Escaping the ordinary and living the tropical dream. One family’s true Trans-Atlantic adventure.
Take an average family and chuck them in at the deep end…
The Backward Ark is an absorbing insight into the reality of living the tropical cruising dream. Featuring real pirates of the Caribbean, Hurricane Ivan, a stoned Rastafarian Santa and
plenty more besides.
With drama, humour and lashings of tropical spice, this book will appeal to anyone who has ever looked out of the office window on a cold, grey day, wishing they could escape. As you’ll discover, a surprising number of people already have.
Including much that goes beyond the interests of the cruising sailor, The Backward Ark is not a book about boats, it’s about bringing a dream to life while trying to navigate the stormy
peaks and troughs that inevitably accompany living on the edge.
Gallery
I’m a photographer by trade, but I left all that behind when we set off to Trinidad. So it’s more by luck than judgement that we ended up with a fair few images. Here’s a selection that I hope you’ll find mildly entertaining.
Charts
These two charts give some idea of our route, but it should be borne in mind that we seldom, if ever, sailed in such lovely straight lines. On the Atlantic chart, somewhere between Bermuda and the Azores, our track must have resembled a ball of wool after a kitten has had a good go at it.
