Worldoceans

Good story but repetitive

Revisado: 06-02-21

I’m only about half way through but although it is a good story, already I’m annoyed with the repetitiveness about leadership and team building. The author brings up the same points over and over and spends too much time espousing his own leadership skills. Don’t get me wrong, it is engaging and exciting, but less repetition and more sailing details would make this a so much better read. The narrator does not know how to pronounce several nautical words or terms, but other than that, a great performance.

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Disappointed

Revisado: 03-07-20

Having just finished Cape Horn to Starboard and Sailing a Dangerous Ocean Both of which I loved, I found this one repetitive (from previous books), overly dramatic, and the narrator was just too monotone and serious.

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Subject interesting, but some facts not true

Revisado: 12-09-19

Being a long distance sailor and marine biologist, I started out totally engrossed by the interesting subject matter. But I started to lose faith in the reporting when several completely wrong "facts" were presented. It made me question the validity of all other facts.

First the author describes the hauling in of Antarctic Cod (Dissotichus mawsoni) and describing their eyes bulging out of their sockets from the release of pressure. This is incorrect, they do not have a swim bladder and their eyes do not bulge out. I have hauled in mawsoni from over 1000' and they are alive, in great shape, and can even be kept in an aquarium for research.

Second he describes how it would be deadly to fall over the side in Antarctica because the water is -80F. Impossible and rediculous - sea water can only go as low as 28F, after which it freezes.

Thirdly - later on in the book when describing the dutch abortion ship, which he says is a 36' long sailboat with a 29hp diesel engine. He said it was cruising at 10 knots, which is impossible unless it was surfing down a wave, which is not "cruising". A sailboat cannot exceed it's hull speed which is 1.34 X the square root of the length of the waterline (about 32' for a 36' sailboat). For a 36' sailboat that would equate to about 7.6 kts in flat calm seas with no headwind and a motor powerful enough to reach hull speed (unlikely with a 29hp). Since he describes 8' waves pounding the bow, it is unlikely that they could even make 5 kts, let alone 10kts.

None of these facts are huge, but when there are mistakes like this I have to take the entire book with a grain of salt, wondering how much other exaggeration there was.

Having said all that - this is well worth a read - but don't rely on every fact being correct.

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Just an ad for Tradeking.com

Revisado: 11-05-19

In the first chapter he starts selling Tradeking.com. I don't buy a book to listen to an ad - I want unbiased information. Waste of my time and money.

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