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In my opinion this was a decent book. It was just decent because every other sentence it was going into a full on explanation of random facts about the ocean. This made me definitely stay away from everything that this author wrote but it made me like to read about the sea.
True Rescue: A Storm Too Soon. Michael J. Tougias. 2021. [July] 128 pages. [Source: Review copy]First sentence: Sixty-two-year-old Rudy Snel from Canada is standing in the warm Florida sunshine. He is outside an airport waiting to meet Jean Pierre de Lutz, the owner of a sailboat named the Sean Seamour II. The 44-foot sailboat will carry Rudy, Jean Pierre, and a third sailor from Florida to France.Premise/plot: True Rescue: A Storm Too Soon also appears to be an early chapter book adaptation of
What an exciting book. What started off as a great start of a journey of sailing on the Gulf Stream off the cost of Florida and across the Atlantic turned into a nightmare with rogue waves 80 feet high, and a helicopter rescue team trying to save the lives of the sailors without losing their own in the process.
This is a true story about an accident that happened at sea and the story of of how they rescued the three men aboard the ship. Waves as tall as 80 feet came crashing done on the boat. Captain JP de Lutz, Ben Tye, and Rudy Snel were sailing to Saint-Tropez, France when the brutal storm demolished the boat. The story goes on to tell what happened to the men and if they survived how they managed to do it.
The book "A Storm Too Soon" by Michal J. Tougias is about 3 skilled sailers Jean pierce,(JP) ben, and rudy snel, who pursue a lifetime dream to sail from Florida to France but by the time they make it to the gulf stream all goes wrong with a tropical storm that capsizes the there 44 foot boat(the sean semour 2). A Storm Too Soon is very interesting and filled with amazing information about the voyage and incredible rescue that actually happened. I'm glad I chose to read this book. I think this i...