Sea Trials: Around the World with Duct Tape and Bailing Wire

A shipwreck might end a dream of circumnavigating the globe. Not for the Wilcox family. To triumph, they must rebuild their boat on a remote Pacific island. Damage sustained on the reef and a lack of resources haunt them the rest of the way around the world as they face daunting obstacles, including wild weather, pirates, gun boats, mines and thieves, plus pesky bureaucrats and cockroaches as stubborn as the family. Without a working engine and no way to communicate with the outside world, they struggle to reach home before their broken rig comes crashing down and they run out of food in a trial that tests them to their limits.

While I received a copy of this audiobook in exchange for a review, all opinions remain my own.

I must admit, I have never read a book about a round the world journey on a boat, and most definitely not one done by a family! The beginning sounded just delightful but then it turned bad quickly and didn't ever get better. for them.... I appreciated how real and authentic the story was. You got to feel what they were really going through, what they were really feeling in those long days on the boat. Even with no knowledge of sailboats, I was able to understand the lingo and know what was going on. I really enjoyed that you got to know what happened to each family member after their journey. I often wonder about things like that.

This narrator was fantastic. You could feel how the family was feeling.