CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Preface

Prologue: On Beam Ends

Chapter 1 - The Call of the Running Tide

Chapter 2 - Learning the Ropes

Chapter 3 - True Love and a Family Afloat

Chapter 4 - Ebb and Flow

Chapter 5 - What Was There for an Old Sailor to Do?

Chapter 6 - All Watches

Chapter 7 - High Seas Adventures

Chapter 8 - Walden at Sea: A Solitude Supreme

Chapter 9 - Ports of Call

Chapter 10 - Booming Along Joyously for Home

Chapter 11 - That Intrepid Water Tramp

Chapter 12 - Swallowing the Anchor?

Chapter 13 - Seaworthy for the Last Time

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

Notes on Sources