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Patrick Stephens, U.K. 1989. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 160 pages, size 9.25 inches tall by 6.25 inches. Illustrated with black and white plates. ' At the end of his best-selling first book Shrimpy, telling the story of his remarkable record-breaking round-the-world voyage in his 18-foot yacht Super Shrimp (then the smallest ever to complete a circumnavigation), Shane Acton writes 'Yes, home is the sailor, home from the sea. But he won't be staying long.' Sure enough, Shane's land-based life in his native Cambridge soon begins to pall, Iris, his companion on the first trip, returns to her native Switzerland, and he hankers once more for the open sea. Moving overland to Brighton Marina, he sets sail once again, all his worldly possessions stowed aboard his tiny craft and only some savings and copies of his first book as 'negotiable currency'. His second voyage takes him - and, thanks to his lively, compelling narrative, the reader also - along the inland waterways of France, to Spain and across the Mediterranean to North Africa. Then he once again tackles the might of the Atlantic, undertaking a harrowing crossing involving some impromptu mid-ocean dentistry, before he arrives in the paradise of the Caribbean and its myriad islands. Joined by Sandie, his girlfriend from Cambridge, he sails the Tropics, from the Antilles and the Bahamas to Florida, and thence to Cuba, Mexico and Central America. Despite storms, hurricanes and a shipwreck, in which they lost all the photographs of the voyage thus far (explaining the relative paucity of illustration in this book), life with Shrimpy is a celebration of the joys of individual freedom. It is a gripping tale of one man's determination to break loose and create his own world - a cramped, resilient, versatile, remarkable 18-foot world called Super Shrimp. Shane Acton is an ex-Marine Commando from Cambridge, and his earlier round-the-world voyage was undertaken with no previous training or experience. He is 41 and lives wherever Shrimpy takes him . Book - in Fine [much better than Very Good] tan boards with gilt lettering. Contents, usual browning to the pages common with this type of paper otherwise clean and tightly bound. Dust Jacket - [SEE SCAN] - Fine. Shipped Weight: 251-750 grams. Category: Ships & The Sea ISBN: 1852602163 Inventory No: 004333.

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