Cape Horn to Starboard

De: John Kretschmer

Narrado por: Tom Perkins

Legendary account of the author's voyage around Cape Horn in a 32-foot sailboat, sailing east to west (thus the Horn is to starboard, or on the right). This is a notoriously difficult and dangerous passage, especially in a boat this size.

©1986 John Kretschmer (P)2020 Tantor

Ambitious sailor, beautiful girl, and a Contessa 32

This is a true adventure book. Especially for those craving the open ocean. A very well told story that keeps you wondering what’s coming next at the end of each chapter.

i enjoyed this one -- short & sweet

this [audio]book tales the adventure from New York to San Francisco via the Cape Horn [S. America] passage

having just finished "Sailing a Serious Ocean," there are a lot of similar themes here: sailing + etiquette, travails at sea, handling crises as they occur, boat repairs...

i found myself researching small sailboats to attempt something similar, hehehe

great material(!)

True story telling

Real sailing terms and experiences. One could easily visualize and feel as if they were on the boat rounding the horn.

awesome story

great listen - wonderful story about some friends and their combined efforts to have fun and experience the sea and it unique qualities.

Great story, poorly read

The author wrote a terrific book. It’s journey draws you in and has you join the crew. You can feel the wind and the waves. Unfortunately, Audible selected a performer to read the book who mis-pronounces common English words and mangles sailing jargon. I heartily recommend the book for the strength of the writing and it’s compelling stories. You’ll just have to suffer (and occasionally swear) at the performer.

afterwards

after arriving in San Francisco, not one word about Molly who seems to have totally disappeared into the pages

Great book!

I like all of John's books. Great story! very entertaining! seems to be missing details that are covered in his other books. I guess that's how he keeps you coming back!

Kretscmer is a legend…

…and his stories are enjoyable. This is essentially his origin story of a noob sailor becoming a blue water adventurer. Good stuff.

Reader ruined a good book.

The story was good, but the reader drove me nuts with his attempts at adding artificial emotion to try to make his voice more dynamic. This would have been much better reading as a printed book or ebook.

it was ok, not great.

Actually I almost didn't finish even though I generally love sailing books. And I was left wondering what happened to wife #1