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Maiden Voyage

By: Tania Aebi, Bernadette Brennan
Narrated by: Tania Aebi
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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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I liked her story but it would have been so much better with a narrator who knew the English language and how to pronounce words. Who reviewed this book I wonder and allowed so much incorrect pronunciation. Spoilt it entirely for me.

The amazing achievement of this young girl

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