Christmas Book Idea: Mary Umstots book is not a log of their voyage as are many other books. It tells stories about herself and her husband and the people and places they went on their 50,000 nautical mile , 10 year voyage from Seattle to the Mediterranean and back. Mary, the Admiral, went on every mile travelled by Teka III, a now 30-year old passagemaker, designed by Robert Beebe with improvements from the builder, Knight & Carver. She gained her sea legs on the Pacific coast with its sometimes giant seas, cruised through the Western Caribbean on to Florida and the ICW to Maine. Back to the Bahamas, then crossed the Atlantic as a lone powerboat, with a couple of sailboats as buddy boats. In the Med they circumnavigated both the Med and the Black Sea, spending five years enjoying the history, food, and people. The trip back across the Atlantic was uneventful, except for three late season tropical storms. Two were experienced in port, one to be avoided at sea. Finally they travelled the Windward and Leeward Islands, Columbia, Panama and then back up the Pacific Coast. Read Bill Parlatores and others reviews on Amazon.com for confirmation of this books appeal. Order from Booklocker.com or from Amazon.com: Voyaging to the Mediterranean Under Power: Imprints of Ports, People, Sunsets, and Storms.