sterenn
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Reged: 15/03/2007
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Loc: Paris France
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Bonjour
I've just finished the book "Left for dead" from Nick Ward.
I higly recomand it to anybody questionning about JC....
It is frightening.
I would not caution all the boat management but, in such conditions, they did as they could!
Don't leave it in open access to your family it may induce a veto (my wife doesn't read easily in english.)
Eric
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Edited by sterenn (08/02/2008 16:21)
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KBT
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Reged: 22/01/2007
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Loc: France
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I do think you can read to many disaster stories, better to read about the boring, well managed, successful passages imho.
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nickrj
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Reged: 21/07/2006
Posts: 377
Loc: Long Island, New York
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I read a bunch of disaster stories in La Coruna (it was in fact a book solely dedicated to the subject!), and it took me five days to recover and forget them before I could sail again!
Sometimes they are useful to learn about how the crew handled the situation, but more often than not, they just stop you from sailing!!
I've met quite a few people who are real 'sail geeks' - They read absolutely everything - So much so they are an expert on every single topic - But, with that, they are utterly paralyzed with fear because of it!
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bobfrost
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Loc: 18A, Linear North
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I saw a sticker on the back of a van in the US which said
'It's not a real sport unless you can die from massive internal injuries'.
So it goes..... 
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Rum, it's not just for breakfast anymore.
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tomato
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Reged: 06/11/2007
Posts: 52
Loc: North East
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Bonjour.
I think everyone is being the 3 Monkeys. “Left for Dead” is a lovely novel with everything in it that makes a “nice” read with a cup of hot chocolate for bed.
Have you read “Try sailing home with a Boom through ya intestines and a guard rail post in ya eye” its fun. Especially the seagull bit and his good eye.
Tomato
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Jake_K
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Reged: 20/07/2001
Posts: 186
Loc: Poole, Dorset UK
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Hi Eric
If you want a really good read, and a taster for what many of us are letting ourselves in for, then you MUST get a copy of Roger Taylors book 'Voyages of a Simple Sailor.' It's just been published by the Fitzroy press.
Roger is one of those quietly competent sailors who just get on with it - coming through some horrific seas intact and unbowed, mainly due to good preparation and an easily handled boat. His book covers his time spent on a square rigger - the Endurance 2 - which was spectacularly shipwrecked ( with Roger aboard) off the coast of New Zealand. His experiences - and he tells them with an easy, self-depracating style - will have you enthralled. I damn near missed my train-stop as I battled off a lee shore with him in the dead of night.
He goes on to describe how the shipwreck altered his view of sailing - making him more determined to be self-reliant, and develop an unsinkable boat. Of great interest to Jesters will be the narrative of his participation on the 2006 event in his 21ft junk-rigger Corribee Ming Ming( you'll recognise quite a few names and boats) and the decisions he made. I equally enjoyed his engineless trip from Burnham to actually get to the start ( Roger doesn't believe in having an iron topsail). How he worked the wind and tide - avoiding marinas and anchoring in some unlikely places - to get to Plymouth is a real testament to applied seamanship.
Perhaps more than anything, it's a thoughtful book - exploring the alure of the seas - and all it's moods - and how it can affect the lone sailor as an exhiliarating, uplifting experience. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it's just a pity that his most recent Round Britain via Iceland ( again without an engine) isn't in there. That's for another volume, I hope.
To find out more, visit Rogers site - www.the simplesailor.com. We'll be doing a full review in PBO. Despite the storms, shipwrecks and other interesting situations Roger has got into over the years, this book will inspire you to get out there in a minimalist boat - rather than scare the bejeezus out of you! Highly recommended read - but not on a train.
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sterenn
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Reged: 15/03/2007
Posts: 192
Loc: Paris France
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Bonjour
I think the real good English to express my feeling would be : " You Bl... Bas...!" (I should check that with Mike)
I ordered the book on Amazone as soon as I could but the abroad delivery is delayed; I hope due to a great success.
So I'm just waiting in front of my letter bock, my mouth leaking as an old dog in front of a bone, and you explain me that I should read it!
I'll be a litle more patient and it will arrive soon.
Merci
Eric 
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Lee_Shaw
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Reged: 01/06/2004
Posts: 539
Loc: Staffordshire
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Great review thanks, I've just ordered my copy.
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sterenn
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Reged: 15/03/2007
Posts: 192
Loc: Paris France
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Bonjour
Amazone advized me yesterday that they have packed the book.
I don't know where from and the travel mode "MingMing express" maybe.
Anyway, I't's coming!!!
Eric
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sterenn
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Reged: 15/03/2007
Posts: 192
Loc: Paris France
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Bonjour
Il est arrivé !!!!
Eric
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