Encounters of a Wayward Sailor

From the Publisher
The great teller of sea stories, Tristan Jones, is back, with a new collection of yarns, reminiscences and adventures never before published in book form. Jones carries us to the sleepy Spanish ports of the 1950s, the pleasures of Buenos Aires in the last days of Peron and the damp forests of Southeast Asia. We meet Bernard Moitessier, and pioneering woman sailor Clare Francis, as well as a panoply of memorable characters, among them the shadowy crewmember whom Jones unwittingly smuggles into Spain and the sailor saved by a disconnected floodlight.

"To open a book by Tristan Jones is to enter a world of deep and unalloyed satisfaction. Breathtaking descriptions of the sea, whether mountainous waves or calm tropical anchorages, an encyclopaedic knowledge gained from a career which began at age 14 aboard sailing barges, friendships with other true seafarers like Moitessier and Tilman, indomitable courage - it's all here....For people who have never read Tristan Jones (who died in Thailand in 1995) this book is an excellent and gripping introduction. For cruising folk it is an essential bedside/bunkside book." Yachting World

"No one alive writes as well as Jones did about sailing....It's his last book - read it." Yachts and Yachting

"Tristan Jones, who died in June 1995, has an international following for his 16 books and numerous shorter writings. His fans appreciate his indomitable spirit, his Celtic flare for vivid narration and his subtle imagination....This is one of those books to pick up any time and be engrossed in." Lloyds List

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