Black Wave
A Familys Adventure at Sea and the Disaster That Saved Them

As someone with sailing experience, I found the Silverwood family's true life adventure captivating. I was particularly taken with the candid revelations that Jean Silverwood, the wife and mother of the family acknowledged. Admitting her doubts and fears about participating in what was essentially h......more

Sometimes I wonder what parents are thinking. Why would parents take their three children ( 14, 12 and 4 years old) on a one year sailing trip from New York to Sydney Australia? The risks from weather, pirates, mechanical failure not to mention taking your kids out of school and removing them from a......more

This book has cemented in my mind that sailing is for crazy people. The story was interesting and entertaining, but I found them to be a bit preachy when it came to explaining the whole "the world is a schoolroom". They tried to sound noble saying the trip was for their kids education, but this was......more

A family adventure living on a sailboat is recounted in two main sections. The wife/mother walks you through the travels, family conflicts, ups and downs of the four kids' moods, and her husband's struggles with drinking, all surrounding the central story of their accidentally hitting a reef during......more