| | Introduction | [v] |
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| 1. | THE RISE OF THE PHOENIX | [1] |
| | “Between a dream and a deed lie the doldrums.” | |
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| 2. | PREPARATIONS FOR A VOYAGE | [20] |
| | “Cruising is walking, talking, buying, scrounging ... but cruising is also sailing.” | |
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| 3. | FROM JAPAN TO HONOLULU | [39] |
| | “The long shakedown ... a seven-week course in How to Sail.” | |
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| 4. | ON TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC: FROM HAWAII TO TAHITI | [61] |
| | “Banzai!... Banzai!... Banzai!” | |
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| 5. | TAHITI AND THE ISLANDS UNDER THE WIND | [81] |
| | “Money? What I do with money?” | |
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| 6. | WESTWARD THROUGH THE SOUTH SEAS: RAROTONGA, SAMOA, FIJI | [100] |
| | “A broad reach, a quiet sea, a full moon....” | |
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| 7. | DOWN UNDER: NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA | [115] |
| | “Ah-h-h, yes-s-s!...” | |
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| 8. | —AND BACK UP: THE GREAT BARRIER REEF | [133] |
| | “Better men than we had come to grief....” | |
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| 9. | INTO INDONESIA: THURSDAY ISLAND TO BALI | [151] |
| | “Our life at sea was teaching us....” | |
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| 10. | BALI, JAVA, THE KEELING-COCOS | [169] |
| | “A sense of uneasy anticipation....” | |
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| 11. | ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN: COCOS TO DURBAN | [189] |
| | “You have seen people of all sorts. Makes my mouth water....” | |
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| 12. | SOUTH AFRICA: BEAUTIFUL, UNHAPPY LAND | [207] |
| | “What will you do when that day comes?” | |
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| 13. | ACROSS THE ATLANTIC THE LONG WAY: CAPE TOWN TO NEW YORK CITY | [225] |
| | “Beautiful night, new moon, slow progress, who cares?” | |
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| 14. | EVERY KIND OF CRUISING: NEW YORK TO PANAMA, BY THE CORKSCREW ROUTE | [247] |
| | “A man must stand up for what he believes.” | |
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| 15. | GALÁPAGOS: HOME OF THE LAST PIONEERS | [267] |
| | “Those delicate souls whose coffee must be just so....” | |
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| 16. | BACK TO HAWAII | [286] |
| “How come change ya mind?” |
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| 17. | THE LAST LEG: HONOLULU TO HIROSHIMA | [297] |
| “Of course, there were a couple of incidents.” |
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| | INDEX | [305] |