Pacific voyage on a Chinese junk: A true and fascinating adventure of ten young men trying to sail across the Pacific on an ill-equiped Chinese junk

In Bangkok of 1964, successful English businessman Tony Buxton is enjoying the best the city has to offer, visiting exclusive nightclubs, sampling the exquisite local cuisine, and dallying with gorgeous women. Still, he yearns for the freedom of his simpler days as an underwater spearfishing guide. When a friend offers him the chance to leave his job and join the inexperienced crew of a Chinese junk as it sets sail across the South Pacific, Buxton jumps at the opportunity, anticipating adventure in the unspoiled island paradise of Tahiti. However, the young men soon learn their vessel is ill-equipped for a saltwater journey when both engines fail on the open ocean, and they must decide whether to abandon their dreams or press on. In Pacific Voyage on a Chinese junk, Buxton recalls the journey and paints a vivid picture of a bygone era in the South Pacific.

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Pacific voyage on a Chinese junk: A true and fascinating adventure of ten young men trying to sail across the Pacific on an ill-equiped Chinese junk

In Bangkok of 1964, successful English businessman Tony Buxton is enjoying the best the city has to offer, visiting exclusive nightclubs, sampling the exquisite local cuisine, and dallying with gorgeous women. Still, he yearns for the freedom of his simpler days as an underwater spearfishing guide. When a friend offers him the chance to leave his job and join the inexperienced crew of a Chinese junk as it sets sail across the South Pacific, Buxton jumps at the opportunity, anticipating adventure in the unspoiled island paradise of Tahiti. However, the young men soon learn their vessel is ill-equipped for a saltwater journey when both engines fail on the open ocean, and they must decide whether to abandon their dreams or press on. In Pacific Voyage on a Chinese junk, Buxton recalls the journey and paints a vivid picture of a bygone era in the South Pacific.

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Pacific voyage on a Chinese junk: A true and fascinating adventure of ten young men trying to sail across the Pacific on an ill-equiped Chinese junk

Pacific voyage on a Chinese junk: A true and fascinating adventure of ten young men trying to sail across the Pacific on an ill-equiped Chinese junk

by Tony Buxton
Pacific voyage on a Chinese junk: A true and fascinating adventure of ten young men trying to sail across the Pacific on an ill-equiped Chinese junk

Pacific voyage on a Chinese junk: A true and fascinating adventure of ten young men trying to sail across the Pacific on an ill-equiped Chinese junk

by Tony Buxton

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In Bangkok of 1964, successful English businessman Tony Buxton is enjoying the best the city has to offer, visiting exclusive nightclubs, sampling the exquisite local cuisine, and dallying with gorgeous women. Still, he yearns for the freedom of his simpler days as an underwater spearfishing guide. When a friend offers him the chance to leave his job and join the inexperienced crew of a Chinese junk as it sets sail across the South Pacific, Buxton jumps at the opportunity, anticipating adventure in the unspoiled island paradise of Tahiti. However, the young men soon learn their vessel is ill-equipped for a saltwater journey when both engines fail on the open ocean, and they must decide whether to abandon their dreams or press on. In Pacific Voyage on a Chinese junk, Buxton recalls the journey and paints a vivid picture of a bygone era in the South Pacific.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780463201145
Publisher: 78265
Publication date: 12/31/2018
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.27(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword.............................................................. vii

Introduction............................................................. x

Leaving Home......................................................... 1

A Meeting That Changed My Life........................... 5

SYDNEY: MEETING THE CREW....................... 10

VIEWING THE JUNK........................................... 13

PREPARING TO LEAVE..................................... 16

DEPARTURE FROM SYDNEY........................... 27

LORD HOWE ISLAND......................................... 31

THREATENED WITH IMPRISONMENT............. 34

INTO A STORM AND LOST................................ 36

THE VOYAGE BECOMES A NIGHTMARE ....... 40

ARRIVAL AT NOUMEA....................................... 42

BAD AND GOOD NEWS..................................... 45

A PROFITABLE CHARTER................................. 53

JOURNEY UP THE EAST COAST OF NEW CALEDONIA........................... 56

THE LOYALTY ISLANDS..................................... 61

SEA SNAKES....................................................... 64

THE ISLE OF PINES REVISITED....................... 66

RETURN TO NOUMEA

AND THE ART SALE........................................... 71

SHARK ENCOUNTER......................................... 75

MISTAKEN IDENTITY......................................... 78

A LEISURELY LIFE WITH THE LAST FOUR CREW..................................... 82

THE CHIMPANZEE SHOW................................. 84

THE END OF A DREAM...................................... 89

THE AFTERMATH............................................... 96

EPILOGUE......................................................... 105

ABOUT THE AUTHOR....................................... 111

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