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During any season the tracks of so called Yachties can be traced all around the Pacific Ocean. Beyond Catalina is the story of one sailor who left his comfort zone behind in a quest for excitement and adventure at sea. He set out during the 1970s, prior to the advent of the digital age, thereby being numbered amongst the last generation of sailors to rely on sextant, chronometer and complex tables. Out there, he and a variety of crew members discovered rich rewards. But for these they had to pay the price of admission in terms of gruelling passages, times of sheer terror and even bouts of cabin fever. The story is documented candidly, and often with a spark of humour. By his own admission the Author if often out of his depth. But then, on a 32-foot yacht nothing could have prepared him for a freak wave breeding ground or marauding greybeards from the mighty Southern Ocean.

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Born in England and raised in South Africa, the Author emigrated to the USA in 1968 where, for 26 years, he worked on satellites and spacecraft. It was during periods of unpaid leave of absence from his Aerospace Company that he undertook passages across the Pacific Ocean on-board his 32-foot cutter Gulliver. He first wrote Beyond Catalina in 1983 after his second major voyage. The book has been revised several times since, and now updated in this modern version. During a short sailing career the Author accumulated over 16,000 miles of Pacific wanderings. He has now retired and lives with his family in New Zealand. Beyond Catalina was the first of his four published books - all currently available on Amazon Kindle.

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