SEA QUEST

by Charles A. Borden ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 22, 1967

The story of global blue-water adventuring in small craft, Borden's Sea Quest is a boating enthusiast's must. Collected here are the true stories of the most famous small craft voyages from antiquity to modern times. Borden roams the literature With a connoisseur's relish and a literary dash one would hardly expect of a man who has spent much of the past 25 years in solitude upon the oceans of the world. He is, however, a student of maritime ethnology and member of several societies devoted to Oceania. Many of the famous small craftsmen he writes about are personal acquaintances and most have some semi-mystical raison d'etre for devoting their lives to sailing. Barely a mariner mentioned here hasn't crossed either the Atlantic or Pacific or rounded the Horn singlehandedly or with a friend or wife. Nearly all conclude that only in the sea's loneliness can many of the final solutions to inner problems be reached. Also, other than the quest for these absolutes, there is the fantastic sweep of the senses when a landfall is made when one has spent perhaps 90 days on course. Expectedly, a gale rises on every other page that nearly founders the boat described. High adventure, often with a fine historical basis.

Pub Date: March 22, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Macrae Smith

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1967

Categories: NONFICTION