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Maiden Voyage

By: Tania Aebi, Bernadette Brennan
Narrated by: Tania Aebi
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Summary

What begins as the sheer desire for adventure turns into a spiritual quest as a young woman comes to terms with her family, her dreams, and her first love.

Tania Aebi was an unambitious 18-year-old, a bicycle messenger in New York City by day, a Lower East Side barfly at night. In short, she was going nowhere - until her father offered her a challenge: Tania could choose either a college education or a 26-foot sloop. The only catch was that if she chose the sailboat, she'd have to sail around the world - alone. She chose the boat, and for the next two and a half years and 27,000 miles, it was her home. 

With only her cat as companion, she discovered the wondrous beauties of the Great Barrier Reef and the death-dealing horrors of the Red Sea. She suffered through a terrifying collision with a tanker in the Mediterranean and a lightning storm off the coast of Gibraltar. And, ultimately, what began with the sheer desire for adventure turned into a spiritual quest as Tania came to terms with her troubled family life, fell in love for the first time, and - most of all - confronted her own needs, desires, dreams, and goals. . . .

©1989 Tania Aebi (P)2022 Tantor Sailing Sailing & Boating Travel Writing & Commentary Water Sports
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Maybe should have got someone else to read it. The different character voices are pretty awful…

Inspiring story narration spoiled it

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The places, the family and friends, the nautical references were all just great, I am a newbie to sailing and felt I was learning as Tania learnt on her trip. A very warming story, and loved to hear about these far off places you only read about, I felt like I was there sometimes. One day I would love to do a tenth of what Tania did.

Fantastic story, enjoyed every minute

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A story of grit, determination and adventure. Well read and narrated. A joy to listen to.

Great story

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Great travel story of an inexperienced young girl taking to the seas for a couple of years and learning as she goes.

I listen to a lot of audio books and was put off by the narrator at first as she felt rushed and unnatural. When I looked up who the narrator was I saw it was the author herself, rather than a professional narrator so I stuck with it. After a few chapters she finds her rythm so it's worth sticking with it as it's a truly great story.

Stick with it

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I tried to like this. I may have if it was less of a boring voice

Boring voice

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