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Summary: The story of a brave couple
Review: .This book is indeed, and accidental Odyssey. Denny Moore and his wife decided to break away and do something exciting--buy a boat and cruise. They never planned to sail around the world--what started as a Caribbean cruise turned into a round the world voyage--downwide most of the way. Denny and his wife Velda made every possible mistake on this trip, but triumphed in achieving what few people have the guts to do. We can learn by the mistakes the made and also by their bravery and courage. I really enjoyed this book and have read it twice and even traded some email with Denny. I'm pleased to have known him in this way. Thanks Denny for a great book. This book would be a great gift idea for a nautical man. It has some meat to it. 456 pages. Nice illustrations and photos. Here is an excerpt to get your interest. "Perhaps foolishly but understandably, considering how long we had been at sea and how badly we needed to see land and to replenish our stores, I was carrying the full twelve hundred feet of sail in our fore-and-aft rig, trying to keep moving against a northwest breeze and a stiff little chop that was developing. The boat hit a wave, bigger than others, which stopped her cold. At the same moment, we fell into a deep trough, and rolled violently to port. It was like a slow-motion demolition derby. I was listening to things tumbling about in the galley, when suddenly I hear a splintering SNAAAP-CRACKKK overhead and looked up in time to see the topmast fall forward, pulled down by the jib topsail, now partly in the water. Velda came running up the ladder and took the wheel in hurried response to my started cry, trying to hold the bow into the weather, while Sylvia and I went forward to drag the sail out of the water. Almost immediately, we stopped and were rolling in the trough. Some 12 feet of the topmast was dangling upside down, suspended from its splintered stub by electrical wires and bits of rigging. The boat rolled heavily, and with each roll, the broken mast swung out and back like a huge wooden flail, hammering the complex rigging at the crosstrees 35 feet above our heads. Bits of wood, broken blocks and other debris fell with each blow. I knew I had to go aloft..." Good reading.
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Summary: Gentlemen Never Sail to Weather
Review: This is an excellent story; very well told. Mr. Moore and his wife get it "thrown in their faces" repeatedly and keep coming back for more. Despite circumstances which would have most of us grinding our molars and pulling out fistfulls of hair, Denny tends toward the bright side: Something as essential to any circumnavigator as his/her sextant (GPS),compass or stash of grog. Going "all the way around" is a hell of a big deal. I've read half a dozen books by warriors who've done it, and this is certainly one of the best. An enjoyable read by a likeable guy.
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