Cork Boat: A True Story of the Unlikeliest Boat Ever Built Audiobook

" I'll be quite honest.....I just couldn't get through the darn thing. Try and try as I might I just could no longer endure the continued whining of the author. I can only imagine that building a boat out of wine corks alone must be a difficult task, it was enough to get me to pick up the book, but this might have been better settled in short story form or perhaps a narrative. Sorry Cork Boat but your maiden voyage wasn't enough to keep me sailing. "

" My second "man building boat for a lifelong dream journey" book in a month. I've just picked them up from my library's new books shelf, so I'm not sure why the trend. This book was a decent read. The author was a political speechwriter so it had interesting political bits as well as revealing the whole process of building a four-person Viking long boat entirely out of wine bottle corks and rubber bands and then traveling down the Douro River in Portugal. It was a bit stressful hearing about it all, but a good combination of a project/travel/life memoir. "

" I liked this book, because it told the story of trying to sail in a boat made of cork - again something I would never attempt to do. The author had numerous obstacles along the way that he had to overcome, and it was interesting to see how he made it happen. "

" Read this little guy from Tuesday at 9pm to Wednesday at 7pm. It was interesting and the excitement was infectious. I enjoyed it a lot and it's a good, quick read! "

" This book is non-fiction, but it reads like a novel. It's an adventure story --- a man and his dream of making a cork boat. The only part that bogged me down was the complete uselessness of the endeavor, especially since the boat only went on one voyage. If he and his countless volunteers had poured that much energy into a constructive project, would they have solved world hunger? "

" I'd never have picked this up to read, but someone sent it to me. It was actually very interesting, I enjoyed all the little bits of information along the way like all about the manufacturing of rubber bands. "

" Great Ann Arbor references. Wonderful if you love boats, sailing, politics.... "

" Very interesting book about a guy who builds a boat made of corks from wine bottles and sails it across Spain and Portugal. "

" a gift from my girlfriend's parents, i read half of the book last night and finished it this morning. it's a fun and charming story about fulfilling your childhood dreams as an adult. "

" I read an ARC of this in 2003, and I am still recommending it to people now. (In 2011) "

" Cork Boat was delightfully written and a marvelous preparation for my cruise on the Portuguese Duoro River. "

" This is a cute story, but Pollack is often self-absorbed when he ought to be funny. "

" This man's life quest of creating a fully operational, life-size boat out of wine corks is quite compelling. The story itself is interesting, but somewhat unnecessarily detailed and long. I was also not a big fan of the reader on this particular audio recording. "

" I learned that there are many character traits that Mr. Pollack and I unfortunately don't share. That is why he is so successful. "

" Very interesting book about a guy who builds a boat made of corks from wine bottles and sails it across Spain and Portugal. "

" a gift from my girlfriend's parents, i read half of the book last night and finished it this morning. it's a fun and charming story about fulfilling your childhood dreams as an adult. "

" I read an ARC of this in 2003, and I am still recommending it to people now. (In 2011) "

" Sweet little essay on the joy of pursuing a dream. It might'nt be easy, but the rewards are spectacular. "

" Cork Boat was delightfully written and a marvelous preparation for my cruise on the Portuguese Duoro River. "

" Great Ann Arbor references. Wonderful if you love boats, sailing, politics.... "

" The first part of the book was a bit too whiney for me. However, once he got the boat to Portugal, the story picked up for me, and perhaps all the whining in the beginning made the final success for satisfying. "

" I'd never have picked this up to read, but someone sent it to me. It was actually very interesting, I enjoyed all the little bits of information along the way like all about the manufacturing of rubber bands. "