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My Old Man and the Sea

a Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn
Dec 10, 2012Liber_vermis rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
On the one hand the father and son successfully piloted their 25-foot sailboat "Sparrow" from New London, CT, around Cape Horn, and back home. On the other hand, the son ran aground once (and almost ran aground 3 or 4 other times), he was swept overboard off Cape Horn; and he was robbed by a prostitute in Rio de Janeiro which suggests a jinx may have been on him until all is revealed on page 201. The final leg of the voyage from Antigua to New London is omitted (perhaps because family members crewed) from the chronicle. The only item missing from their gear was an on-board psychiatrist.