![]() So what happened? One sailer out of the nine finished. A little jumpy, primitive, extremely honest, straightforward, intensely reflective. His writing resembles those he is describing and their vessels. A Brit, living in Northern California, he is the author of Sea Change: Alone Cross the Atlantic in a Wooden Boat and Voyage to the North Star. Nichols has been a yacht captain, an instructor of creative writing, and is now a full-time writer. ![]() What causes a man to go into a long term solitude and expect to live? His curiosity is more than that of a researcher. The author launched himself into a wooden sailboat and attempted to cross the Atlantic propelled by the pain of divorce. Well built, fast, but not luxurious compared to today’s yachts. She had been such a competitor in a round the world race. I once crewed on an ocean 71 from San Francisco to San Diego. The focus of this narrative is the 1969 Golden Globe Single Handed Race around the world accompanied by personal stories of heartbreak, shipwreck and with one sailor, madness. ![]() Why in the world would three sailors enter an ‘around the world, singlehanded’ race in sailboats meant only for coastal cruising? Even better why would a man enter this race who never ever sailed before? Peter Nichols wrote this 289 page book driven by these questions and others just as odd. ![]() A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols Reviewed by McCabe Coolidge ![]()
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