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Started reading a copy I found at a Little Free Library, I have liked other books of his that I have read, like Mayflower. This one's a nonfiction personal story set in Nantucket.

I got a little distracted and instead of starting the last book I posted, I started this one. I‘m sailing through it (pun intended). I‘ll be back to the other one as soon as I race to the end of this (maybe 30 minutes from now).

Bored out of my skull. 1) I‘m not a sailor; 2) I *really* disliked the author — he behaved like a spoiled brat, making bad decisions and really not treating his family well. I‘m sure if you like racing sailboats, this would be much more interesting. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I grew up sailing on San Francisco Bay — a busy place for boats, big winds, and strong tides. I also was a lifeguard on Cape Cod one summer, although I never sailed a boat off her shores. I say that because my own past plays a large part in my appreciation of SECOND WIND. This book is about sailing, but it‘s also about how when the author returned to sailing in his 30s, he discovered that sailing is really about more than the boat itself.

I‘m halfway through Second Wind. I‘ve never been to Nantucket, although I did live on Cape Cod one summer in college. I did grow up sailing on San Francisco Bay (where I took this photo) so the appeal of sailing and the terminology in the book make a lot of sense to me. I‘m curious to see how the book wraps up.