How long does it take to read We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea?
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome takes about 6 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 7 of Swallows and Amazons series
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About 6 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1937. 351 pages, about 96,525 words. Written for children.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Swallows, visiting on the east coast of England, stand watch on a small cruising sailboat for the owner and drag anchor and cross the Channel in a gale. Wonderful detail about sailing, and the fact that it takes place 85 years ago doesn't matter.
Subjects: Sea stories, Sailing, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Navigation, Yachts
