Maiden Voyage

by Tania Aebi, Bernadette Brennan

Release Date: 29 September, 1996

Edition: Paperback

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My favorite book

Was her journey too dangerous for someone so inexperienced and so young? Yes, but perhaps those very same factors made Tania's voyage such an adventure. I have read the book in it's entirety twice, and selected parts more often than I can count. She did what any good writer should do, in that she "showed" her readers rather than "told" her readers. She painted beautiful images of her suroundings whether on the boat, in the South Pacific, or when she dealt with her late mother. A wonderful book for the lovers of travel and adventure.

Couldnt put it down.

Sometimes we don't know what we are capable of accomplishing. This was the case with Tania Aebi, a eighteen-year-old high school drop-out and all around unproductive and directionless New York City resident. Her father finally puts his foot down one day, and offers her a choice: a college education near home, or a sailboat with a challenge attached to it. Aebi reluctantly chooses the twenty-six foot sailboat, and a solo around-the-world journey.

Did she choose adventure to test herself, or distance and isolation to run away from her problems? For the next 27,000 miles the reader gets to ponder this question, watching the scared teenager go from basket case to confident captain. Exotic ports like Sri Lanka, Crete, Tahiti, and Bali serve as the settings for her story. Maiden Voyage is an account of the journey to adulthood just as much as it is about a journey around the world.

The youngest female ever to single handedly circumnavigate the globe writes like she is your best friend (except for the occasional rambles of sailing lingo). Page turning and genuinely exciting, this romantic adventure story does nothing short of inspire. The only thing that is missing with Maiden Voyage is a large warning label that says the following: "Warning. Readers of this book may be in danger of selling their houses, quitting their jobs, and buying boats."

I bought a copy for my best friend as soon as I finished reading this! I can not stress how cool this book is.