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Summary: Super Stories!!
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Every writer-from-the-sea tries to match Tales of the South Pacific, and Ray Jason is a frontrunning candidate for that great honor. "Sea Gypsy" is this year's Christmas Gift to yourself and every sailor you know. It's a keeper for sure.
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Summary: Magical Storytelling
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Few people get the pleasure of sailing their way through life, so most folks don't get the chance to appreciate that thrill. Reading about it is as close as they come. Ray Jason's "Tales of a Sea Gypsy" is a terrific way to touch the seagoing life, even if you don't go near the water. This old salt and longtime reader of tales of the sea has left the briny deep for calmer waters closer to shore and given his oilskins to a younger sailor - a girl, by gemini! That makes reading about seagoing exploits the more important. This is one of those good books to come along and capture the imagination.Master mariner, jocular juggler, stellar teller of a whale of a tale about the tails of whales - he's that and more. Ray Jason's "Tales of a Sea Gypsy" is the book for everyone. Five stars for sure.
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Summary: Magical Storytelling
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Few people get the pleasure of sailing their way through life, so most folks don't get the chance to appreciate that thrill. Reading about it is as close as they come. Ray Jason's "Tales of a Sea Gypsy" is a terrific way to touch the seagoing life, even if you don't go near the water. This old salt and longtime reader of tales of the sea has left the briny deep for calmer waters closer to shore and given his oilskins to a younger sailor - a girl, by gemini! That makes reading about seagoing exploits the more important. This is one of those good books to come along and capture the imagination. Master mariner, jocular juggler, stellar teller of a whale of a tale about the tails of whales - he's that and more. Ray Jason's "Tales of a Sea Gypsy" is the book for everyone. Five stars for sure.
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Summary: Tales of a Sea Gypsy
Review: As a retired Merchant Seaman and a rag sailor of over 45 years, I found Ray's stories to be a delightful read in my ole rocking chair by the fire. Not many have the opportunity to experience the wonders of a sea life. But you can certainly dream it while reading along. And that's just fine........
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Summary: Dull, uninspiring read
Review: Being a fan of sailing stories, I bought this book on the strength of the glowing recommendations by other reviewers. However I was very disappointed. Mr. Jason's constant and annoying attempts at comedy fail to make his sea-yarns even mildly entertaining. This "four hour read" book is largely a waste of time and money. There are far better books out there.
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Summary: Could Ray Jason be the next Tristan Jones
Review: Being a lover of the sea and a sailor for most of my life, I love reading sea tales. A few years back we lost the one great sea story teller in Tristan Jones.
For Christmas my wife bought me this book by Ray Jason, Tales of a Sea Gypsy "a Ray autographed copy". It took me sometime to get around to starting the book but once I was half way through the first yarn I knew this book was for me. I found myself laughing outload story after story.
Tristan had a way of tranforming me into making me feel I was living out part of his story and much to my joy Ray was able to bring me to that special place with him.
This book is for anyone who enjoys adventure and humor in or around the sea. My only regret in the book is, was that when I finished reading it I looked for other books by this arthor, only to find that this is the only one Ray has written so far.
A special thanks to my wonderful wife for finding me this fantastic book and a thank you to Ray for being able to write a book that was fun and exciting to read.
Have we our next Tristan Jones here, I sure hope so because I love reading sea stories and I sure miss the yarns Tristan brought to us.
A must read for anyone who has ever sailed the seas or for all of the armchair sailors out there. Don and Pam Brame
Sailing vessel
"All the Way"
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Summary: An engaging recital of great adventures
Review: Fans of either sailing or travel will appreciate this vignettes which capture hilarious moments and misadventures experienced by the author on his sailboat cruiser. From getting rammed by a tanker to an encounter with a hurricane, Tales Of A Sea Gypsy is an engaging recital of great adventures with a healthy dose of humor and first-person yarns which will prove hard to put down.
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Summary: tales of a sea gypsy
Review: fun read -- great for reading while traveling or armchair adventure. reading about ray jason's sailing/travel adventures was inspirational -- immediately booked a trip!!
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Summary: tales of a sea gypsy
Review: fun read -- great for reading while traveling or armchair adventure. reading about ray jason's sailing/travel adventures was inspirational -- immediately booked a trip!!
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Summary: WASTE OF YOUR MONEY!!!
Review: I would strongly recommend to ignore all the positive comments about the book. It is not funny, does not make you want to go around the world sailing. Ray was trying too hard to be witty, he failed. I lent the book to some of my friends, they felt the same way. Plus, the book is a 3 hour read - hardly worth your money.
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