Waterline

Of Fathers, Sons, and Boats

• Author(s): Joe Soucheray,
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
• Pages: 205
• ISBN_10: 1567922147
  ISBN_13: 9781567922141
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs , Family & Relationships / General , Family & Relationships / Parenting / General , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Sports & Recreation / Water Sports / Boating , Sports & Recreation / Water Sports / Sailing ,

Description:... "First published in 1989, Waterline is - at least on the surface - the story of the author's struggle to restore (properly) an aged and almost derelict seventeen-foot Chris Craft Deluxe utility motorboat. The restoration of old boats in serious trouble seems to have been a family ritual; whenever there was a family crisis or emotional upheaval, the author's father had proceeded along similar lines. This link between father and son, and between the men and their boats, forms the emotional substrate of this wonderfully winning and moving narrative. It tells the story, really, of two restorations: one of an old boat and the other of the relationship between father and son.".