Yardarm and Cockpit Softcover

David D. Allyn Has Led A Life That Others Can Only Dream About. Adventurer Traveler Sailor Aviator Explorer And Big-Hearted Bon Vivant Dave Came Of Age While Sailing Around The World On The Last Voyage Of The Tall Brigantine Yankee With All The Accompanying Tales Of Drudgery And Heat Punctuated By Terrifying Gales Tension Amongst The Crew Members And A Too-Close Encounter With A One-Thousand-Pound Bull Shark. Then There Was The Time He Survived Emergency Surgery On The Ship’S Kitchen Table. An Adrenaline Junky Dave Also Flew Planes Back In The Days When You Needed A Helmet And Goggles To Do It. Aviators And Historians Will Delight In His Vivid Accounts Of Flying Vintage Aircraft—139 Different Types In All As Well As His Stories Of Collecting A Large Fleet Of Famous Old Aircraft And Establishing A Fixed Base Operation—It’S Still There: Dolphin Aviation In Sarasota Florida—And A Museum. These Stories Aren’T Just About Boats And Aircraft However They’Re Also About People And Pristine Landscapes. You’Ll Visit Tahiti Bimini And The Galapagos Before Tourists Got There. You’Ll Meet Cowboys Mechanics Skydivers Artists Deep-Sea Divers With A Death Wish Crazy Drunks And A Host Of Other Characters Who Knew How To Live Life Large. A Life-Affirming Swaggering Book Yardarm And Cockpit Is One Wild Ride Without A Seat Belt.