Sea Change

Alone Across the Atlantic in a Wooden Boat

Peter Nichols

With only a sextant, his instincts as a seasoned sailor, and a boat filled with memories of his floundering marriage, Peter Nichols sets out on a solo voyage from England to Maine, where he plans to sell his beloved, twenty-seven-foot, engineless boat, Toad.Halfway across the ocean, his boat springs a leak and his voyage becomes a desperate struggle to survive.

Filled with intelligence, bravery and humor, Sea Change is a thrilling adventure story. It is a classic tale of a man struggling to come to terms with his reckless spirit, his highest hopes, and his broken dreams. « less more »

Globe Pequot / Sheridan House

Pages: 166 • Trim: 5 1/8 x 8

978-1-57409-292-9 • Paperback • March 2010 • $16.95 • (£10.95)

Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Sailing, Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers, Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs

Sea Change

Alone Across the Atlantic in a Wooden Boat

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Summary

With only a sextant, his instincts as a seasoned sailor, and a boat filled with memories of his floundering marriage, Peter Nichols sets out on a solo voyage from England to Maine, where he plans to sell his beloved, twenty-seven-foot, engineless boat, Toad.Halfway across the ocean, his boat springs a leak and his voyage becomes a desperate struggle to survive.

Filled with intelligence, bravery and humor, Sea Change is a thrilling adventure story. It is a classic tale of a man struggling to come to terms with his reckless spirit, his highest hopes, and his broken dreams.

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Globe Pequot / Sheridan House

Pages: 166 • Trim: 5 1/8 x 8

978-1-57409-292-9 • Paperback • March 2010 • $16.95 • (£10.95)

Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Sailing, Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers, Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs

Author

Peter Nichols is the author of A Voyage for Madmen, the story of the 1968 solo race around the world, and the recent Final Voyage: A Story of Arctic Disaster and One Fateful Whaling Season.

Sea Change

Alone Across the Atlantic in a Wooden Boat

Peter Nichols

Sea Change

Alone Across the Atlantic in a Wooden Boat

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