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Three Ways to Capsize a Boat

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Three Ways to Capsize a Boat

By: Chris Stewart
Narrated by: Chris Stewart
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If you're wondering what Chris Stewart did before he and Ana moved to El Valero, their Spanish farm, here's one of the answers. He took to the sea, landing a job as skipper for the summer, sailing a Cornish Crabber around the Greek islands. It was his dream job - and there was just one tiny problem. He hadn't ever sailed before and had not the foggiest how to start.

In a series of madcap and hilarious adventures we follow Chris from a shaky start in Chichester harbour to his epic Odyssey to Spetses (a bucket would have been handy), and then on to the journey of a lifetime - battening down the hatches on a trip across the North Atlantic. It's a journey crackling with Chris's zest for life, irresistible humour, and unerring lack of foresight. Dry land never looked more welcoming.

©2011 Chris Stewart (P)2024 Hachette Audio UK
Sailing & Boating Travel Writing & Commentary Water Sports Funny Witty Sailing
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Both brilliantly written with great good humour and excellently read by Chris Stewart. A lesson to us all!

How to overcome adversity with humour!

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funny and wonderfully descriptive, especially for anyone who has any experience of sailing . well delivered . i loved this book but just wish it was longer . thoroughly recommend

Joyous,

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The poor Scotsman had his words narrated in an Irish accent. Otherwise the narration was OK.

Good story and there was lots of variation but it was too short. More details were needed

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It's a great book but no quality control. Audio files are glitchy and jumpy, gaps missing. Ruins it overall.

Great Book, Brilliantly Read

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