SAIL by James Patterson

[thesnort]

Give yourself a plug, Berkshire! I could use a good read. What have you written? Of course, you'll give up your anonymity though.

[nk235]

On the topic of sailing and books I just read the "Gold Coast" by Nelson Demille. I love his books, his writing style and usually all the time his writing about boats is pretty good as he grew up and lives on Long Island.

However I was laughing in this past book as his main character and his family wakes up in the morning on their 36' sloop on the last day of their cruise where they are located in between the two forks of Long Island. They proceed to sail around Gardiners Island for fun, then sail 3 miles off Orient Point where they go shark fishing, hook a mako, fight it for over an hour, then have lunch, then sail all the way back to Manhasset Bay and get in just before sun down.

For those who are not familiar with Long Island or LI sound, just the sailing part, around Gardiners, off Orient Point then out to Manhasset Bay would take close to 24 hours yet they accomplish this in about 7 while stopping to eat lunch and fight a mako (off a sailboat) for 3 hours.

Still love Demille's books tho but was disappointed for this part.

[camaraderie]

I think it must have been a Mac26x!!

[JohnF261]

What a huge disappointment this book was. I won't be reading anything else with his name on it.

[Perithead]

Darn, I recieved this book and 9 others for Christmas. Guess I'll save it for lighting the grill or when we run out of TP.

Meanwhile, I am LOVING The Self Sufficient Sailor by lin and Larry Pardey.

[boatpoker]

An unheard of book by Canadian author Farley Mowat. A true story called "The Boat That Wouldn't Float". funniest thing I have ever read. Guy goes to Newfoundland to buy an old wooden fishing schooner and turn it into a yacht and sail it back to Toronto. All the highs and lows of boat maintenance in a hilarious package. Boat is named Itchy Ass Sally

[LookingForCruiser]

Just finished reading that "Sail" book by Patterson, I had never read anything by him before. It was incredibly bad. Each chapter took about 2-3 pages, and had a mini cliff hanger. Could count the number of 3-sylalble words used on one hand. Technically it was brutal, a book named "Sail" written by somebody who does not appear to have bothered sailing a boat. Ignoring the goofs, the plot itself was just unbelievable. The giant snake trying to eat people in the Bahamas was the icing on the cake.

[CBinRI]

Originally Posted by boatpoker

An unheard of book by Canadian author Farley Mowat. A true story called "The Boat That Wouldn't Float". funniest thing I have ever read. Guy goes to Newfoundland to buy an old wooden fishing schooner and turn it into a yacht and sail it back to Toronto. All the highs and lows of boat maintenance in a hilarious package. Boat is named Itchy Ass Sally

I have read at least one of his books and it was very good. I'll look for this one.

[berkshire1]

Ok snort.
I don't have a problem "plugging" my own stuff. My first was For My Son - that one is only available in Canada but I have a few here.
The second one (this is the one I'm most proud of) is called Three Days With Mary. Right now its hard to find because the first run sold out so fast. I have seen a few signed copies floating around the internet for $30. If I ever die they should be worth more. haha. Have to admit, that one would be a great cruising read for the wife.
And to "plug" a little more - just finished the first draft of the screenplay. Watch for it to hit the big screen in early 2011.

[captbillc]

i read the boat that wouldn't float a few years ago, a really funny story.