My Old Man and the Sea
By David and Danile Hayes
HarperAudio
$18, 3 hours
ISBN 0694516813
And a sail on the wild side . . .
Review by Sukey Howard
David Hayes and his son, Daniel, did something that most sailors only dream about. They did "the big one" -- they sailed the small boat that they had built together around Cape Horn. My Old Man and the Sea is a true adventure, the tale of a father and son coming to terms with their love and respect for each other over 17,000 miles of endless blue seas, sometimes calm, sometimes roiling. In alternating entries, David and Daniel describe the voyage and their innermost thoughts. And, in this audio presentation, actually hearing their very different voices accentuates the differences in age and outlook and underscores their real feeling for the sea and for each other.
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