Bob Bitchin
It’s an Ill Wind… We were about a day out of Bora Bora, and it was one of the best sails we’d had since heading to the South Pacific. Naturally we’d left Southern California during an El Nino year, so all the winds were running contrary to what was normal. The downwind run through French Polynesia from the Marquesas to the Society Islands had been a real adventure, to say the least. But we had left Bora Bora behind us, passed the outpost island of Maupiti, and were well on our way to Suverov (also spelled Suwarrow) Island in the Northern Cook Islands. Actually, the whole voyage had come about because I’d read this book about a guy who lived as a hermit on a small island. It was called An Island To One’s Self, by Tom Neil, and I wanted to see where it was written. And here we were, well on our way, living large and loving life, when The Storm hit. 159
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