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…