Dave Zobel's Bent Book of Boatspeak: How to Sound Like a Sailor and Know Just Enough to Be Dangerous

This award winning(winner of Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2004) writer's wit, humor, and charm takes the reader through a hilarious overview of the "dangers" and simply the humor in boating. Zobel's book appeals to those involved in the sport and those who are simply looking for a good laugh. A terrific book that brings out the first laugh well before the actual intro, but in the table of contents. Well-priced and a truly worthwhile buy. I strongly recommend it.

This is a great book for anyone who has tried to sail, likes to sail, or like me, is a really bad sailor related to good ones! The text is hilarious, the footnotes are hilarious, the chapter headings and "poems" will make you howl. Every single page made me laugh -- and I'm famous for capsizing a sailboat in a small bay on Lake Champlain by pulling in the sheet when a brisk wind came up! The humor is top-notch -- you'll find yourself reading it aloud to anyone who will listen!

For anyone who's stood in a shower tearing up $100 bills ... that is, had the extreme pleasure of sailing ... this book is TOPS! I loved it!