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  • A Foolish Voyage

  • Self-Discovery at Sea
  • By: Neil Hawkesford
  • Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
  • Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (42 ratings)
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A Foolish Voyage

By: Neil Hawkesford
Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
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Summary

In A Foolish Voyage, Neil Hawkesford gives us a remarkable tale not just about sailing but about life. Good times and bad. Here we learn what happens at the very limits of physical, emotional, and mental endurance. Here we also learn how personal tragedy can lead to a life-changing discovery, the realization that hidden deep inside all of us is the perseverance and passion needed for achieving life's greatest goals.

©2015 Neil Hawkesford (P)2016 New Street Communications, LLC

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A great listen and a reminder of sailing happiness

Neil's account of how he found happiness owning and caring for a small sailing boat is a motivating reminder of how little we really need in life to become happy.

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I'm wanting more.

A tale that's so much more than sailing. Epic stuff indeed. Ieft me wanting to read the next one.

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Great sailing story but…

Really enjoyed this tale and the narration was good, but the consistent mangling and mispronunciation of place names and sailing terms was a frustrating distraction.

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Foolish applies both to the author and narrator

Struggled to deal with the author's inadequacies and the narrator's ludicrous pronunciation of even non-sailing terms.

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lNSPIRING

A thoroughly good story, the author never gave up his dreams. It is a story of overcoming negatives for positives.

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decent read!

it's a great read if ur into sailing or not, easy to follow and very interesting ending.

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