WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING:
"Peter, you're a knucklehead."
-Bob Perry, Naval Architect
"Peter, doesn't 'peace of mind' mean anything at all to you?"
- Dr. Hal Weinberg Ph.D., Psychologist, Professor Emeritus
"I could write a song about you, Peter, but let's face it, there's not much to say."
-Jimmy Buffett
"Captain Heiberg has a penchant for filth."
-Dr. Patrick Moore, Ph.D
"The only nautical book you'll ever need (if you have trouble sleeping)."
-Anon
"Don't ever touch me there again!"
-Numerous
Lee Shore Blues is not your average sailing book. Peter Heiberg takes us on an irreverent charge through the highlights of his life at sea, from evading the homosexual advances of a 300-pound steward in mid-Pacific at 19 years of age, to rebuilding and sailing a thirty-ton engineless Bristol Channel pilot cutter from the UK to Canada's west coast.
"This is a great read!! The author writes with a refreshing, open style and recounts his adventures with a delightful mix of wit, sarcasm, and profanity. So much more entertaining and educational (in ways that matter) than most "stuffed shirt" sailing stories, it gives an unvarnished insight into offshore sailing and gives newbie cruisers like me hope that we can overcome the various trials and tribulations that the sea and life present."
-Dr. Kirk Patterson Ph.D, Professor Emeritus, former President Temple University Japan Campus, Single Handed Voyager and lecturer
After sailing tens of thousands of miles, commercial fishing in the Queen Charlotte Islands, skippering a tug boat on the Inside Passage, and even captaining a cruise ship in the Caribbean with a boatload of topless hookers, Peter Heiberg entertains readers with his ongoing sailing idiocies.
Peter raced to Hawaii in the Pacific Cup in 2010. He then entered the Single Handed Transpac in 2012 and again in 2014. In his last race, at age 66, Peter was surprised (and probably thrilled, although he wouldn't admit it) to be awarded the Jack London Trophy for first to finish.
Not for those with delicate sensibilities, Lee Shore Blues is an entertaining - and often hilarious - book for lovers of great sailing stories who enjoy hearing it like it really was.
From Latitude 38 Magazine, December 2014:
"One of the perks of sailing journalism is getting to meet new and interesting people. One of these was Peter Heiberg, who regular readers may remember competed in both the 2012 and 2014 Singlehanded TransPac races from San Francisco to Kauai. One of the lowlights of sailing journalism is that the time constraints of the job don't allow us to get to know new people all that well. So we were at once surprised, delighted and a bit awed by Peter's book, Lee Shore Blues, when it arrived on our doorstep. In a nutshell, we felt as if this guy we'd shared a few laughs with turned out to be the lead singer in some legendary rock band. Heiberg writes - and writes well - of a rollicking lifetime at sea; of boats, women and good times; and of taking his lumps as he (seemingly often) learned things the hard way. His engaging style is reminiscent of several popular cruising writers of the past 25 years - just with an 'R' rating."
-JR
About the Author: Peter Heiberg began sailing almost as soon as he could walk and has continued to do so throughout his life (and is surprised daily by how little he knows about the subject). He began working on the water commercially in his early thirties, and has held numerous jobs in many different parts of the world on diverse types of power and sailing vessels. His resume includes commercial fishing, tugs, cruise ships, delivery skipper and yacht master. Peter is convinced that he would have had far fewer jobs if various employers had exhibited enough maturity to avoid letting such trivial human failings as ignorance and sloth cloud their judgement. Peter now sails out of Gibsons Landing in British Columbia, Canada, and is semi-retired.
