And The Sea Called My Name

On November 19, 1952, in a small dusty, nondescript industrial town 40 miles south of Johannesburg, in the heart of the African Highveld in South Africa, far from any ocean swell, a sailor was born. Little did the parents of this rambunctious child know of the coming adventurous life their son would live.Shipped off to a far away all-boys boarding school at the age of 9 years old, this momentous event ignited the growth of his rebellious nature and fighting spirit that would spur him on for the years to come.While at boarding school, the young boy was sent a seemingly random, but divine guided mail delivery of a Bruce Roberts "build your own sailboat" catalog, planting a seed which against all odds would eventually grow to fruition.Cutting out a page from this catalog, which contained a tiny image of a home-built sailboat sailing on the ocean, this youngster would carry this scrap of a magazine picture with him for many years until the dream became a reality. Little did he realize at the time that if you can dream it, you can build it.Easier said than done and with more hope than money, this is an epic tale of how the right people in the right places arrived at the right time lending credence to hope springs eternal for a young man with a dream.Come along on the adventure of a lifetime and see what happens next.Let this book be an inspiration and guide to other young dreamers and adventurous souls.Remembering this always ... if you can dream it, you can built it!

• | Author: Boetie
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: Feb 14, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 299 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1520504764
• | ISBN-13: 9781520504766