I sorta like his books, but this one had some real goofs in it.
First, the Step Dad flies his new wife and her 3 kids AND all their luggage for a 2 month cruise to the boat in his CESSNA SKYHAWK. Hmmmm. FIVE people AND gear in a FOUR seat airplane. Riiiiiggghhtt.
Then the boat is at sea. The "hero" goes topside to see the person on watch. Senses a storm is coming (unforecast). So he goes fwd to raise the SEA
ANCHOR???? Okay, so suspend for a moment the fact that they should be SAILING at sea. MAYBE they just decided to park the boat for a break. But then after getting the "sea
anchor" up, he goes to REEF the mainsail. Hmmmm, guess they weren't "anchored" afterall.
It goes downhill even further from there.
Oh, and the StepDad is one of the bad guys.