Contents

• A really dark and scary night!
• Breaking out of the box
• A tale of two maiden voyages
• An aborted trip
• The wonders of Alaska!
• The stormy Pacific and a stowaway
• The Big Ditch and beyond
• Lure of the Bahamas
• The East Coast tip to tip
• The big blue ocean
• 9/11 from far away
• Spain: pickpockets, festivals, and cruisers
• France by sea and by land
• Italy: inland and islands
• Taste of Tunisia
• Glimpses of Gaeta

• Croatian imprints
• Looking for Zorba
• The mysterious Black Sea
• Middle East Escapades
• Turkish tidbits
• Get ready: crossing the Mediterranean
• Get set: staging in the Canaries
• Go! Heading for Antigua
• Rainbows and green flashes
• Cruising pirate waters: the southern Caribbean
• Hello Pacific!
• On the hard again
• Smelling the barn!
• In the rear view mirror
• Life essay: a postscript