It can be exciting, setting out to sea, and the voyage is often beautiful. Encountering storms and giant waves on the ocean is terrifying. Sailing from San Francisco to Australia alone in an 18-foot boat was unthinkable in 1882 -- but Bernard Gilboy did it. This true adventure is based on the logs of Gilboy's voyage. It is an inspiring story of a sailor who braved the largest ocean in the world simply because he was a born adventurer who could not stand still. The Sydney "Punch" in the February 17, 1883 edition wrote in response to Gilboy's Quest: "Alone on the raging ocean, alone in my craft I ride, Alone on the foaming billows, in all their crested pride, No man before hath ventured, alone, so far to sail; Nor mind hath ever yet conceived a ship so small, so frail."

Gilboy's Quest

History

Ivey, Sam

Australia & Oceania

Bewildering Pr

<p>Join Brandy Helman and Mark Braverman aboard the Nocturne for danger and intrigue on the high seas of the Atlantic. Sailing from Miami aboard Mark's luxurious yacht in the dark hours of late evening, her mind harbors no thought that her anticipated vacation will be ... the vacation from hell! Enroute to Nassau the following morning, with her friend Nicole Kelly and Nicole's boyfriend, Brad Cochran, Brandy's romantic encounter with Brad leaves her conscience troubled, a conscience forgotten as they are passed by a fast-moving larger vessel. Seaman to the core, Mark regards this boat with suspicion, suspicion later brought into sharp focus due to conversations with Customs authorities. Detention by Customs officials, sabotage, a raging sea storm and rescue, and an identity error by drug runners are the demons that fill their following days with lethal excitement and peril. It's high adventure on the high seas!</p>

Crooked Triangle

Literature & Fiction

Action & Adventure

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