Rip Converse
There is no project or job that you can't bring excellence to.
Rip Converse
@ripconverse - Author
Rip Converse
@ripconverse - Author
An award winning author and licensed sea captain who has made over 20 sailing trips between New England, Bermuda and the Caribbean. He has also run l... more
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Rip's books
Live on Discovery
Maelstrom Part I
Maelstrom is a CIBA semi-finalist for best new suspense/thriller for 2019. A sailing adventure turns into a nightmare and new love is tested by fire. Ryan Cunningham meets a beautiful, younger, mother of two in recovery prior to his departure to the Caribbean and agrees to let them accompany hi...
Live on Discovery
Callie Awakens
Callie is two years ahead of her classmates and socially isolated from them by her genius IQ and the principled, ambitious, self-determined approach that she brings to everything she does. She wants to become a commercial ship captain but when her father, a shrimper, refuses to give her needed se...
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