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Black Wave
- A Family's Adventure at Sea and the Disaster That Saved Them
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie, Joe Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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Aboard their 55-foot catamaran, the Silverwood family found its bonds tested as never before as they struggled with family and marriage dynamics in compressed quarters alongside the terrifying forces of nature. In the crucible of the sea, a stronger, tighter unit was forged.
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- pepperplanter
- 01-15-19
Fantastic story
As a father I really enjoyed this family story and as someone who grew up on the beach and now live in the mountains it stirred my sea fever.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-21-17
A Beautiful Story, Beautifully Written.
This book has no down side. It was perfect in every way and gave you a real sense of what it must feel like to be a family sailing the ocean. It also gave you a real feeling of the love of family. I liked these people a lot and you will too.
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- Hazel
- 06-26-13
Stop after part 1
In over 30 years I've put a book down, literally or voice-wise, only a handful of times, but this turned out to be one of those times. The first part, Jean's narrative, is interesting, riveting, captivating. Their experience is amazing and scary. But the second part... boring, detail-oriented, unrelevant. I would have appreciated the historical accident reference for a bit, but it seemed to go on and on and on... I just could not listen to anymore, I'm sorry.
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- Jennifer
- 04-04-09
Black Wave (Unabridged)
Compelling and well told. I enjoyed this listen immensely.
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- Elizabeth
- 11-16-08
Enjoyed listening....
Interesting and honest story of a family's journey and their challenges along the way. The narration was well done, easy to listen to.
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- Erik Z
- 01-30-17
best reading,
a great sailing story' loved all of it. all nautical terminology correct except forecastle, pronounced" folkcastle."
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- Tom
- 07-12-12
Sail the World or Stay Home? Stay Home
This book has cemented in my mind that sailing is for crazy people. The story was interesting and entertaining, but I found them to be a bit preachy when it came to explaining the whole "the world is a schoolroom". They tried to sound noble saying the trip was for their kids education, but this was totally about them, not the family.
I love the ending when John explains how he watched a young family at the zoo enjoying the "extraordinary beauty of the planet" then mentions how lucky his family was to have the resources to make the trip they did. He finishes with the thought that that beauty of the planet is all around and we can find it anywhere. It sounded to me like he was wishing they had just gone to the zoo!
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- James
- 09-03-08
What Wave
A drunk and his overbearing wife drag 4 unwilling children across the ocean to the obvious disaster. If you like sea stories, check out the boating magazines.
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- Mel
- 03-15-19
irritating
I struggled with this one. Probably a good book to read to learn how not to have a cruising trip go badly. I didn't particularly gel with the authors so that made it hard to really feel any empathy.