Synopses & Reviews
Review
“Sea Change is many things: adventure tale, sailing memoir, confession. What holds it together is the author’s fine ear for language and the rhythms of the sea.”
The Seattle Times
Review
“I think Sea Change is a magnificent addition to the literature of small-boat adventuring.”
Jonathan Raban, author of Badlands
Synopsis
"First published 1997 by Viking Penguin"--Title page verso.
Description
With only a sextant, his instincts as a seasoned sailor, and a boat filled with memories of his floundering marriage, Nichols sets out alone from England headed toward 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 clear, luminous prose, Sea Change is a classic tale of a man struggling to come to terms with his reckless spirit, his highest hopes, and his broken dreams.