Cruising Japan to New Zealand: The Voyage of the Sea Quest

by Tere Batham

Overview

Both American-born Batham and her British husband grew up aboard boats and are experienced and accomplished seafarers. After several years of sailing the South Pacific Islands, they settled temporarily in Japan in the mid- 1990s. Two-and-a-half years later, in 1997, they set sail again, on a 14-month, 10,000 mile journey back to their home in New Zealand, accompanied by a young, independent Japanese woman escaping an arranged marriage. Batham describes their adventures as they journey from Japan's Southern Archipelago, then to Hong Kong, and Macau, the Philippines, Micronesia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and across the Tasman Sea. Illustrated with color photographs. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574091823
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/31/2004
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	901,010
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

Editorial Reviews

Adventure, beauty, fruitfulness, and hardship fill this 14-month 10,000-mile voyage. Tere Batham weaves this great story with spirit, clarity, and color. Curl up on your settee and read Cruising Japan to New Zealand. It will have you dreaming of adventure.

Good Old Boat

Cruising accounts this well-written are rare. The author chooses her words with unusual clarity and admirable style. The voyage she records is amazing, and her perceptive commentary makes this fine book emblematic of what good travel writing can be at its best.

Living Aboard

This is an enjoyable, well told story.

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