A modern, true-life equivalent of Patrick O"Brien"s popular books, this is a must-read for lovers of nautical adventure. On November 25th, 1997, a three-masted, square-rigged tall ship headed out from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, on a voyage around the world. It would travel for more than a year and a half, calling at ports as exotic and varied as Aruba, Samoa, Bali, and Zanzibar. In Fair Wind and Plenty of It, Rigel Crockett-a man who grew up in a shipbuilding village in Nova Scotia, whose own father was a shipbuilder and mother a sailmaker-tells the true story of that journey, and of his own quest to reconcile his family legacy with his need to take part in that harrowing voyage. Fair Wind and Plenty of It is a virtuoso debut, perfectly captured in a mariner"s idiom, filled with high seas drama and human intrigue and a personal exploration of what it means to be a sailor.