Voyages of the Damn Foole

By Tom McGrath

Book Overview

Tom McGrath's accounts of the cruising life aboard the tiny sailboats Damn Foole and Damn Foole II have achieved cult status in the magazine Messing About Boats. With humor and a touch of irony,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070450897
• ISBN13: 9780070450899
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: International Marine Publishing
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.7" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Collection of Characters

Voyages... are refreshing, hilarious, cynical short stories opposing the Boy Scout motto "Be Prepared". If you like the writing of Kurt Vonnegut or Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces" you will love this book. While some of the stories are a bit repetitive, they are wonderful. If you are a sailor, no doubt you will recognize some of the characters in the book - including the boat's. The black and white illustrations in the book are charming and add a lot.

A misanthropic journey under sail

Tom is a cranky man with a leaky boat that talks to him. He sometimes carries with him a crew of mocking ghosts as well as he travels. Doesn't sound too promising, and yet this book, first published as a series of mimeographed pages tacked to the wall of a marina, gets closer to the spirit of sailing than anything you'll ever read.