Book Review: A Single Wave

I saw a post on SailNet that linked to Webb Chiles website where he has some articles about his sailing experiences. I read a couple of them and was hooked. I ordered one of his books, A Single Wave, Stories of Storms and Survival from Amazon. He recounts a number of his experiences with storms while sailing everything from an 18 foot open boat to 30 foot cruisers during numerous circumnavigations. Chiles sees himself as an artist, whose medium is the wind. He often repeats that his goal is to maximize the intensity of his life, instead of it's duration. Personally, the guy seems kind of suicidal, but it makes for some good stories.