The Boat Who Wouldn't Float Author:Farley Mowat 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 explanati... more »on 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.« less
One of my all time favorites! Entertaining, funny and exciting. I have not been able to let this ratty old book go yet, as I often turn back to it's pages for a little ironic inspiration.