I enjoyed this book, though I felt it was stretched a bit to fit into a book, otherwise, well worth it. ( )

A good story is a good story, even when something is lost in translation. Good stylists don’t always have good stories to tell, and vice versa: the pairing of the two aspects usually results in Great Literature.

Black Wave is a good story told — well, just *told*. Which, considering that the storytellers participated in the disaster in the subheading, is disappointing.

Full review is posted here:

http://www.jasonpanella.com/2009/07/2... ( )

As someone who would never choose to take a boat ride, this true and highly detailed story of a family's experiences and eventual disaster with their yacht was a very fast and exciting reading experience---but it also served to reinforce my personal feelings about boats!

Jean, the wife, describes things from her point of view and goes into everything---the good, the bad and the oh-so-awful aspects of being with your family in a small space for a lengthy period of time. They had absolutely wonderful experiences but it sounded extremely hard. There was a constant tension of emotions among all of them that worked itself out over time. John's description followed Jean's and provided an historical comparison to a previous shipwreck, long ago.

It was hard to read through the actual moment-by-moment destruction of the boat and yet the family still survived. It would be great to see a followup story about this family maybe ten years in the future. ( )

Very good. Family disaster on their catamaran the Emerald Jane. Crash after many beaut. island visits around the world. Jane, John, Amelia,Ben, Jack, Camille. Horror, mixed with reports of good times and being saved. Crisply written with objectivity and feeling. ( )

Good enough story.
Not quite enough to warrant
book-length format, though.