( 9 reviews )
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Posted: Feb 3 2008
I'm a soloist- a singlehander. I really appreciate the way that being in tune with the sea and its environs is expressed in this book. So beautiful it almost brought me to tears. One feels the swell beneath while reading this book. The last third or so discusses rigging, complete with diagrams. Not by any means a comprehensive guide to sailing round the world but a capable sailor can learn from it. Buy this book.
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Posted: Jan 26 2008
Moitessier is a lousy writer. I read the Logical Route and was bored stiff. I bought this because I'm interested in taking up sailing and was intrigued why he gave up winning the race and sodded off to Tahiti instead. Unfortunately it's more of the same: dreary 'logical' daily accounts of boring sailing log details interspersed with equally dull, repetitive, shallow, wispy musings on nature. There's some soft rant against the 'machine' at the end. No depth. No passion. No excitement. No philosophy. No adventure. No LIFE. If this is what Zen posing, bearded frog cross legged sitting on deck contemplating your navel, waves and stars 16 hours a day does to you I think I'll pass.
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Posted: Jan 19 2008
This book allowed me to understand the trip and place myself into the position of the author.
