Author of New Book: "Watching for Mermaids" Brings His Stories to Pelagic Sailing Club
Robin G. Coles of Pelagic Sailing Club confirms Guest Speaker: Dave Roper for May 26, 2011 meeting at Savin Hill Yacht Club in Dorchester, MA.

WINTHROP, MA, May 22, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Yacht delivery skipper, captain of a 135' Mississippi River sternwheel cruise ship, life-long cruiser along the coast of Maine, author and speaker - Dave Roper will share Two True Tales from his collection of stories in his upcoming new book: "Watching for Mermaids".

-- A family heads to sea to celebrate their parents' 50th wedding anniversary and unknowingly sails into their past, encountering a most bizarre Twilight Zone experience fifteen miles off the coast of Maine.

-- A couple chucks it all to 'live the dream', quitting their jobs, selling their house, cars and furniture, and even canceling their marina slip, to head off on a world voyage that lasts 21 hours, when they realize this means being out of sight of land.

Dave Roper is a professional writer and public speaker for over 30 years. For the past ten years, Roper is a regular columnist for Points East Magazine. His stories have also appeared in Cruising World, DownEast Guide, Lakeland Boating, Sail, Sailing. His new book, Watching for Mermaids, will be coming out this fall. Roper lives in Marblehead.

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Robin Coles
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