My Friend The Sea

A story about the author growing up at sea set against the ever present background of ships and the beauty of the oceans; a tale of ambition adversity and dealing with prejudice. Ten years of adventure starting with two years on a Spartan training ship and eight years travelling the world on ships visiting far off lands and meeting all manner of people including eccentric distant relatives in Australia a drunken captain another who was a tyrant and primitive natives in Fiji plus shipboard romances a mutiny and a growing need for the author to change the way he lives.