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Biker to Sailor
- The True Story of Bob Bitchin
- De: Bob Bitchin
- Narrado por: Bradford Rogers
- Duración: 5 h y 5 m
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Experience a hurricane in Cabo San Lucas, where 27 boats went up on the beach. Then sail across the pacific with nothing but a sextant, make an 800 mile error, and then end up arriving as a volcano is erupting!
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An excellent performance
- De Lisa AR en 06-30-24
- Biker to Sailor
- The True Story of Bob Bitchin
- De: Bob Bitchin
- Narrado por: Bradford Rogers
An excellent performance
Revisado: 06-30-24
The narrator, an avid sailor himself with an excellent radio voice, does a great job of making Bob Bitchin's adventures come to life. The book left my partner and I ready to crack open (virtually) his next book.
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Islands, Oceans, and Dreams
- The True Story of a Sailor's Seven Year Solo Voyage Around the World
- De: Michael Salvaneschi
- Narrado por: Andrew Parker
- Duración: 19 h y 27 m
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Islands, Oceans, and Dreams is a true story of a man who, at the age of 33, began dreaming of voyaging with his wife to the South Pacific. He wasn't an adventurer or daring by nature, but he bought a boat and began learning the ways of the sea. Twenty years later, racked with the pain of divorce and still aching to live out his dream, he set off alone for Tahiti. After reaching French Polynesia, he continued cruising for seven years and wound up solo sailing around the world. Islands, Oceans, and Dreams takes the listener on that voyage.
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Great tale let down by production
- De Brodie en 01-31-15
- Islands, Oceans, and Dreams
- The True Story of a Sailor's Seven Year Solo Voyage Around the World
- De: Michael Salvaneschi
- Narrado por: Andrew Parker
Setting in need of a point
Revisado: 02-07-20
The performance of the story isn't great, there are many mispronunciations that show that the performer wasn't prepared for the content. It doesn't seem to have been very thoroughly edited since there are numerous points where the performer repeats himself and starts over that were not cut out.
The writing style is high school journal entry, full of description and attempts at similes and metaphors that seem forced. Often a scene is set, but it's just that, a setting without action or interest. The author continuously goes on about this friend or that, most of whom add little to book. The story drones on and on and the book would have benefited greatly to being shorted down to a couple of magazine articles.
The worst part of the book is the glaring entitlement of the author, who get upset when the world doesn't meet his desires. He gets angry at others who disturb his calm, fail to take his pens and cheap sunglasses in exchange for their labors, or fail to smile at him on command. His weird glomming on to married woman he meets along the way comes off as creepy.
If the author had humor, or if the story involved growth or self discovery, it might have been worth the time.
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Love with a Chance of Drowning
- A Memoir
- De: Torre DeRoche
- Narrado por: Candice Moll
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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City girl Torre DeRoche isn’t looking for love, but a chance encounter in a San Francisco bar sparks an instant connection with a soulful Argentinean man who unexpectedly sweeps her off her feet. The problem? He’s just about to cast the dock lines and voyage around the world on his small sailboat, and Torre is terrified of deep water. However, lovesick Torre determines that to keep the man of her dreams, she must embark on the voyage of her nightmares, so she waves good-bye to dry land and braces for a life-changing journey that’s as exhilarating as it is terrifying.
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True Adventure and Romance--I Loved It!!
- De Kathy in CA en 09-08-15
- Love with a Chance of Drowning
- A Memoir
- De: Torre DeRoche
- Narrado por: Candice Moll
Oh god, that poor woman
Revisado: 05-26-18
As a sailor, this book was painful. I felt so bad for the author, sucked into sailing with someone so clueless and dangerous. I hope it doesn't dissuade others from the sea.
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