Rating: Summary: A thrilling real life sea story. Review: A "truth is stranger than fiction" sea story of an adventure of a real life sailor in our own time. Well written and a page turner. The reader gets to know Frank intimately and shares his adventure with him. I felt that I was with him and I could feel the storm raging and felt that my own life was in danger unless Frank could call upon resourcs that perhaps he didn't know he possessed. An unlikely hero, but a hero nontheless. Great read.
Rating: Summary: Racing The Ice To Cape Horn Review: A great sailing adventure and well told. I was interested in the design of the 24 ft sailboat, the cabin layout, and the supplies taken on the voyage, as well as a few photographs. All of this information was missing! It still was a great book. Arthur B. Campbell
Rating: Summary: Racing The Ice To Cape Horn Review: A great sailing adventure and well told. I was interested in the design of the 24 ft sailboat, the cabin layout, and the supplies taken on the voyage, as well as a few photographs. All of this information was missing! It still was a great book. Arthur B. Campbell
Rating: Summary: ...spellbinding... Review: Excerpt from L.A.Times - South Bay Review by Deborah Paul ...spellbinding... The 246 page sea adventure gives a spellbinding account of Guernsey's marathon competition against himself and the Antarctic elements.
Rating: Summary: If you love cruising, you've got to read this book! Review: Frank Guernsey and Cy Zoerner's book is not only an exciting account of a nearly impossible voyage, but a love story and a psychological portrait as well. Have you ever wondered what drives a person to strike out alone in a tiny boat on a voyage some might call suicidal? "Racing The Ice To Cape Horn" gives a rare glimpse into the psyche of one of those rare adventurers who choose to go it alone against nature. I absolutely couldn't put it down!
Rating: Summary: If you love cruising, you've got to read this book! Review: Frank Guernsey and Cy Zoerner's book is not only an exciting account of a nearly impossible voyage, but a love story and a psychological portrait as well. Have you ever wondered what drives a person to strike out alone in a tiny boat on a voyage some might call suicidal? "Racing The Ice To Cape Horn" gives a rare glimpse into the psyche of one of those rare adventurers who choose to go it alone against nature. I absolutely couldn't put it down!
Rating: Summary: Enthralling! I couldn't put it down. Review: Frank Gurnsey undertook an adventure that compares favorably to the conquest of Everest. No one could possibly fathom what this ordeal was like unless he read this book. It is fascinating, and it would even be inspiring, except that most of us aren't as crazed as old Mr. Gurnsey. This book could only have been written by an excellent writer and someone who had a deep understanding of and appreciation for sailing. Co-author Zoerner qualifies on both accounts. His understanding of the subject and his treatment of it are great. The book hooks you after a few pages, and you never feel like putting it down thereafter. I've met Mr. Gurnsey a few times, but I feel I only truly understand him after reading this book. I'm not much of a sailing aficianado, and I loved it. A fine job by both men.
Rating: Summary: Amazing Adventure Review: Frank Gurnsey undertook an adventure that compares favorably to the conquest of Everest. No one could possibly fathom what this ordeal was like unless he read this book. It is fascinating, and it would even be inspiring, except that most of us aren't as crazed as old Mr. Gurnsey. This book could only have been written by an excellent writer and someone who had a deep understanding of and appreciation for sailing. Co-author Zoerner qualifies on both accounts. His understanding of the subject and his treatment of it are great. The book hooks you after a few pages, and you never feel like putting it down thereafter. I've met Mr. Gurnsey a few times, but I feel I only truly understand him after reading this book. I'm not much of a sailing aficianado, and I loved it. A fine job by both men.
Rating: Summary: ...capsizing, starvation, thirst, madness, pirates... Review: Palos Verdes Peninsula News Josh Cohen Guernsey's four-month voyage took him through some of the roughest seas in the world, leaving him alone to face the dangers of capsizing, starvation, thirst, madness, pirates... The elements, which Guernsey was quite aware of, would prove to be his most apparent foe.
Rating: Summary: It was impossible to put down... Review: Ted Jones Commodore - Joshua Slocum Society Read it immediately and have been numbed by the height of Frank's experience on the voyage. Never thought that we could feel what he felt, but we did. It was impossible to but down, once we started the venture.
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