The Sea Takes No Prisoners: Offshore voyages in an open dinghy

This is a real-life story of small-boat adventure on the high seas, complete with extreme risk, last-minute ingenuity, and many near-misses.

The Sea Takes No Prisoners begins in the 60s, telling of the adventures of the author as a boy—a time of boarding schools, long holidays, and an unbelievable (to today's parents) amount of freedom and danger. Encouraged by his parents (who lived abroad) to become more independent and self-sufficient, Peter decided to see how far he could get in his fam...