A father and son sail 17,000 miles in a 25-foot boat they built together."They each write with unusual clarity and grace about sailing . . .
David, the father, is both lyrical and practical . . . Dan is by turns ironic and
fantastic . . . but what is most touching is their warmly loving relations as father and
son . . . In My Old Man and the Sea, David and Daniel Hays describe how they did
a terrific thing in life. And they make it good for anyone who takes the pleasure of
reading their book."
--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times
"What prompted David to propose sailing around the Horn . . .
was the way the sailors he knew as a boy always spoke of it in whispers . . . Father and
son had their share of fights during the trip, and at one point, David writes, 'Dan said
he had trouble expressing his love for me. I told him he was wrong, he really didn't
hide it well.'"
--Washington Post
"In alternating voices that neither talk down to experienced
sailors nor alienate landlubbers, the Hayses steer a true course toward 'the great rock
sphinx . . . at the bottom of the world' and toward the fears, memories and tensions that
form the geography of the heart."
--Miami Herald
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