Introduction1 No Time to Talk2 Crossing the North Atlantic3 Good Luck4 Ahhh, Cruising5 A New and Different Kind of Challenge6 The Never-Ending Ocean7 Dirty Dancing in Rio8 Do You Recognize Me?9 Pregnant Turtle10 Tempest Fugit11 Jet Scream12 In and Out, Bad and Good News13 Hero U.14 Voyage to the Knife15 While the Clock Runs16 The Last Breath17 Settling In18 A Continent to Ourselves19 Chanterelles and Blueberries20 Darkness, Despair, and Cabin Fever21 Month of Thunk22 The Pleasant Setback23 Even More Birthdays24 The Ice Cometh Now?25 A Glass of Water Please26 Closing the Circle27 AppendicesA. Northern Light: History and Lines DrawingsB. Weather ObservationsC. Provision ListGlossary of Sailing Terms