My attention dirfts to a conversation some months back. “Have you scared yourself yet?” our boat broker Tom Harney from Jordan Yachts asked me. We crossed paths in Florida months after buying Wild Hair.
“No, not really,” I remarked. Dave concurred. “We’ve gotten into some pickles, but we’ve gotten ourselves out of them,” I boast.
I guess tonight — more than a year into our planned five-year voyage aboard Wild Hair — is my first real sail. I laugh. Sailing is horrible.
Tom Harney of Jordan Yachts scored a small but nice cameo in Heather Mann’s spiritual journey on her Hylas 45.5. The trip is full of hilarious sea stories with a few pretty scary situations. The scariest is probably when pirates follow Heather and husband Dave. Luckily they escape, but all cruisers should buy a copy of the book for good tips on what to do and not to do.
Heather, a struggling Buddhist, is able to get into adventure after adventure under the watchful eye of what she calls “the Great Atlantic Teacher.” Even on her final trip coming back as she muses on how much better they have gotten at cruising, she manages to once again humble herself. Heather and her patient and resourceful husband, Dave make a great team. She may not always be the one to get them into a bad situation, but Dave always is clever enought to get them out. If you want to go sailing with your wife or husband, this book will convince you to go together and renew your romance.
And then there is Dinghy the cat. We had a the pleasure of meeting Dinghy at Jordan Yachts. This is no ordinary cat. What cat have you seen walk on not just a leash but full-on harness? And what happens when they visit a island full of cats? Once again you will have to read the book to find out.
A personal inspection of this novel is highly recommended.