BOOK · 2015
Bound for Distant Seas
Alone from Florida toward Asia aboard Atom, an engineless 28-foot Pearson Triton, on almost no money at all.
The second voyage narrative from sailor-writer James Baldwin (no relation to the novelist): in 1987 he sails alone from Florida toward Asia aboard Atom, his engineless 28-foot Pearson Triton, and doesn't come home for years.
The sequel to Across Islands and Oceans, and the stronger book - a study in how far seamanship and frugality can substitute for money, which turns out to be almost all the way.
For anyone restoring an old fiberglass boat on a budget, Atom is the patron saint. Narrated by Nick O'Kelly.