Good-natured parables in which the lessons learned from sailing are
translated into lessons about living. Bode (Blue Sloop at Dawn,
1979) looks back across a half century to his boyhood years on Long
Island Sound, where he fell in love with boats and learned to sail.
In the title piece, the author, as a 12-year-old eager to sail, is
first made to row a small boat, and from the experience comes to
understand the importance of mastery not over the boat or the
elements but over himself. Sailing with a favorable wind teaches
him the dangers of complacency and, from a frightening collision,
he learns to handle his fears about the unpredictable. Even
sailors' knots become metaphors as Bode likens a sturdy square knot
to a good marriage and an improperly tied granny knot to a
mismatched couple who "scrape and chafe against each other."
Getting lost in fog teaches him not to thrash about wildly in
confusion but to wait calmly for "the one constant in the swirling
mist that would set me on my rightful course" - a lesson that
serves him well in midlife when his private life collapses and he's
lost in a different kind of fog. Sailing also teaches him to attend
to details, for, as he puts it, "everything significant is small
and slow." A frequent contributor to Reader's Digest, Bode is adept
at pulling messages out of ordinary experiences. The images he
creates are simple and clear, and so are the lessons he derives
from them. A warm, fuzzy read for those who like to curl up with
cozy philosophizing. (Kirkus Reviews)
Now with a brand new foreword from New York Times bestselling
author Jeffrey Zaslow.
FIRST YOU HAVE TO ROW A LITTLE BOAT first hit shelves in the mid
1990s and has been inspiring readers ever since. Written by a grown
man looking back on his childhood, it reflects on what learning to
sail taught him about life: making choices, adapting to change, and
becoming his own person. The book is filled with the spiritual
wisdom and thought-provoking discoveries that marked such books as
"Walden," "The Prophet," and "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance." For nearly twenty years, it has enchanted and
endeared sailors and non-sailors alike, but foremost, anyone who
seeks large truths in small things. This refurbished edition will
find a place in the hearts of a whole new generation of readers.
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