Title: Some Great, Some Not
Product review: There are some terrific stories in this compilation. For me, the best was Bryan Burrough's "Storm Warning", a heart-pounding, from start to finish, account of the ill-fated Sydney to Hobart yacht race into not only the Bass Strait but the mouth of a hurricane. Insane competition and incompetence led men to their deaths.My next favorite was the excerpt from Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki, a book I read years ago and now must read again. His writing is so wonderful. What an adventure.Then there is the hilarious and beautifully-written "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" by David Foster Wallace--his account of life aboard a cruise ship.The absolute abysmal worst was part of a novel, Caldo Largo. I do not care for fiction, anyway, and this was pretty bad. There also was a surfing episode that was boring. I learned to page through fast while glancing at these two.I recommend this book if you love the sea and are willing to search through the book for some real gems.
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