The book is all about the origin of the idea for the voyage, the boat, the preparation and setbacks, and what it was like to sail such a little boat with a traditional rig, from Scotland to the South Pacific. But more than that the author details how they coped with being capsized and dismasted mid-ocean, the jury rig they created, and how they ultimately navigated to land following the loss of their sextant.
Read all about:
- Where the idea for the voyage came from
- Why we wanted to do it
- How we earned the money
- Why we chose a small Shetland boat
- The modifications we made to the previously open boat
- Why we kept the standing lug rig
- Why we didn’t have an engine
- How we carried enough food and water for long ocean passages
- The sea trials we undertook before departing
- How we set up the boat to steer herself for weeks at a time
- Why we didn’t have a radio or life raft
- How we navigated (long before GPS was available)
- How we prepared hot food in the worst of weather
- All about the Snowcem bucket
- How we sailed the boat in extreme conditions
- Other ocean sailing voyagers we met
- How we jury-rigged the boat after losing their mast – and sailed on
- How we navigated after losing their sextant mid-Pacific
- How we stayed friends
- And where The Aegre is today
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