Beschreibung:
A lively collection of seventeen narrative essays drawing upon the author's circumnavigation aboard an ocean-going sailboat. Subjects range from the deeply introspective and serious to the seriously funny. Everything from vignettes of peaceful anchorages to the horrors of storms at sea. Experience a genuine kava ceremony on a South Pacific island. Take a ride through Madagascar by taxi. Live through the drama of a storm in the Tasman Sea. Fun, engaging, inspiring...
CONTENTSAcknowledgements
The Solitude of the Open Sea
Kava on Kandavu (or, Kandavu on Kava)
The Horsewoman's Tale
Bungees and Bagpipes
Florence
A Tourist in Mauritius
Madagascar by Taxi-Brousse
The Tasman
Tongue Looseners
A Weekend in Neiafu
The Pleasures of Passage
Aussies
The New South Africa
Maintenance: Boat, Body, and Soul
Trinidad and Tobago
Climb Aboard
The Sleigh Ride
About the Author