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Description of  Shakedown Cruise: Lessons and Adventures from a Cruising Veteran as He Learns the Ropes

Long before he was one of America's leading yachting writers, Nigel Calder was a novice cruiser with ambitions grander than his experience, setting off for a round-world-voyage. Nigel and his partner Terrie were young and foolish, with a home-built boat that was new and untested, one child already and another on the way but they were determined to complete an adventurous voyage from New Orleans to see the world. Read more