My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn - Softcover

David Hays; Daniel Hays

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060976969 ISBN 13: 9780060976965

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 1996

Synopsis

Some fathers and sons go fishing together. Some play ball. David Hays and Daniel Hays sailed 17,000 miles through the world's most feared and fabled waters in a little boat they built together. This is their story.

Alone with nothing but the mammoth waves of the Southern Ocean, the unceasing wind, a compass, a sextant and a pet cat, they voyage down the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, past the Galapagos Islands, beyond Easter Island and around their destination--Cape Horn. Father and son narrate in alternating fashion, their voices weaving together an engrossing story of travel, exploration and difficult, dangerous sailing.

But more than a tale of adventure, this is a touching account of a father and son's rite of passage as they assess their complex and evolving relationship. Daniel, out of college and unsure of what he wants in his life, sees his father getting older, more forgetful. David deals with unresolved issues he had with his own father, fearful that he'll make the same mistakes with his son, yet frustrated that Daniel treats him like an old man.

Moving, often hilarious, often poignant, My Old Man and the Sea is a rich and profound chronicle of their voyage of discovery. Every reader will identify with this uplifting story of a father and son who go down to the sea and find each other.

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Review:

David and Daniel Hays, father and son, designed and built a small boat together, then set out to sail it around the tip of South America, a journey that David had dreamed of ever since childhood. Along the way they fought and swore and sweated and shared triumphs large and small.

From the Publisher:

The immensely popular adventure story of a father and son who travel to the bottom of the world and back in a boat that they built themselves. The huge wave of the Southern Ocean, the unceasing wind, a compass, a sextant and a pet cat keep each of the men company in this tale told by the two in alternating voices.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0060976969
• ISBN 13: 9780060976965
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 227