Sea Change: Alone Across the Atlantic in a Wooden Boat

by PeterNichols (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2010

  $3.24

  With only a sextant, his instincts as a seasoned sailor, and a boat filled with memories of his floundering marriage, Peter Nichols sets out on a solo voyage from England to 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 intelligence, bravery and humor, Sea Change is a thrilling adventure story. It is a classic tale of a man struggling to come to terms with his reckless spirit, his highest hopes, and his broken dreams.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.24

  When his marriage ended, Peter Nichols had to sell the only thing he and his wife owned- their boat. With only his sextant, his instincts as a seasoned sailor and his memories of a floundering marriage, he sets out from England to sail to America to sell his beloved boat, Toad. Halfway across the Atlantic, Toad springs a leak. As the sea floods in faster, Nichols tries everything to stay afloat, desperately pumping the water out by hand. He loses the battle after three days and is forced to sink Toad.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1999

  $3.24

  Peter Nichols set off for the USA to sell his boat when his marriage ended. Ten days from the U.S. coast the boat sprang a leak and he had to scupper it. More than a sea story this is a story about Nichols, his marriage and his boat.'