Eye on the Sea: Reflections on the Boating Life

by Mary Jane Hayes

Book Overview

Poetic short essays on the essence of boating: its joys, mysteries, and challenges.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891369067
• ISBN13: 9781891369063
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Breakaway Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

book has won an award

Boating Writers International announces that Mary Jane Haye, author of "Eye on the Sea: Reflections on the Boating Life" (Breakaway Books) has been awarded First Prize in their contest for the best book on recreational boating published in the years 1998 and 1999. One judge said of the book: With "Eye on the Sea" author Mary Jane Hayes focuses on the boating life with the microscope of the soul. The book acknowledges the disappointments. It faces down its retributions. Then, credibly and in superb prose, it testifies by personal example to the blessings that boating gives its people." Boating Writers International is made up of writers, photographers and broadcasters who work in the marine industry representing media from local and national newspapers, regional and international magazines and radio and television. The award was announced at the Miami International Boat Show on February 18th and carries with it a cash prize.

What a great sea lovers read!

Once you start reading this book, you can't put it down. It's lyrically beautiful writing, full of images that delight the soul. You actually are aboard her vessel with Hayes and her husband, experiencing everything they do. And it's not all pleasant, as she relates in her chapter, "On an August Gale." You, too, see those monstrous waves and wild winds, not to mention the green/black sky. But I particularly liked her chapter on salty dogs. Anyone who has seen these canines with ears flapping in the wind will laugh. This is a great gift book, and not just for boaters.