Biography of Sir Peter Blake

I'm not a yachtie, but like all kiwis ended up following the Americas Cup, Whitbread races and then once that was all over, was interested the final Peter Blake venture, Blakexpeditions.

I was relatively disappointed with the Biography, as it often felt like a play by play yachting race novel. Like I said, I'm not a yachtie, so reading a book full of yaching terms, boating terms, sail terms past the standard "sail" and "spinniker" I was lost.

I found myself skim reading, the only interesting parts were the Russel Coutts, Brad Butterworth team swap, and the final small part about Blakexpeditions. I was disappointed at the length of this last part, as preserving our world became a real focus for Sir Peter, and I felt like this was rushed in at the last minute without much thought. There was no reasoning why Peter became so heavily interested in the preservation of the environment, why the Amazon river and other places such as this were his new focus.

Considering what a figure that Sir Peter Blake has been in New Zealand over the last 20 years, I really did think that it should have been written in a more user friendly style, It would have had a lot more validity to the general public in that respect.

Definitely not a novel I would try to read again, sadly I was very disappointed in this Biography.