Treacherous Waters : Stories of Sailors in the Clutch of the Sea

by Tom Lochhaas

Stories of Sailors in the Clutch of the Sea Edited by Tom Lochhaas Treacherous Waters is a collection of riveting, real life stories of adventure, loss, and survival at sea. Garnered from among the best writing about sailing and the sea from the past 40 years, it transports readers to remote polar waters, lee shores, forbidding capes, and into the hearts of tempests. Here is triumph, disaster, love, courage, guilt, rescue, and death as captured by Webb Chiles ( The Open Boat ), Rob Mundle ( Fatal Storm ), Jim Carrier ( The Ship and the Storm ), Gordon Chaplin ( Dark Wind ), Tami Oldham Ashcroft ( Red Sky in Mourning ), and 15 others.

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This collage of stories had a variety of styles and formulas in the story telling and some were simply snapshots of the larger story. Many were full of technical sailing jargon that had me floundering a bit but also helped me feel that the doom these sailors was facing was done out of knowledge and not stupidity. Still, it left me feeling like the sea is a random place and one never knows what you'll face. I lived for many years near the sea and spent hours on the ocean and this book makes me feel like I dodged a few bullets.

[Marsha · Rating 4 out of 5]

A compilation of true stories of people who confront nature sailing the seas. Truly amazing stories of survival, tragedy, and adventure. Makes one marvel at the strength of the human spirit.
I love reading sailing stories and this compilation didn't disappoint me.

[Melody Eads]

Good book, but reading little snippets from a bunch of different books left me wanting to know what else happened or how it ended.