Sea Trials
A Lone Sailor's Race Toward Home
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4.5 • 4 Ratings
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- $23.99
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- $23.99
Publisher Description
A poignant account that will inspire you to tackle challenging sailing endeavors as well as squarely face life's emotional challenges, finding the courage to live a fully engaged, authentic life
Three years after his wife's death, Peter Bourke bought a boat--even though he had never learned to sail. In 2009, Peter entered the Oldest Singlehanded Trans-Atlantic Race at age 58. Sea Trials is the account of those 40 days of racing on his 44-foot sailboat Rubicon. Told with grace, insight, and humility, the book bares both the boredom and adventure of racing solo and provides insights to the value of going to sea.
The author is donating all author payments to the Semper Fi Fund, an organization that provides assistance to injured soldiers, sailors, and marines and to their families.
Customer Reviews
Sea Trials
Peter Bourke writes not about his solo sail across the Atlantic but about his sail through life.
It is written beautifully and while you almost taste the salt spray during the squalls you do feel the sadness, the joy, the relief, and the anxiety that accompanies his passage both on the Atlantic and in his life. Enjoyed it and I am not a sailor.
We all have our own squalls to deal with and sailor or not you relate to Mr. Bourke and feel you know him by journey's end. Thank you for writing it.
A little more detail would be nice....
Well written and enjoyable, but given the book will attract those that sail, a little more detail related to sailing would have been nice. He never even states the length or make of the boat...