The full, previously untold story of the vevents first decribed by the author's father, Dougal Robertson, in 'Survive the Savage Sea'. Interwoven with the original narrative.

Douglas has finally produced, from a combination of Dougal's notes and old newspaper articles, together with family members personal recollections, an exciting account of the Robertson Family's travels.

The story includes our meeting with the Icelanders,

who were on a similar journey as ourselves and to whom, the successful outcome of the trip was so dependant.

He recounts the initial stages of leaving Falmouth on the south coast of England in the teeth of a raging storm and arrival in Portugal and the Canary Islands.

Follow the family's adventures, as they sailed before the trade winds of old,across the Atlantic Ocean and on through the Caribbean to America.

Join them on the Spanish Main and the Panama canal, enroute to the Pacific Ocean and then on to the Galapagos islands, to the point where an unforseen disaster changed their lives forever.