Customer Reviews

The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories

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A broad selection of sea stories -- you have probably already read some of them -- combined as a collection of short stories. An enjoyable addition to an onboard library.

As a one-time sailor, I was taken back to the "old days" by many of these stories. Some are humourous, some awe inspiring, but I think most would be enjoyed by mariner and landlubber alike.

I do not know if these 27 stories are the greatest, but they are certainly great. Caswell picked a wonderful cross section of sailing stories spanning time and space. These stories will be worth reading and re-reading decades from now. Classics.

a nice intro to many different authors. Very enjoyable. The greatest?

Seems like the selection proccess of stopries was more what the publisher could get (probably cheap) than a good selection of really good stories. Sure there are some good ones (Like en excerpt from Pete Goss's book) but the continuity in the book totally lacks - and I haven't even finished the book yet after 4 months - and I love sailing books - normally cannot put them down if they are well written.

The book was a decent book to read on a long trip, but I had great difficulty in understanding how these stories qualify as the "greatest sailing stories ever told". They were sailing stories, and that's about all I could give it. Two or three of the stories were truly great; the rest were real snoozers. I was very disappointed with the book and could barely make myself finish it because I felt deceived by the author/editor's choice of title. A better title would be 'Sailing Stories, the Good and the Boring.'

Don't bother purchasing this book- it's boring and there are very few good stories in it. I read a lot of sailing books, and this one is the worst I've ever read. I read all of the stories just to be sure I wouldn't miss a good one but it wasn't worth my time.

This collection is hard to beat--it represents a broad cross-section of authors and provides enough sailing yarns to relate around the barbie for months to come!

Some of the stories are interesting but the collection on a whole is disjointed to read and some stories are quite bland.

Some real great stories included. Like previously indicated, would be great for an onboard library -- or just any library. A good read nevertheless.