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| What boaters are saying about
using SPANISH FOR CRUISERS -
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"“We
use both of your books as we travel (4 years in Latin American
countries and 2 years so far in Europe) and appreciate the
work you've done to create such helpful guides."
Katherine
Briggs
s/v Sangaris |
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Customer
review - www.amazon.com
"...
Cruising is often defined as "doing boat maintenance in
exotic places". If you're planning to sail to Spanish speaking
countries of South America and the Caribbean, this book by Kathy
Parsons will make the inevitable boat maintenance part of your
cruise much less frustrating."
James
Baldwin
s/v
Atom
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Mañana
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Life Aboard
Mañana - manana.mccorison.com
Mañana
takes a well-deserved rest in La Paz:
"...
Lazaro stopped by to check out the generator; he speaks virtually
no English -- thank heavens one of our DeFever friends gave us the
SPANISH FOR CRUISERS book (we highly recommend it to anyone who
might be thinking of doing this)."
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Log of "s/v Pacifico" - www.kanzlerfox.com/blogs
"...
Some of the men are carpenters, mechanics, fabricators, etc. Gary
has hired several to do work on the boat. He's also hired outsiders
recommended by other cruisers to do some of the work.
He
frequently uses our SPANISH FOR CRUISERS guide which is immensely
helpful. It has names of all the boat parts and other related terms
in Spanish and English. It was written by a cruiser."
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Forum “Cruising” - www.goboatingamerica.com
In
answer to the question:
“Is not being able to speak Spanish a major problem when traveling
to Mexico or farther South? For those of us who are not proficient
in languages, is there a good dictionary for marine phrases?"
"Having
Spanish is a great benefit, of course. And the farther south you
venture, the less English will be spoken ...
... SPANISH FOR CRUISERS
by Kathy Parsons has easy to look up words and phrases for emergencies,
hauling out at boat yards, describing and ordering all kinds of
mechanical parts, working with local mechanics, visits to the Port
Captain, etc.
Buena Suerte (Good
Luck)"
John & Pat Rains |
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Forum “Life
aboard” - www.irbs.com
In
answer to the question:
“Software for Captain's License and Spanish?”
"Don't
know about the captain's license or software for Spanish. But Kathy
Parsons' book SPANISH FOR CRUISERS--Boat Repairs and Maintenance
Phrase Book has been invaluable.
You're
just not going to find nautical terms like Stuffing Box, Cutlass
Bearing, or Stern Tube in your standard Spanish courses. This little
book's been invaluable both on the boat and ashore while shopping.
I even used it at the car repair shop a few weeks ago."
Rick
– Puerto Rico |
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Letter to
Latitude 38 - www.latitude38.com
"...
and my experience over the past three years has prompted me to write
and recommend a book for all cruisers going to Spanish-speaking
countries.
A year
ago, Latitude published a review of SPANISH FOR CRUISERS, Boat Repairs
and Maintenance Phrase Book by Kathy Parsons. I bought the book
and have found it to be invaluable, because it contains the words
for just about every tool, nut, bolt and widget found on a boat.
And it's all in an easy-to-use format ..."
Ethan
Windahl
s/v
Gypsy Dolphin |
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Email to the author - From: Rio Dulce, Guatemala
"Received
your book the other day and would like to say that I thought it
to be very intelligently written and extremely well layed out. I
have had the occasion to use it already as in having a shop in this
country I too had to do some investigating to find certain words
that did not appear in the dictionary, or when appeared, did not
make sense." |
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Customer
review - www.amazon.com
"SPANISH FOR CRUISERS, by Kathy Parsons (a cruiser herself)
is a unique jump-start system for those of us arriving in a Spanish-speaking
country (a good chunk of the South and Central America rims of
the Caribbean, not to mention Puerto Rico and the whole Pacific
Coast from California on down).
Parsons'
system lays out strategies for communicating with everyone a cruiser
is liable to meet even before they set foot ashore -- customs,
immigration and other radio contacts -- as well as all the merchants
and repairmen with whom cruisers NEED to interact when there is
a part, small or large, needed for repair.
The
book is laid out in such a manner not only that it makes it easy
to construct basic, everyday conversations, but to actually lay
it open on at an appropriate subject area and POINT to a picture
of the part required!"
Gwen Hamlin
s/v
Tackless II
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Email to the author - From: San Andres, Colombia
"A
fellow cruiser has briefly loaned us your book SPANISH FOR CRUISERS
...We are currently negotiating with a local shop for welding a
1/8" stainless strap to reinforce our upper shroud attachment
to the wooden mast and your book is most helpful! Thanks." |
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Customer
review - www.amazon.com
"My husband and I have cruised the Spanish-speaking Caribbean
for years; unfortunately for us, all of those years were before
Kathy wrote SPANISH FOR CRUISERS. We muddled along then, but next
time we'll have this wonderful book with us. In fact, it will
be our security blanket. It covers every possible boat repair;
and I suspect it will turn a potential emergency into something
commonplace."
Betsy
Morris
s/v
Salsa
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