Dave Zobel's Bent Book of Boatspeak: How to Sound Like a Sailor and Know Just Enough to Be Dangerous

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Summary: I laughed so hard that I shivered me timbers!
Review: For anyone who's stood in a shower tearing up $100 bills ... that is, had the extreme pleasure of sailing ... this book is TOPS! I loved it!

Rating:
Summary: I laughed so hard that I shivered me timbers!
Review: For anyone who's stood in a shower tearing up $100 bills ... that is, had the extreme pleasure of sailing ... this book is TOPS! I loved it!

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Summary: Review of Dave Zobel's Bent Book of Boatspeak
Review: This award winning(winner of Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2004) writer's wit, humor, and charm takes the reader through a hilarious overview of the "dangers" and simply the humor in boating. Zobel's book appeals to those involved in the sport and those who are simply looking for a good laugh. A terrific book that brings out the first laugh well before the actual intro, but in the table of contents. Well-priced and a truly worthwhile buy. I strongly recommend it.

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Summary: Not Funny Enough
Review: This book is supposed to be funny; however, it isn't funny enough to justify its price. The book uses word phrases and plays on words to try and attempt its humor. It fails in every respect. Dont' get me wrong, there are a FEW funny parts to the book, but it simply repeats the same joke (using new words) over and over. Thus, it isn't funny enough. Don't buy it.

Rating:
Summary: Not Funny Enough
Review: This book is supposed to be funny; however, it isn't funny enough to justify its price. The book uses word phrases and plays on words to try and attempt its humor. It fails in every respect. Dont' get me wrong, there are a FEW funny parts to the book, but it simply repeats the same joke (using new words) over and over. Thus, it isn't funny enough. Don't buy it.

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Summary: Made even a non-sailor laugh!
Review: This is a great book for anyone who has tried to sail, likes to sail, or like me, is a really bad sailor related to good ones! The text is hilarious, the footnotes are hilarious, the chapter headings and "poems" will make you howl. Every single page made me laugh -- and I'm famous for capsizing a sailboat in a small bay on Lake Champlain by pulling in the sheet when a brisk wind came up! The humor is top-notch -- you'll find yourself reading it aloud to anyone who will listen!

Rating:
Summary: Made even a non-sailor laugh!
Review: This is a great book for anyone who has tried to sail, likes to sail, or like me, is a really bad sailor related to good ones! The text is hilarious, the footnotes are hilarious, the chapter headings and "poems" will make you howl. Every single page made me laugh -- and I'm famous for capsizing a sailboat in a small bay on Lake Champlain by pulling in the sheet when a brisk wind came up! The humor is top-notch -- you'll find yourself reading it aloud to anyone who will listen!