The Sailing Blue Eye Around the World Series

Hooked on the Horizon

Sailing Blue Eye Around the World

Three vast oceans, two young men and one dubious idea – to sail around the world.

When a sailboat barely bigger than a bathtub pottered into the English Channel, James and Tom began the adventure of a lifetime. In their little boat Blue Eye they set sail, ladened with the notion that happiness and freedom loitered just over the horizon. And yet...

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Wrongs of Passage

The Tales Before Blue Eye Sailed Around the World

Lost on land, James wondered if he might find himself at sea. Lost at sea, Tom wondered if sailing around the world might be a better way to navigate this life.

When a friend suggested to James he should buy a sailboat and circumnavigate the world, not even childhood memories of almost drowning on his father’s boat could deter him. Finding Blue...

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