

Ramblings about Cosmology and Quantum Mechanics
When Caius is alone at the helm at night he muses about a wide variety of subjects, some of which deal with oceanography and the sea or...


Carrying Guns
The boat overtaking us in the picture and coming close alongside in the Indian Ocean may have had piracy in mind. A lot of people have...


Man Overboard
Something I still have nightmares about is a scenario, which thankfully never occurred, of coming on deck during a full gale with...


Taking Children on the High Seas
In the months before publication of The Caiad considerable controversy arose in the press when a boat sailing into the Pacific Ocean from...


Why is this book so long (over 700 pages not counting four Appendices)?
One of the most frequent comments I get is about the length the book. All I can say is that it is a really long way around the world and...


Fiction or Nonfiction?
Another question that has been put to me in several different variations is basically whether The Caiad is a true account of an actual...