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This is a true story of adventure aboard a small sailboat.
Disillusioned with his life of normality a young man decides to buy an 18ft sailboat, make her his home and set sail in search of adventure.
He finds it.

• Single-handedly sailing the South Coast of England to Falmouth.
• Working as yacht delivery crew.
• Near shipwreck on Spain's 'Costa da Morte'- the Coast Of Death.
• Fire onboard in the Atlantic.

Then he decides to sail his own tiny boat across the Bay of Biscay.
It doesn't go well.
This is a book not just about sailing but life. It's about what happens at the very limits of physical emotional and mental capacity. Ultimately it's about how personal tragedy led to a life-changing discovery - The realisation that hidden deep inside of us all is the perseverance and passion needed for achieving long-term goals.

It's a book that might just start you on your own Foolish Voyage.
Neil's foolishness didn't stop there -

• His second book, 'A Foolish Odyssey', details years of 'productive insanity' as he builds a 38ft ocean-going catamaran in a barn miles from the sea.
• His third, 'A Foolish Escape', goes on to describe his subsequent four years of trying to 'live the dream' and stay afloat (literally and figuratively).Engine failure in the Mediterranean.

Sacha Guitry, the French actor and playwright once said - "Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness".
If that's true Mr Hawkesford is surely a wise man.