Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire - Softcover

Hinman, Wendy

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9780984835034: Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0984835032 ISBN 13: 9780984835034
Publisher: Salsa Press, 2017

Synopsis

A shipwreck might end a dream of circumnavigating the globe. Not for the Wilcox family. In 1973, the Wilcox family sets off to sail around the world aboard the 40-foot sailboat, Vela. Thirteen months later, they are shipwrecked on a coral reef, with surf tearing a huge hole into the side of their boat. With years invested in saving money, preparing the boat, and learning to navigate by the stars, parents Chuck and Dawn refuse to give up. Fourteen-year-old Garth is determined to continue, while eleven-year-old Linda never wanted to go in the first place. Can they overcome the emotional, physical and financial challenges to transform from castaways into circumnavigators? To triumph, they must rebuild their boat on a remote Pacific island. Damage sustained on the reef and a lack of resources haunt them the rest of the way around the world as they face daunting obstacles, including wild weather, pirates, gun boats, mines and thieves, plus pesky bureaucrats and cockroaches as stubborn as the family. Without a working engine and no way to communicate with the outside world, they struggle to reach home before their broken rig comes crashing down and they run out of food in a trial that tests them to their limits.

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About the Author

Wendy Hinman is the award-winning author of TIGHTWADS ON THE LOOSE, the story of her 34,000-mile seven-year voyage aboard a 31-foot boat with her husband, Garth Wilcox, the teenage hero of SEA TRIALS. She is currently the Editor of the Writers Connection and her writing has appeared in a variety of publications. She is an inspiring speaker on turning dreams into reality--or succumbing to delusions and the crazy adventures they provoke. Her presentations are filled with humor and hard-won lessons that amuse and encourage. As a president of Toastmasters, she is a polished presenter and storyteller, who has shared her stories across various media. For more information, visit wendyhinman.com.

From the Back Cover

A shipwreck might end a dream of circumnavigating the globe. Not for the Wilcox family.

In 1973, the Wilcox family sets off to sail around the world aboard the 40-foot sailboat, Vela. Thirteen months later, they are shipwrecked on a coral reef, with surf tearing a huge hole into the side of their boat.

With years invested in saving money, preparing the boat, and learning to navigate by the stars, parents Chuck and Dawn refuse to give up. Fourteen-year-old Garth is determined to continue, while eleven-year-old Linda never wanted to go in the first place. Can they overcome the emotional, physical and financial challenges to transform from castaways into circumnavigators?

To triumph, they must rebuild their boat on a remote Pacific island. Damage sustained on the reef and a lack of resources haunt them the rest of the way around the world as they face daunting obstacles, including wild weather, pirates, gun boats, mines and thieves, plus pesky bureaucrats and cockroaches as stubborn as the family. Without a working engine and no way to communicate with the outside world, they struggle to reach home before their broken rig comes crashing down and they run out of food in a trial that tests them to their limits.

From the Inside Flap

From Wendy Hinman, the author of laugh-out-loud award winner TIGHTWADS ON THE LOOSE, comes another true story of adventure and the stubbornness of dreams.

What do you do when you find yourself shipwrecked and living like ROBINSON CRUSOE or SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON on a remote Pacific Island? Rebuild and carry on, of course. The Wilcoxes could hardly imagine doing anything else.

"A modern, swashbuckling adventure." -- Seattle Book Review

"Completely riveting."-- San Francisco Book Review


Find out how this "... engaging narrative succeeds in capturing the thrills and frustrations of this intrepid family."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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Publisher
Salsa Press
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0984835032
ISBN 13 
9780984835034
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
442
Rating
  • 4.23 out of 5 stars
    149 ratings by Goodreads