Brave or Stupid

By: Tracey Christiansen, Yanne Larsson, Calle Andersson

Narrated by: Duncan Hood

When you read about someone sailing around the world, it’s usually a dotcom millionaire or a professional adventurer. Brave or Stupid? tells a very different story. It’s an everyman tale about a middle-aged, seasick electrician with no money who suddenly and for no reason decides to sail around the world. It’s the story of Yanne Larsson, a man with a dream born not out of a passion for sailing or a search for identity or the need for a challenge. This is the story of a simple handshake. One of the old-fashioned, ironclad ones.

A casual suggestion over wine with best friend Carl Andersson turns into one of those ideas that just won’t go away. Twenty-four hours later, a handshake decides it. The little details—buying a boat, learning to sail, and saving up money—take five years, but in 2002, the two men leave Helsingborg, Sweden on a three-year voyage that will change them forever. Storms, tropical diseases, drama, love, and comedy—their story is an adventure like no other. Brave or Stupid? is a book for anyone who has ever gone beyond what is sensible and realistic to discover a whole new world outside and a whole new person inside. This is a book for anyone who still believes in the power of dreams. And handshakes....

©2014 Albatross Forlag Ltd (P)2021 Yan Larsson

Enjoyed the adventure fully!

It was much fun to ride along with these guys and Albatross! Skol fir fum!

great story great narrator

This is the greatest sailimg story I have ever heard and I want more. I can only hope my life is one day filled with this much adventure and joy. This book is worth every credit and dollar please give it a full listen its worth it

An excellent story about chasing dreams and learning to sail.

Excellent story, excellent narrator, and an underrated pick on audible. All around, a fantastic book about the struggles and fortunes of sailing around the world.

Very entertaining!

Good sense of humor, positive vibes. Very good. Proof positive that adventure comes where you find it.

Fun adventure

Enjoyable to listen to to their journey.
Nothing too exciting, but a fun account of their trip.