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PREFACE
CHAPTER 1
FINDING THE RAINBOW
Discovering that life was not what we thought;
seeking an alternative; finding the Rainbow.
CHAPTER 2
THE LADY HAS A PAST
A place in history; a romantic past;
getting to know "her" intimately.
CHAPTER 3
BUT WILL SHE SAIL?
Rainbow gets to know us and we get taught
how to sail by her.
CHAPTER 4
GETTING REAL
Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island:
our first taste of the ocean in a boat without a keel.
CHAPTER 5
THINKING BIG
A dream, or nightmare, being realized:
so much to learn and no one to give advice.
CHAPTER 6
ON THE WAY
Scroungers, shipwrecks, and the first taste of fear.
CHAPTER 7
A DUBIOUS DEBUT
Losing sight of land; a wild ride; abject terror,
and no turning back.
CHAPTER 8
THE GOLDEN GATE AND GUINNESS
A strange port and a warm welcoming.
Realising the extent of our new found freedom.
CHAPTER 9
SOUTH TO SAN PEDRO
Where we experience the movement from
rags to riches in complete innocence.
CHAPTER 10
COMING UP ROSES
Having that sinking feeling and discovering
that miracles are indeed true and possible.
CHAPTER 11
STILL AFLOAT AND THINKING MEXICO
Innocents cause trouble to the U.S. Navy a
nd find friends with a Canadian submarine.
CHAPTER 12
CHRISTMAS IN BAHIA SANTA MARIA
Christmas dinner turns into stormy nights
of fear and loss in the surf.
CHAPTER 13
A BULL IN A SAILING STORY?
Stranded mariner meets wild bull.
CHAPTER 14
MAZATLAND TO MANZANILLO
Beached to clean: Rainbow leaks; more leaks,
and our serious misgivings.
CHAPTER 15
THE MILK RUN
Escape from land; doldrums; thirty-two
days at sea, and eventual landfall.
CHAPTER 16
NUKU HIVA � THE MARQUESAS
The French navy to the rescue, and we join
the club of ocean sailors.
CHAPTER 17
OF LOBSTERS GOATS AND ATOLLS
A tale of goats, gendarmes, tamarae dancing,
and lobsters in the South Sea Islands.
CHAPTER 18
TAHITI
Discovering the secret stores of abundant food
and wine; hauling Rainbow, and dealing with
the garboard seams.
CHAPTER 19
ISLAND HOPPING � LES ISLES SOU LE VENT
Moorea, Bora Bora, Huahine, Raiatea, Maupiti �
of dreamy islands and coral reefs and small boat passes.
CHAPTER 20
TONGAN TREAT - NUIATOPATAPU
A strange landfall; a feast; captured and held for
extreme hospitality. Aground and laughter on a reef.
CHAPTER 21
FIJI
Danger among the reefs; Fijian friendship;
encounter with officialdom and complications.
CHAPTER 22
GREEN IS BEAUTIFUL
A collision at sea; a lightening strike; our fear,
restlessness, and ultimate landfall in paradise.
Memories Fade
True appreciation and acknowledgement is given for the work done thirty years ago by a young Canadian English Masters student - John Meager in Canada.
John collected all our written material, our log books and countless hours of audio tapes and as part of a thesis project created the original draft on which much of this story is based. It is all those small details which were captured and recorded by us moment by moment as they happened and which over the passage of time would have been long forgotten that have provided the full experience of the story to be recounted in such depth. Thank you John from my heart Raj
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