Sailing Alone Around the World
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.65 (876 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000776K3M |
| Format Type | : | |
| Number of Pages | : | 458 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He lives with his wife in New York.. ALAN SKLAR has narrated over 75 audiobooks and earned numerous awards for his work. He has also provided the voice for thousands of corporate and medical videos, as well as many radio and TV commercials
Stands Out Above All the Other Sailing Books I've Read I read a lot of sailing-adventure books. I started with Melville's books about sailing (Moby Dick and White Jacket are my favorites), then found books like Kon Tiki and The Seed Buried Deep. There are a lot of good sailing books out there, but I think this one is the best.The narrator is unassuming, stalwart, and an amazing sailer. I'm talking late 19th century sailing, when people navigated by the stars, didn't have GPS or sat-phones, and even did all their own repairs.Perhaps what I love most about this adventure is how it starts, and I'll mention that since it won't give much away: The captain of the book starts out. Mary O'Brien said Salty Pages Book Club. This is assigned reading for members of Salty Pages. and what a most pleasurable assignment it is! Anyone who has salt in their socks will enjoy reading these adventures that take place at the end of the 1800's in the same ports of call of merchant mariners today!! My favorite parts were the "at sea" adventures, where it is obvious he had a sea angel sitting on his mast for the entire trip and the read is very educational geographically and meteorologically. The best way to read this book is to have a globe or a world map handy. It's a lot of fun reading about being chased by pirates and savages of the late 1800's, and. Modesty & Humor, a must! Sivan Bar Ner This is the modest and humorous tale of the circumnavigation of the great Capt Slocum, and idol and beacon to all that followed him circling the globe.I must say that he brings back to my personal memory my Capt Gryce of South Africa, my Master for a year.These are the sea dogs of old, that are attuned to the sea, respect it as the power it is, the livelihood that it has brought them.And a lesson of seamanship this is without any jargon and tiring detail, just about the sailing and adventure for the sake of it and no more.Great read !!!
Slocum's writing is as elegant as his thirty-seven-foot sloop, Spray, whose crossing of the Atlantic he describes vividly." The New Yorker --Source . "One of the most readable books in the whole library of adventure." Sports Illustrated "A classic book
Turning this catastrophe to his advantage, he built a sailing canoe from the wreckages, and sailed back to New York. After a distinguished career, where he worked his way up from cabin boy to captain, Joshua Slocum wrecked his ship off the coast of Brazil. This was the spur to attempt his perilous voyage!. Joshua Slocum was believed to be the first man to sail single-handed around the world. Moreover, he wrote Voyage of the Liberdad a chronicle of his trip, and earned some literary success