Perhaps the title of this book, Bernard Moitessier's first, should
have been "Sailing on the Reefs'--for that is exactly what he did,
almost unbelievably, twice. After finding his beloved
Marie-Therese, a beautiful junk in the Gulf of Siam, he set off
across the Indian Ocean for Africa and eventually the Caribbean.
Eighty days or so into the trip, Moitessier and Marie-Therese found
themselves on the reef at Diego Garcia. It took Moitessier just
nine months to build Marie-Therese II from scratch in Mauritius
with no boat plans or power tools. From her launch he sailed her
down to South Africa. His observations during a stay of almost two
years are as interesting as the people he met and the innovative
boat improvements he came up with. Unfortunately, he and
Marie-Therese II managed to end up on the rocks near St. Vincent in
the Caribbean. In between these two heartbreaking disasters is a
tale of courage, resourcefulness, and creativity. It is told with
refreshing honesty, in which Moitessier, still really an apprentice
sailor, admits his blunders. And it is told with marvelous humor.
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