The Biggest Boat I Could Afford

Random House, Auckland, 2004. Good used condition.

Looming unemployment, creeping middle-age and the stormclouds of matrimony can drive a man to desperate actions and in Lee Hughes's case they drove him around the world and out to sea. Despite having hardly any money, no noticeable sailing experience and a deep and abiding fear of the sea, he set out to complete a transit of the US East Coast from Florida to Maine in a boat slightly smaller than a king-sized bed. This is the story of that journey - and the surprising conclusion to a most unusual 20-year romance.