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By the Grace of the Sea : A Woman's Solo Odyssey Around the World Paperback – April 12, 2004

by Pat Henry (Author)
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
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"Henry's captivating account fills readers with admiration for her courage and stamina."

--Booklist

"A wonderful voyage of self-discovery."

--Indianapolis Star

"A powerful and compelling personal account of [Henry's] battle with the elements--plus inner and outer demons--while struggling to complete her solo journey around the world. What a book and what a woman!"

--Willard Manus, author, This Way to Paradise

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    384 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
  4. Publication date
    April 12, 2004
  5. Dimensions
    5.8 x 1.1 x 8.9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0071435425
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0071435420
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Pat Henry (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico), a recipient of the Joshua Slocum Society International Golden Circle Award, has sailed 80,000 miles on small boats. She is a contributing writer to SAIL magazine.

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A Life-Changing Voyage Over Vast Oceans

Teen mother, architect, professor, businesswoman--Pat Henry knew a thing or two about survival. But when her once-successful business went bankrupt, she lost the will to begin again. Instead, she set sail with no money aboard her 31-foot Southern Cross on a journey through eight years, forty countries, and thirty thousand miles that would ultimately make her one of the first women--and the oldest--to sail around the world alone. Ahead lay new beginnings on exotic shores. But at sea, in a solitary circle of gales, slow miles, and overarching sky, she found by hesitant degrees a precious gift--the distance from which to reach peace with the choices and abandonments of a tumultuous life. Searingly honest, By the Grace of the Sea is for travelers, daughters, mothers, and seekers.

"A damn good book--it might even be a great book. . . . The way in which [Henry] tells her story is nothing less than extraordinary."--Sailing

"Henry's captivating account fills readers with admiration for her courage and stamina."--Booklist

"A powerful and compelling personal account of [Henry's] battle with the elements--plus inner and outer demons--while struggling to complete her solo journey around the world. What a book and what a woman!"--Willard Manus, author, This Way to Paradise

Her openness about her life should inspire others to make their own way in the world, however they define it. Her message resounds: If I can do this, anyone can."--Caribbean Compass

Pat Henry, a recipient of the Joshua Slocum Society International Golden Circle Award for her solo circumnavigation on board Southern Cross, has sailed eighty thousand miles on small boats. She is a founding partner in Coming About, Any Woman's Sailing School, in Puerto Vallarta. Her watercolor paintings have been exhibited in galleries around the world. She can be contacted through her Web site (pkhenry.com).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1st edition (April 12, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0071435425
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0071435420
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.12 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.8 x 1.1 x 8.9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 24 ratings

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S. Rosan
5.0 out of 5 stars The author, Pat Henry, describes her solo circumnavigation in a small sailboat
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2019
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Pat Henry is one courageous woman. The first American woman (as explained to me), and she was over 50 years old at the time, to circumnavigate the world solo under sail. I have met the author, and although I do not know her well, I know her daughter quite well. She and I went to high school together. Though our lives have drifted apart since then, and now it seems they have drifted together again, I have come to understand Pat through her daughter. It must be some kind of "adventure gene", and I do believe that her daughter has inherited it. We all go through life taking chances from time to time. Some take only calculated risks (that would be me!), others stretch that concept, and still others go for it all come what may. And why not. We only live once. I am learning this even now as a newly retired person, as far as taking more than calculated risks.

You can use your favorite search engine to learn more about Pat. When we first met, I could readily sense her energy. One of her passions is dancing tango, and teaching tango. I am about the clunkiest dancer you'll ever meet. But Pat taught me the basic tango steps, and they are somewhat complex (to me, at least), with the arm and hand pressure signals and all, and by golly we tangoed right there in her daughter's house that night. It was really amazing, and after a while, I came to really enjoy our dancing. You don't meet people like this every day. At least, I don't. There are those who seem to possess the gifts of adventure, and teaching and sharing their passions in life. Pat is one of those. Buy her book. Read it. And leave your comments in this forum. Hers is but one voice in a global sea of voices, but hers is a voice with interesting tales to tell.
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Charles C. Prichard
3.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading, but...
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2013
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As I finish my second reading, a few impressions strike me. First, as other's point out, she does whine more than is quite right for a sailor. Yes, there are weather and equipment problems - that's adventuring and sailing. Other sailors make light of their problems, focusing more on solutions. She went to sea unprepared, not having developed a skill-set as a sailor, as a mechanic, or as an adventurer and with no notion that these skills had value.

Second, she lived far to often on charity - even to the point where I assume most of the money she "earned" was really charitable. How many people bought her art not really wanting it or having a place to put it, simply because they were nice? It's difficult to guess.

Third, her personal relationships are all a mess and she can't see the common thread. She is several times angry at people for not doing something when she has failed to express to them her desires. She is prickly, angry, exacting, uncharitable, and sometimes grasping and greedy. She has a sense of entitlement and an ability to manipulate that should be a warning to any in her path.

Finally, it's clear that much of the story was made up or modified to fit her interpretation. She states explicitly that she made up letters, changed names and events, and fabricated some of the story. She is careful not to say what is real and what is not. Many of the facts are just too pat to be real. Having smelled a rat in the books "A Million Little Pieces," "The Long Walk," "Desperate Voyage," and a few others, this book had a similar feel. I am certain that the bare fact of her circumnavigation is more or less real, but I also know she was perfectly happy to make up facts to sell a book. I am almost certain that she fabricated much more than she lets on.

Overall, there is little here other than more evidence that you can make a living by being a huckster.

I'm no art critic by any stretch, but I wouldn't ever be tempted by her paintings either.
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Jim Conant
5.0 out of 5 stars Great adventure by a courageous woman.
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2003
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This is a marvelous book, very well written, about an amazing adventure. Her story of sailing around the world in a 31-foot boat is interesting enough. To do it all alone, without enough money to start with, having to figure out ways of making money in strange ports as she went - that is amazing. I sailed around the world in a 42 foot boat with my wife to share the duties and with enough money. I thought I had an adventure. To do it the way Pat did is truly remarkable. Her writing accurately reflects the joys and challenges of world cruising. Seen from a woman's eyes, she saw things I never saw (I'm male) She was exposed to dangers I never was, and she reacted to situations in ways that help me understand women a little better. On top of all this, she deals intimately with the healing of troubled relationships she left at home, and the rethinking of what she wants her life to be. I enjoyed every page of this book.
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DiK
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Sea Story
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2014
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I know one of the couples mentioned in the book which is the main reason I bought it. I am having difficulty getting through the story because I find it drags. My mind frequently drifts off to other things while I'm reading. I have put the book away for awhile & will try it again in the future.
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Theresa
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful story worthy of a read
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2020
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Read this book years ago and to this day call it the best book I have ever read. I could not wait to get off of work and get home to see where she had sailed that day. Many years later I found her name listed under a “ captains” log and emailed her. I purchased one of her watercolors and it still hangs today on my wall with a copy of the book beneath it. Wonderful story!
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