To anyone interested in small-boat cruising and voyaging the names Lin and Larry Pardey need no introduction. As world-girdling sailors who roamed the planet on a pair of small engineless boats that they built themselves the Pardeys established their hard-earned reputations by eloquently (and sometimes controversially) telling their stories through a series of best-selling books and manuals and countless seminars and boat shows. They have been called the first couple of cruising and have remained true to their mantra: Go simple go small go now. And after 200 000 miles of cruising under sail they ve demonstrated that the dream of voyaging over the horizon is not only attainable it s affordable. The children of modest middle-class families their message of accessibility into the world of cruising-of taking your own floating home anywhere-has proved irresistible to tens of thousands of sailors. Lin and Larry Pardey became cruising royalty not solely due to their impressive deeds but also through their rare ability to share what they d learned across multiple media. Seemingly every offshore cruiser knows who they are and what they represent. Or do they? In As Long as It s Fun the biography of Lin and Larry Pardey Herb McCormick recounts their remarkable sailing career-from their early days in Southern California to their two circumnavigations to their current life in a quiet cove in New Zealand. Through interviews with their families friends and critics McCormick delves deeply into the couple s often-controversial opinions sometimes-tenuous marriage and amazing list of accomplishments. As Long as It s Fun is as much a love story as it is a sea yarn and like all such stories it s not without complications . . . which makes it not only a sailing tale but also a human one. Author: Herb McCormick Publisher: Pardey Books Published: 04/15/2014 Pages: 320 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.85lbs Size: 8.97h x 6.10w x 0.72d ISBN: 9781929214983 Award: IndieFab awards - Honorable Mention Review Citation(s): Foreword 05/27/2014