Table of Contents
Author's Note 5
Chapter 1 Departure 7
Chapter 2 Gale Force 14
Chapter 3 A Steamer Trunk with a Mast 21
Chapter 4 First Steps in San Francisco 29
Chapter 5 California Cruising 36
Chapter 6 Mexico 45
Chapter 7 Crew 52
Chapter 8 The Long Crossing 59
Chapter 9 Two Percent Sheer Terror 71
Chapter 10 French Polynesia 79
Chapter 11 West and South 85
Chapter 12 New Zealand 94
Chapter 13 The Gouda Cruise to Fiji 103
Chapter 14 Tanna and New Caledonia 113
Chapter 15 Vanuatu, The Northern Islands 122
Chapter 16 Toronto 132
Chapter 17 Queensland Coast, Australia 140
Chapter 18 Across the Top 155
Chapter 19 Indonesia 161
Chapter 20 Kalimantan, Singapore, and Malacca 173
Chapter 21 A Year in Asia 181
Chapter 22 Crossing the Indian 193
Chapter 23 Wait and Hope 201
Chapter 24 Madagascar 208
Chapter 25 Africa 222
Chapter 26 St. Helena 237
Chapter 27 Ascension 245
Chapter 28 Fernando de Noronha 256
Chapter 29 One Hundred and One Atlantic Nights 264
Chapter 30 From the Caribbean, Home 274
Glossary 284
Acknowledgements 303
Figures
Figure 1 Pacific Ocean Route Map 6
Figure 2 Asia Route Map 139
Figure 3 Indian Ocean Route Map 192
Figure 4 Atlantic Ocean Route Map 236
Figure 5 Caribbean Route Map 272
Figure 6 East Coast North America Route Map 273
