Callahan did a good job of expressing how miserable his voyage was, but it didn't make for terribly exciting reading. I mean, I knew he would make it because he wrote the book, so there wasn't a lot of suspense. He didn't seem like a very likeable guy, and I have a hard time feeling sorry for those who suffer as a result of their own extreme risk-taking. It's fine if they want to challenge themselves, but danger is one of the more likely outcomes and I think they have to deal with that too. It doesn't make them heroes.

He says the voyage taught him about his strengths and his weaknesses and how it's important to understand your meaning in life. But he avoids making any sort of commitment when it comes to faith. Very early on, he says "I am not a religious man per se. My own cosmology is convoluted and not in line with any particular church or philosophy. But for me, to go to sea is to get a glimpse of the face of God." Seventy-six days alone and that's all he can come up with?