List of Illustrations

 

1. Tern II. All dressed up with some way to go.

2. Tern’s crew. Peter and I face the press.

3. My two homes. Eagle comes out to wish her sister well.

4. Traditional seamanship. I make Baggywrinkles at Mashford’s Boatyard, Plymouth.

5. My Nazi sextant. Courtesy of a U-boat.

6. The start of it all. A press boat sees us off at Plymouth Sound.

7. Trade wind nasty – a North Atlantic tropical squall.

8. Our trade wind powerhouse – squaresail and raffee pull us along.

9. Morning bath. Bowsprit dunking makes us nicer to know.

10. Colón. What the pilot saw; expecting us all ready to go.

11. Gatun Lake. The team that got us through the Panama canal.

12. Galápagos. Wreck Bay high street in the rush hour.

13. Marquesas. Nuku Hiva city centre on early closing day.

14. Pao Pao Bay today. Every tourist and yachty’s favourite.

15. Pao Pao Bay, Moorea as we knew it. All to ourselves.

16. Moorea to Auckland. Oh for some wind! Peter lives in hope.

17. South Pacific. We get our wind and plenty of it.

18. Track of Tern II.

19. The Galápagos Islands.

20. Tern II through Polynesia.

21. The Pacific Ocean.