Title: Introspection on the high seas
Review: It's very good as a sailing memoir, but it's also a deeply introspective and at times painfully honest self-examination. The author presents herself "warts and all", which makes for a few passages of uncomfortable reading, as if you're eavesdropping on a private conversation. She's a bit mean to one crew member, but balances it with generosity towards another, and by her deeply felt concern-edging-towards-despair for her aging expatriate parents. The result is an amazingly detailed self-portrait -- after reading this book, you'll know Lydia Bird, good points and bad, as well as you know your closest friends. But it all comes back to the sailing, which is rendered in vivid, sometimes breathtaking detail.
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