Spindrift
On sale
21st November 2016
Price: £18.99
Rubery Book Award, 2014
Selected:
ebook / ISBN-13: 9781784504618
This is the story of a sailing odyssey, but also of an inward journey into deep truths about who we are and how we belong in the universal scheme. A meditation on sailing and life, it is a hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking book for landlubbers, sailors, philosophers and naturalists alike.
Mostly sailing alone, Peter Reason invites us to share in the minute-by-minute challenges of seamanship and navigation, on his journey in his yacht Coral from Plymouth across the Celtic Sea and back again.
Exploring far more than the seaways, the author successfully manages to tell the story of a journey with another dimension – that of investigating and reflecting on our human place in the ecology of the planet. Above all, this book shows us that Nature is not just a place to visit, but our home.
Mostly sailing alone, Peter Reason invites us to share in the minute-by-minute challenges of seamanship and navigation, on his journey in his yacht Coral from Plymouth across the Celtic Sea and back again.
Exploring far more than the seaways, the author successfully manages to tell the story of a journey with another dimension – that of investigating and reflecting on our human place in the ecology of the planet. Above all, this book shows us that Nature is not just a place to visit, but our home.
Reviews
With Peter, in his marvellous book, we enter into the world as a great story, full of ineffable meaning, and at last find our true home.
A profound and beautifully written meditation on our place in the world.
A truly great reading experience that drew me out of myself into the turning world of the oceans and into the depths of ecological awareness.
A wonderfully salty, sea-soaked voyage of discovery. Peter Reason shows us what it is to fall in love with the Earth all over again.
An enthralling sea journey which is thoughtful, courageous and unforgettably human. I was absorbed from the very first page.
I enjoyed reading this book. There are some good characters with curious motivations and a rich seam of emotional engagement; I delighted in Peter's uncontrolled glee at seeing a tiny puffin amidst huge swells and even huger cliffs near Bolus Head. There is uncertainty and several moments of adventure, such as the dramatic confrontation with the towering Skellig Rocks and the hard return crossing from Kinsale to the Scillies bashing into the high seas.
Nature is alive, nature is writing the story too, as much as the boat and the author. Read the book and you too might be inspired to embark on a pilgrimage.
The writing flows with all the ease that Coral does, through the water.
This is a beautifully presented book about a journey from Plymouth across the Celtic Sea and back again, partly a sailing story and partly a meditation on life and nature. The narrative is lyrical and thoughtful.