Comment by Dan Miller on Book Review: Near Death On The High Seas Edited by Cecil Kuhne

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:40:51 EDT

If you want to read some really good sea stories, try Tristan Jones, a self educated single-handed cruiser who spent most of his life on small boats and wrote many books -- each one more sophisticated than the one before it. Or Ernest Gann, who wrote from his personal experience on both flying (Fate is the Hunter) and sailing (Song of the Sirens). Fate is the Hunter was made into an atrocious motion picture of the same name but with little if any other resemblance to the book. Song of the Sirens was, I hope, spared that horrid fate. Having spent seven years cruising the Caribbean with my wife on our small boat, and having had only a very few dicey moments, I enjoy to a rather limited extent reading about the scary times had by others; the various sailing magazines are full of that sort of stuff. For the most part, if you use common sense and don't do stupid things, it's all quite wonderful and enjoyable. The sense of independence is truly difficult if not impossible to find in any other context. Dan

Comment by Natalie Bennett on Book Review: Near Death On The High Seas Edited by Cecil Kuhne

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:59:24 EDT

This article has been selected for syndication to Boston.com. Nice work!

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