Overboard

by Hank Searls

Book Overview

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Jaws 2 and Jaws: The Revenge: "One of his best-known novels . . . the story of a troubled couple at sea" (People). It was supposed to be a relaxing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393083640
• ISBN13: 9780393083644
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

One of the best sailing novels ever written

I think I previously wrote a review of this book but it seems to have vanished. It is a favorite of mine although a bit dated. The story is of a cruising couple who sail through the south Pacific until the wife falls overboard. The story is actually told in flashback as her husband is retracing their course, trying to find her. It is authentic as the author lives aboard his sailboat and knows whereof he speaks. Good novels about modern sailing are extremely rare and this is one of the few. One character who appears in the novel is Bernard Moitessier, a famous French sailor who had circumnavigated several times. He is fictionalized but recognizable. His story is here: http://www.bluemoment.com/moitessier.html. If you like sailing and are looking for a novel on that theme, read this one.

I read this book several years ago; it was a great story

I read this book several years ago; it was a great story about a lawyer & his wife sailing to Tahiti.

gripping

If you're a lover of the romantic sea, sailing and suspense, this is one book you won't be putting down till you've finished the last page. G

The best romantic novel of sacrifice and courage at sea.

If you love a novel the tosses you into the big dramatic question of "What's going to happen?" from the very beginning, this book's for you. There is conflict at every level. The characters are so well developed that you truly care and want to know more. The setting of the south Pacific is accurate and realistic. It was absolutely unputdownable with a stunning ending that will leave you on the ropes!