Answering all of the important questions, this book attempts to allay any novice's fears, not just about how to sail an ocean for the first time, but also about how to enjoy it. Here are insights into the social as well as nautical reality of fitting out, the comfort of having highly detailed plans, the norm of impulsive decisions, the inside story of life with a crew, coping with unexpected gales and calms, the live-or-die decision to keep watches or not, and the ports of call from Spain to Tobago via the Atlantic islands and West Africa. This book combines practicalities with experience and is now established as an essential read for ocean novices and dreamers.
