Maiden Voyage

Tania Aebi

Nov 2012 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

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 eighteen-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 twenty-six-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…

Ratings and reviews

I was in the Navy from 1982 - 1988. I didn't know it at the time but we crossed paths in 1987 in the Red Sea, she was headed west and we were headed east. Several years later I read her book and it took me back in time. If you are a young girl who has ever felt limited "because you are a girl" then you MUST read this book. This is about a girl who overcame her fear and did something that few men would have the guts to do.

A book that everybody should read, sailor or no: Maiden Voyage will change the way you look at the world, and inspire you to no end. My own sailing adventures await soon, as I prepare to move to the coast, and I will never leave port without Tania's story to comfort, delight, and remind me of the beauty in the world. Thank you, Tania.

Could not put this book down ! I was happy that Tania made it safely home but sad the book was finished.

About the author

Tania Aebi is a bestselling author who, in 1985, became the youngest woman to sail around the world alone. Her book Maiden Voyage has been published in eight countries.