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Summary: Excellent Read
Review: A story that weaves the threads of life is found in this book. I first read it when it came out, and recently re-read it. I found it more enjoyable the second-time around. The stories within the story are filled with great tales, danger, introspection, teak, and global adventures. The reward of getting through this book will stay with you long after it has been put away. It is true that this is a story of sailing, but it is really so much more. It contains much more than other books in the same genre.
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Summary: I spent my time well--wished I could have prolonged the trip
Review: A student of film who once dreamed of the ocean, I only occasionally find the solution to cut the invisible tether to the tele. Nichols's cameo on CNN sparked my curiosity, and I sought Sea Change the next day. Have you ever enjoyed an escape experience which takes you further from fantasy than toward it? Although Nichols may take us off the ground, our journey is still largely at sea level, and, for a while, below even that. His experience may read matter-of-factly in the style of a captain's log at times, yet few will be able avoid emotional ties to the sea, Toad, and J. for all Nichols's authenticity. His travelogue carries a burden of modesty, but the reader knows each time he or she picks the book up that it drips of worth.
This one will sit next to my Sobel.
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Summary: If we learn from mistakes, this is a treasure chest!
Review: A very detailed lesson on how not to undertake a sea crossing. Peter describes in great detail his lack of preparedness and his lessons wasted. The truly amazing thing in this story is that he survived and then is foolish enough to tell the tale. A great read for anyone contemplating voyaging and most instructive in lessons not learned.
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Summary: Moving, Accomplished
Review: As a memoir of love and loss, Peter Nichols' book is as moving and accomplished as any I've read, including such recognized classics as Siegfried Sassoon's "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer." I highly recommend it for the sailor and landlubber alike.
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Summary: Bittersweet & Lovely
Review: Gentle, bittersweet journey that connects you to the author, his boat and his world. I especially loved his descriptions of the sea, clouds, shadow, wind and weather forming amorphous rooms through which he sailed, physically and emotionally, visually.
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Summary: A thoroughly engrossing personal memoir
Review: Here's a man who distains the daily grind, fills an engineless sailboat with books by his seafaring heroes, and sets out solo across the Atlantic, navigating by sextant, and listening to the BBC World Service on short-wave radio. He thinks about the past, tells tales of ocean races, studies photographs of skies for weather warning, meets an Azorean scrimshaw artist, and much, much more. This man writes well, is perceptive and intelligent, and confronts his troubles honestly and simply. Got to go now, my sailboat is gathering moss and mildew at the back of the garden; "I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied." (John Masefield)
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Summary: A literary gem!
Review: His technique of coping with a failed marriage is not unique but certainly told in a uniquely introspective fashion. I can personally relate to his adventures of the heart as well as of the sea and was moved to tears at the fate of Toad. I cannot recommend this little book too highly(and it was bought on impulse from a bargain table in a bookstore in a strange city).
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Summary: A good read
Review: I also stayed up until 3 AM to finish this very enjoyable book. Nichols writes about his nautical journey with a wry humor, and his personal one with a fine honesty and lack of self-indulgence. By the end of the book you're just about as attached to Toad as he is, and sad to see her go. As someone who has recently taken up sailing, I also found his writing on techniques and attitudes of sailing and cruising to be interesting, quite apart from the very enjoyable vicarious journey itself. Finally, he makes reference in his tale to other authors who sound like a good read in their own right. Can you ask more of an author than to write a good book and give you ideas for your next readings? Borges would be proud.
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Summary: A good read
Review: I also stayed up until 3 AM to finish this very enjoyable book. Nichols writes about his nautical journey with a wry humor, and his personal one with a fine honesty and lack of self-indulgence. By the end of the book you're just about as attached to Toad as he is, and sad to see her go. As someone who has recently taken up sailing, I also found his writing on techniques and attitudes of sailing and cruising to be interesting, quite apart from the very enjoyable vicarious journey itself. Finally, he makes reference in his tale to other authors who sound like a good read in their own right. Can you ask more of an author than to write a good book and give you ideas for your next readings? Borges would be proud.
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Summary: Easy and interesting read
Review: I am a pilot, not a sailor but Peter's book was very interesting and almost makes me want to switch hobbies.
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