A great story for young readers. The night he was almost run down by a tanker, reminded me of a night in the Atlantic when I was at the helm of a sailboat headed back to shore.
I wasn't the captain by any means, just a passenger. But my girlfriend and I had the duty and all we had to do was follow a compass direction. The sails weren't set, we were using the motor, so the captain could get some sleep. But when the freighter appeared in the dark coming toward us, I got more than a 'little' nervous. Fortunately, we weren't on the same track. Funny, I haven't thought about that night in decades.
The book is a typical Paulsen. A youngster gets in a bad situation and uses his wits to learn a way out of it. Still, I wondered how his parents let a 14-year-old sail out of sight of land at night by himself, even if he was fulfilling a promise to his uncle. But then, it is a novel.
I wasn't the captain by any means, just a passenger. But my girlfriend and I had the duty and all we had to do was follow a compass direction. The sails weren't set, we were using the motor, so the captain could get some sleep. But when the freighter appeared in the dark coming toward us, I got more than a 'little' nervous. Fortunately, we weren't on the same track. Funny, I haven't thought about that night in decades.
The book is a typical Paulsen. A youngster gets in a bad situation and uses his wits to learn a way out of it. Still, I wondered how his parents let a 14-year-old sail out of sight of land at night by himself, even if he was fulfilling a promise to his uncle. But then, it is a novel.
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