Wolfgang Berg

Wolfgang Berg, born in Bremen, Germany, had learned to sail on the North Sea and on Bavarian Lakes. As a passionate sailor and underwater photographer he established an underwater camera business in America in 1978. He has cruised the Bahamas for 25 years and the Eastern Caribbean for 10 years where he has photographed and written about his sailing adventures.

Exploring caves, reefs and rocks, mountains, volcanoes, and rainforests got him into trouble more than once. Exploring the islands with SeaLife, his Endeavour 43 ketch, he observes islanders, their different cultures, and reflects on their life and history from the time of Spanish Conquistadores through colonialism, piracy, and drug smuggling to modern tourism and present and future world politics.

Wolfgang, an Endeavour 43 owner since 1994 and member of the forum since 1998, has written a number of books and is sharing his most recent title Monkey Sail: Fast Track North ©2015 with forum members. Hot off the press as they say, its a short read at 25 pages, purely about sailing and his solo rush from Grenada to the Chesapeake:

Monkey Sail: Fast Track North
I had sailed my Endeavour 43 ketch, SeaLife, to Grenada in 2004. The trip took three months. Hurricane Ivan destroyed the boat in 2004 and it took 5 years to rebuild her. In the following years we sailed up and down the Caribbean Islands, hiked, explored, and took underwater pictures. This short book is a brief non-fiction report of the actual sail back north in 2015.
Kindle or PDF
—25pgs

More Books by Wolfgang Berg

Sugar Sails, Last Island of Happiness, Castro’s Cuba
A non-fiction book of our Cuba exploration by sail. It is perhaps the last eye witness account of a communist country before changes take place. With 150 pictures.
Paperback or Kindle
—166pgs

The Tunnel
A romantic sailing story of crime, caves, coins, and crooks, and the discovery of one of the largest treasures ever found. Very real, dramatic, and historic.
Paperback or Kindle
—275pgs

Island of Nuts: How I Sailed into Island Politics
A futuristic novel of a sailor who acts on his interest in world politics. There will be a Part II, Island Conspiracy, soon.
Kindle
—576pgs

Fellini’s Ladder
A humorous short story of a painter who wants to climb the social ladder. Disaster ensues on every rung but fame follows.
Kindle
—50pgs

Voyage to the Magic Mountain: Sailing Adventures in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands
Long had we been dreaming about cruising the “Far Out Islands”, across shallow banks, through impassable reef cuts into tranquil bays where few sailors had ever ventured, exploring remote little settlements. A group of forgotten islands, the Turks and Caicos, as flat as they appear on the surface, are actually a huge mountain rising up 8000 feet from one of the deepest bottoms of the ocean.
Paperback or Kindle
—312pgs

Banana Log: From Dream to Disaster Sailing Through the Caribbean
Part 1: Abaco to Turks & Caicos
For those who dream about distant tropical islands, armchair sailors or cruisers preparing the sail of a life time, the three parts of this book paint a colorful variety of small island countries, poor and rich, with as many cultures as there are islands. It tells of sailors and adventurers escaping a good job in an orderly civilization in exchange for the last reserves of freedom.
Kindle
—189pgs

Banana Log: Mules and Muggers
Part 2: Dominican Republic to Virgin Islands
This is the second part of the sail of a lifetime through the Caribbean with an extreme hiking adventure to the Caribbean’s highest mountain and with not always enjoyable island encounters like being mugged in a dark alley and my well-off crew lured into a million dollar real estate purchase.
Kindle
—258pgs

Banana Log: The End of the World
Part 3: Sint Maarten to Grenada
For those who dream about distant tropical islands, armchair sailors or cruisers preparing the sail of a life time, the three parts of this book paint a colorful variety of small island countries, poor and rich, with as many cultures as there are islands. It tells of sailors and adventurers escaping a good job in an orderly civilization in exchange for the last reserves of freedom.
Kindle
—189pgs

(NOTE: Apple has a Kindle Reader for the iPhone and the iPad)



Wolfgang Berg Wolfgang Berg, born in Bremen, Germany, had learned to sail on the North Sea and on Bavarian Lakes. As a passionate sailor and underwater photographer he established an underwater camera business in America in 1978. He has cruised the Bahamas for 25 years and the Eastern Caribbean for 10 years where he has photographed and written about his sailing adventures. Exploring caves, reefs and rocks, mountains, volcanoes, and rainforests got him into trouble more than once. Exploring the islands with SeaLife, his Endeavour 43 ketch, he observes islanders, their different cultures, and reflects on their life and history from the time of Spanish Conquistadores through colonialism, piracy, and drug smuggling to modern tourism and present and future world politics. Wolfgang, an Endeavour 43 owner since 1994 and member of the forum since 1998, has written a number of books and is sharing his most recent title Monkey Sail: Fast Track North ©2015 with forum members. Hot off the press as they say, its a short read at 25 pages, purely about sailing and his solo rush from Grenada to the Chesapeake: Monkey Sail: Fast Track North I had sailed my Endeavour 43 ketch, SeaLife, to Grenada in 2004. The trip took three months. Hurricane Ivan destroyed the boat in 2004 and it took 5 years to rebuild her. In the following years we sailed up and down the Caribbean Islands, hiked, explored, and took underwater pictures. This short book is a brief non-fiction report of the actual sail back north in 2015. Kindle or PDF —25pgs More Books by Wolfgang Berg Sugar Sails, Last Island of Happiness, Castro’s Cuba A non-fiction book of our Cuba exploration by sail. It is perhaps the last eye witness account of a communist country before changes take place. With 150 pictures. Paperback or Kindle —166pgs The Tunnel A romantic sailing story of crime, caves, coins, and crooks, and the discovery of one of the largest treasures ever found. Very real, dramatic, and historic. Paperback or Kindle —275pgs Island of Nuts: How I Sailed into Island Politics A futuristic novel of a sailor who acts on his interest in world politics. There will be a Part II, Island Conspiracy, soon. Kindle —576pgs Fellini’s Ladder A humorous short story of a painter who wants to climb the social ladder. Disaster ensues on every rung but fame follows. Kindle —50pgs Voyage to the Magic Mountain: Sailing Adventures in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands Long had we been dreaming about cruising the “Far Out Islands”, across shallow banks, through impassable reef cuts into tranquil bays where few sailors had ever ventured, exploring remote little settlements. A group of forgotten islands, the Turks and Caicos, as flat as they appear on the surface, are actually a huge mountain rising up 8000 feet from one of the deepest bottoms of the ocean. Paperback or Kindle —312pgs Banana Log: From Dream to Disaster Sailing Through the Caribbean Part 1: Abaco to Turks & Caicos For those who dream about distant tropical islands, armchair sailors or cruisers preparing the sail of a life time, the three parts of this book paint a colorful variety of small island countries, poor and rich, with as many cultures as there are islands. It tells of sailors and adventurers escaping a good job in an orderly civilization in exchange for the last reserves of freedom. Kindle —189pgs Banana Log: Mules and Muggers Part 2: Dominican Republic to Virgin Islands This is the second part of the sail of a lifetime through the Caribbean with an extreme hiking adventure to the Caribbean’s highest mountain and with not always enjoyable island encounters like being mugged in a dark alley and my well-off crew lured into a million dollar real estate purchase. Kindle —258pgs Banana Log: The End of the World Part 3: Sint Maarten to Grenada For those who dream about distant tropical islands, armchair sailors or cruisers preparing the sail of a life time, the three parts of this book paint a colorful variety of small island countries, poor and rich, with as many cultures as there are islands. It tells of sailors and adventurers escaping a good job in an orderly civilization in exchange for the last reserves of freedom. Kindle —189pgs (NOTE: Apple has a Kindle Reader for the iPhone and the iPad)

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