The Southern Ocean, the Roaring Forties, and the notoriously dangerous West Coast of Tasmania. The yacht, Worippa, is returning to Melbourne, her home port, after competing in the infamous Melbourne-to-Hobart yacht race. You would think this to be a novel of the ocean, of the romance of the sea, and of blue-water sailing . . . and it is. It is also a magnificent compelling adventure about life, love, passion, humour, disharmony, and the human spirit - and its frailties