Profits from this tribute edition will go towards supporting and upgrading the Observatory built to honor Larry Pardey. Over 5000 children each year visit Camp Bentzon on Kawau Island in New Zealand just across from where Lin and Larry built their small boatyard and home base. Now these children will get a chance to see and appreciate the night skies far from the blinding lights of a city.

360 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 13, 2018

About the author

Lin Pardey (aka Mary Lin Pardey) is famous internationally for her expertise and experience in small boat sailing. Together with her husband Larry Pardey she has been sailing and writing for many years.

Lin's (& Larry's) sailing records speak for themselves:
Smallest boat to have circumnavigated contrary to the prevailing winds around all the great southern capes

Only couple to have circumnavigated both east-about and west about on boats they built them selves, using traditional means of navigation and having no engine.

Their awards tell about their dedication to the world and spirit of ocean cruising:

Ocean Cruising Club Award - for contributions to Seamanship for small boat sailing. Presented to Lin Pardey 1996.

Geoff Pac Memorial Award- to both Lin and Larry for fostering and encouraging ocean cruising in small yachts

Cruising World Hall of Fame-2000
Ocean Cruising Club Merit Award -To Lin and Larry for inspiring voyages including a west-about rounding of Cape Horn

Seven Seas Cruising Club Service Award - To Lin and Larry for their lifetime voyaging achievements 2004

Cruising Club of America Far Horizons Award – To Lin and Larry for life time achievements and contributions to seamanship 2009

Sail Magazines Top 40 Sailors who made a Difference – 2010 – As America’s first couple fo cruising, Lin and Larry have inspired countless sailors.


Lin and Larry currently make their home port in New Zealand.

Reviews

[Joe · Rating 5 out of 5]

If I could give this 10 stars I would. I was starting a sailing holiday and needed a book to unwind. I had already read Passages: Cape Horn and Beyond by Lin and Larry Pardey and was captivated. So I thought, since I love Lin’s writing style so much, let me try another of her books. I went right to the beginning, their first book, and I was not wrong. I am not a fast reader and yet, I finished this book in ten days, and that was while being both skipper and cook for a crew of three. I could not stop reading it.

Lin’s writing is so effortlessly vivid and warm that you feel as though you are right there on board, listening to the water lap against the hull as they explore one idyllic anchorage after another. What I love most is how the story is always grounded in real seamanship. It is not just about where they sailed but how they sailed, hand lining into tight harbours, handling their little pocket cruiser without an engine. There is something timeless and quietly inspiring about it all. I highly recommended this book.

[Sean M · Rating 5 out of 5]

An inspiring story of dreamers who made it happen

This book is a good mix of adventure, possibility, and how-to. Lin and Larry showed that cruising is within reach for anyone willing to adjust their priorities to make simplicity and sailing objectives over conveniences that while nice, are not essential.