A Master Storyteller "Something is out there that doesn't have a name," writes veteran sailor and writer Christian Williams as he invites us along once again on a 5,000-mile voyage of discovery around the North Pacific. Equipped with a new boat, a well-stocked toolbox and the entire history of philosophic thought, he takes us as crew through squalls and calms deep into a laboratory of the universe that exists only out of sight of land. Funny, erudite...

This book is an engaging tale about one man's journey of self-discovery and the adventures of living his life's dream. It was written for three types of readers. Throughout the book, the author shares life skills that brought him a fulfilled and meaningful life. It's written for the blue-water sailor with insights from seventy years of sailing experience, and it's written for the armchair sailor who wishes to experience what it's like to sail one's...

This legendary account of a voyage around Cape Horn captures the majesty and misadventure of life at sea in the early nineteenth century In 1834, nineteen-year-old Richard Henry Dana left Harvard University to enlist as a deckhand on a brig sailing from Boston to the California coast. For the next two years, he recorded the terrifying storms, awe-inspiring beauty, and dreadful hardships of the journey in a diary he would later expand into this riveting...

Si tu vida se viene abajo, ¿te hundirás o saldrás a flote? Jono Dunnett tocó fondo y decidió lanzarse a navegar por aguas tormentosas para perseguir su sueño de dar la vuelta a Gran Bretaña haciendo windsurf. Según su propia estimación era una ambición insensata, y pronto se convirtió en una emocionante aventura. Este impactante relato describe los altibajos que sufrió al arriesgarlo todo y las consecuencias de hacerlo. Con...