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Maiden Voyage by: Tania Aebi, Bernadette Brennan List Price: CDN$ 19.95 City Travel Guides Price: CDN$ 14.56 You Save: CDN$5.39 (27%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 910.41 EAN: 9780345410122 ISBN: 0345410122 Label: Ballantine Books Manufacturer: Ballantine Books Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: September 29, 1996 Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: September 29, 1996 Studio: Ballantine Books Sales Rank: 58692 Related Items: Related Items:   see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
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 Rating:  - not that greatCould have been written better I think. I had to re-read some sentances a few times to understand them. Sometimes I had to back read just to figure out what she was talking about. Maybe I'm just stupid. The places she visits are interesting. Sometimes while reading the book I got in a fetal position and quivered while thinking about how little she knew about sailing before taking off into the ocean. I imagin by the time she got home from her circumnavigation she had learned enough, and gained enough sailing experience to start her circumnavigation. all in all it was worth the read and entertaining. But I would reccomend "Confessions of a Long Distance Sailor" by Paul lutus instead of this book. its written far better, has just as many ... Read More: Rating:  - Read it again and again... Aebi's adventures never get old!The amazing story of an 18 year old who sets out to see the world. However, unlike the majority of us who board a 747 and are at our destination a few hours later, Aebi travels around the world alone on a sailboat. Her adventures are really interesting and her story is inspiring. At times, the book is a bit technical (it *is* a sailing book), but even for those of us who have never sailed before in our lives, her accounts of her past and her travels really make the book enjoyable and understandable. I've read it several times and it has always managed to inspire me. Never a boring read. Rating: - Loved this book -- a must-read for free spirits of all agesI picked up this book on the recommendation of a speaker at one of my grad school classes. The speaker, Roland Legiardi-Laura, is making a film with John Taylor Gatto that examines the problems with schooling and alternatives to it. He recommended Maiden Voyage as a glimpse at one young woman's real education. By choosing sailing the world over a college education, Tania changed the course of her life. I was thrilled to take the voyage with her through her book. I'm not into sailing and will probably never set sail any farther than a day trip on the Chesapeake Bay, but I loved this book. The beauty of it is seeing a young woman experience the world through fresh eyes. The reader watches as Tania comes into her own and experiences the ... Read More: Rating:  - A hobbit goes sailingWell, not exactly, but there are plenty of parallels. More or less thrown into this journey by a zany, wizard-like father, Tania begins her Tolkienesque voyage with no real understanding of the difficulties involved. After experiencing many adventures, some real dangers, and even a bit of romance, she returns home a wiser, stronger, and altogether more mature woman. Heartwarming, authentic, and honest, Tania proves herself to be a sailor and author in the tradition of the grandfather of single-handed circumnavigators, old Slocum himself. A page-turner. Rating: - Solo circumnavigation, plastic sextant, and a novice sailorThe space between Miss Aebi's account of sailing away from her life in New York to her return to America is filled with the most incredible adventure. Her gaining of experience on the sea parallels her maturing from a "lost soul" teenager to confident adult in a page-turning sort of way. I loved this book! |
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