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I enjoyed because I love sailing and the ocean. Nothing profound, just enjoyable.
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My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn
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Some fathers and sons go fishing together. Some play ball. David Hays and Daniel Hays sailed 17,000 miles through the world's most feared and fabled waters in a little boat they built together. This is their story. Alone with nothing but the mammoth waves of the Southern Ocean, the unceasing wind, a compass, a sextant and a pet cat, they voyage down the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, past the Galapagos Islands, beyond Easter Island and around their destination--Cape Horn. Father and son narrate in alternating fashion, their voices weaving together an engrossing story of travel, exploration and difficult, dangerous sailing. But more than a tale of adventure, this is a touching account of a father and son's rite of passage as they assess their complex and evolving relationship. Daniel, out of college and unsure of what he wants in his life, sees his father getting older, more forgetful. David deals with unresolved issues he had with his own father, fearful that he'll make the same mistakes with his son, yet frustrated that Daniel treats him like an old man. Moving, often hilarious, often poignant, My Old Man and the Sea is a rich and profound chronicle of their voyage of discovery. Every reader will identify with this uplifting story of a father and son who go down to the sea and find each other.
227 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,1968
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227 pages, Paperback
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April 26, 1996 by Harper Perennial
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9780060976965
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0060976969
- Language
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English
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more interesting than I expected! It alternates between father and son journal-type entries. I preferred the son's entries - they were less about sailing and more about twentysomething angst. But both talk about the father-son relationship quite a bit and that was fascinating for me as a female to read. So different from Mom/daughter relationship. It was also very eye-opening to understand how much work is required for such a journey. Highly recommend for sailors; recommend to most others as well.
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Great tale of father and son sailing together in a small sail boat around Cape Horn. True story. I'm a sucker for a good sea yarn...
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read this years ago, liked it enough to keep. I've been reading a number of sailing stories of late, so I pulled it from the shelf to just "read a couple chapters"- and couldn't put it down! Wonderful story of endurance sailing, family, and human nature.
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A sailor's book....thank you both.
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Wonderful / Short, but full of symbols. The love between the boy and the old man is really touching. The resolve to die with the fish is also cool.
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It's an autobiography about a dude and his dad sailing from Maine, through the Panama Canal, around the tip of Cape Horn, and back to Maine again. Great book if you like sailing or travel/adventure type books.
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I have owned this book for a few years and finally read it, and totally enjoyed it. The story of a man and his son sailing a boat around Cape Horn is a cracking good sea story, and this is non fiction at its best.
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