Table of Contents
Preface ix
Prologue xi
1 Adrift 1
2 Each Other's Compass 5
3 New Horizons 14
4 A Disastrous Tack 18
5 "Nothing Much Happens on a Boat" 27
6 Dead Wake 32
7 Headwinds 59
8 Time and Tide Wait for No Man 77
9 A Voyage to My Brother 81
10 Edging Forward 92
11 "On a Boat There Is Nowhere to Go" 105
12 After the Storm 125
13 Beneath the Surface 137
14 The Pearl in the Oyster 155
15 Caught…Hook, Line, and Sinker 167
16 Land in Sight 188
17 Death Roll 193
18 Hands Across the Sea 201
19 The Spawning Ground 210
20 Boston, the Destroyer 218
21 The Perfect Storm 230
22 Journeys End 238
Epilogue: Fair Winds and Following Seas-The Mother's Story 243
Appendix 1 The Anglo-American "A" Team 249
Appendix 2 Thoughts on the Case 251
Appendix 3 Chris's Music 259
Acknowledgements 263
About the Author 265