Шхуна, которая не желала плавать

Zhazhda prikli͡ucheniĭ vsi͡u zhiznʹ tolkala Farli Mouėta, avtora i geroi͡a ėtoĭ knigi, na samye smelye, esli ne skazatʹ bezumnye, zatei. Naprimer, priobresti v rybat͡skoĭ derevushke na ostrove Nʹi͡ufaundlend polurazvalivshui͡usi͡a shkhunu, koe-kak privesti ee v pori͡adok i otpravitʹsi͡a v plavanie po okrestnym vodam.Shkhunu narekli "Schastlivym derzaniem", potomu chto tolʹko schastlivoĭ zvezdoĭ i derzostʹi͡u ėkipazha mozhno obʺi͡asnitʹ uspekh vsego predprii͡atii͡a. Shkhuna protekaet, saditsi͡a na melʹ, vmerzaet v led, ne slushaetsi͡a shturvala, ee dvigatelʹ lomaetsi͡a chashche, chem rabotaet, i voobshche grozit vzorvatʹsi͡a, no "Schastlivoe derzanie" i ee komanda neizmenno preodolevai͡ut vse ispytanii͡a.Ėti prikli͡uchenii͡a opisany s takim i͡umorom i samoironieĭ, chto kniga stanet universalʹnym istochnikom khoroshego nastroenii͡a - na vse vremena i dli͡a li͡ubogo chitateli͡a.

The thirst for adventure all his life pushed Farley Mowat, the author and hero of this book, to the most daring, if not insane, ventures. For example, to buy a dilapidated schooner in a fishing village on the island of Newfoundland, somehow put it in order and go sailing through the surrounding waters.The schooner was named "Happy Daring", because only a lucky star and the audacity of the crew can explain the success of the entire enterprise. The schooner leaks, runs aground, freezes into the ice, does not obey the steering wheel, its engine breaks down more often than it works, and generally threatens to explode, but "Happy Daring" and her team invariably overcome all the tests.These adventures are described with such humor and self—irony that the book will become a universal source of good mood - for all times and for any reader.