A Foolish Voyage

A Foolish Voyage

Neil Hawkesford

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Neil Hawkesford
Año de edición:
2025
ISBN:
9798232503246
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10th Anniversary EditionA naive young man, a tiny sailing boat, and the Bay of Biscay. What could possibly go wrong?Disillusioned with normal life in the late 1980s, the author bought an 18ft sailboat, made her his home, and set off alone in search of something more. With no real sailing experience, no GPS, and only a pile of paper charts and a stubborn streak to guide him, he headed out into the unknown.Single-handed along the south coast of England to Falmouth. Working as yacht delivery crew. A near shipwreck on Spain’s Costa da Morte - the Coast of Death. Fire onboard in the Atlantic. And finally, a foolish attempt to cross the Bay of Biscay in his own tiny boat.It didn’t go well.A Foolish Voyage is the true story of that misadventure. Told plainly and without heroics, it’s about what happens when you chase freedom with more enthusiasm than skill, and somehow survive to tell the tale.This 10th Anniversary Edition has been lightly updated and includes a new note from the author reflecting on the journey since. But the heart of the story remains unchanged: it’s about uncertainty, longing, resilience, and the strange, quiet pull of the sea.It’s a book not just about sailing, but about life. What happens at the very limits of physical, emotional, and mental capacity. And how personal tragedy can lead to unexpected discovery: that hidden deep inside all of us is the perseverance and passion needed to pursue even the wildest goals.It might just start you on your own Foolish Voyage.The foolishness didn’t stop there-In A Foolish Odyssey, the author spends years building a 38ft ocean-going catamaran in a barn miles from the sea. In A Foolish Escape, he tries to live the dream and stay afloat, literally and figuratively,through four unpredictable years afloat in the Mediterranean.

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