The Boat Who Wouldn't Float Author:Farley Mowat Happy Adventure was a schooner with one fatal flaw. She leaked like a sieve. It kept Mowat on shore much of the time, but he met a rugged, excentric breed of people in the small, remote fishing ports of Newfoundland. And, being an eternal optimist, Mowat refused to condemn the boat to death. He was hopeful that some day the boat who wouldn't... more » float would. And that there would be a happy ending to the story. And, there was.« less
One of my all time favorites! Entertaining, funny and exciting. I have not been able to let this ratty old book go yet, as I often turn back to it's pages for a little ironic inspiration.