Sailing Around the World: A Family Retraces Joshua Slocum's Voyage

By Guy Bernardin

French writer and sailor Guy Bernardin has completed in the OSTAR and the BOC Challenge races. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574091484
• ISBN13: 9781574091489
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Sheridan House
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Not like Slocum's but still entertaining

I really enjoyed the story of the Bernardin family's voyage even though it was quite a bit different than I expected. I guess I thought it would cover the exact route as the original Spray (instead of Cape Horn they went through the Panama canal) and I assumed the Spray would not have an engine (but it did.) I thought there would be some exciting moments of drama (but here was very little, depending on your definition.) Even so, it was a very enjoyable read and a good voyaging and family story.

A thoroughly enjoyable, attention engaging travelogue

Sailing Around The World: A Family Retraces Joshua Slocum's Voyage is a thoroughly enjoyable, attention engaging travelogue by expert sailor Guy Bernardin, about his embarking upon a grand journey across the waves with his wife and 3-year-old-son, and learning about the thrill of life itself in the process. Black-and-white photographs and descriptive text immerse the reader in the ups and downs of a captivating journey. Sailing Around The World is highly recommended reading for armchair travelers and anyone who has every contemplating the adventure of sailing around the world.