Readers of Bateaux.com will no doubt remember the novel "Tragic Crossing" published by Jean-Claude Michel . A reading which plunges us into a holiday atmosphere by following a couple who are leaving for a crossing to Corsica.
In his new novel, Jean-Claude Michel takes us this time to Spain: "Cap sur les Baleares". Once again we embark with a couple whose husband, more sure of himself, proposes to his wife to reach Minorca from their home port Bormes Les Mimosas.
We follow them on their First 42, but as in the previous novel, the crossing will not be easy. We will experience the skipper's fall overboard while peeing overboard. Then the couple will pick up shipwrecked people who aren't really friendly and who will cause our crew a lot of trouble right up to the end..
Jean-Claude Michel uses his experience as a yachtsman to tell his sea scenes. Thus the fall overboard is well described and the exchanges with CROSS are also credible and realistic. Just like the manoeuvres or the sailing conditions.
This book plunges us into a cruise that any yachtsman could make. The plot is just there to give a thread and offer twists and turns to the story. But more than in the plot, the real richness of this novel lies in its scenes of life at sea. A book to read this winter to give us the patience to embark ourselves on a beautiful crossing to the Balearic Islands that we wish you less hectic ...
Aiming for the Balearic Islands - Jean-Claude Michel
- Editions L'Harmattan
- 152 pages
- 13.6 x 21.5 cm
- 16.00 euros
