The Boat Who Wouldn't Float

by Farley Mowat

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Happy Adventure was a schooner with one fatal flaw. It leaked like a sieve. So why would anyone repeatedly expose himself and his friends to the elements of the North Atlantic in a treacherous, stubborn, uncomfortable, unfloatable boat which at last count, has sunk eight times? Any explanation of this appalling narative seems outrageously unlikely. But the story is true. All too true. And it's decidedly the funniest story yet from Farley Mowat, whose books have sold over a million and a half copies in this country alone.

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Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 stars

Hilarious Light-Hearted Romp, 2008-09-03
This is exactly the kind of book I like to read, light hearted, funny, true storytelling. If you like the sea and you like having a chuckle over the antics of others this is a great book for you.

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5 out of 5 stars

Mowat is terrific!, 2008-05-05
If you are an out-of-doors person, love humor and rum, Mowat is your kind of read. You will love everyone of his books no matter what the title is.

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5 out of 5 stars

Excellent book!, 2008-04-15
The only thing that would have made this book better is if I could have shared it with my boat loving dad before he passed away. This book made me so nostalgic for the old tugs my dad bought and struggled with and rarely got past the breakwater at the marina with. I learned all my best cuss words on those weekends on the boats.

Mowats memoir of his time with the Happy Adventure made me laugh. Made me happy and reminded me why I only ride ferry boats and cruise ships.

I plan to read many of his other works and look forward to learning more of his adventures.

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5 out of 5 stars

The boat that wouldn't float, 2008-02-08
Great read...laughed myself nearly to death! You NUST read it if you've ever sailed a boat or visited Newfoundland or the Eastern provences.

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5 out of 5 stars

Mowat at his best, 2007-12-14
Worth reading for Mowat's explanation of the three cardinal tenets of rum drinking in Newfoundland alone.

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