This is the personal memoir of a middle aged man who gave up a successful business career to pursue his dream of sailing to the remote islands of the south and western Pacific with his family on a traditional wooden square rigged sailing vessel. The voyages were made in the early seventies before the age of fiberglass sailing boats and electronic navigation using the time worn skills of the early navigators. Although the man didn't realize it at the time, he was sailing at the absolute end of an era that had lasted for centuries. It was soon to be replaced by modern technology that would allow hundreds of people to follow in his footsteps and change the face of the mythical south seas and island cultures. On the final voyage, the ship was wrecked on a remote island in Micronesia and, how the skipper faced the ordeal of saving his family and salvaging his vessel against incredible odds, is the final story of the memoir.
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Talk about a reality check. We liked this book a lot, starting with the title. Corley tells the same tale that's been told lots of times before---fulfilling the dream of leaving a promising career to sail into the sunset -- but he does it with an engaging style and several plot twists that made this book hard to put down. A good read. -- Latitude 38
The loners who once sailed the pacific are pretty much gone ---Corley was one of the last of this hearty breed. -- The Monterey Herald
The loners who once sailed the pacific are pretty much gone ---Corley was one of the last of this hearty breed. -- The Monterey Herald
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This is a story every armchair sailor, or anyone with adventurous blood in their veins, will find most compelling. A man gives up a promising business career and sails with his family to the South Seas. He makes everyman's dream a reality for several years before tragedy strikes with a shipwreck on a lonely island in the Central Pacific. Instead of accepting defeat and letting fate put an end to a dream, he launches a salvage operation against incredible odds to save his vessel.
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