The story is entertaining and rips along at a pace, although the real joy comes from picking a random direction and sailing off to engage in unscripted adventure.
The real identity of these guests sends the book charging out in a whole new direction, and real dangers sail over the horizon and straight towards the Dodo.
In 2009, Dame Ellen MacArthur took a radical change of direction and left competitive sailing to focus on environmental issues.
But not before we are treated to the ease of Charlie Polinger's direction and the smooth sailing of Stephen Feigenbaum's folkish tunes and Mark Sonnenblick's lyrics, evoking sea chanteys and a life of plunder.
Moreover, in accord with the topography of harbour sites, the wind models highlight their maritime accessibility: direction of sailing from and to each site, and their protection from predominant winds.
It is only necessary to read the Coast Pilots and Sailing Directions for various parts of the world to understand this fact.
The charts, soundings, and sailing directions compiled during the expedition were invaluable to later navigators, but the problems encountered by all the detachments owing to ice led to the conclusion in Russian government circles that the concept of a navigable Northeast Passage was totally impracticable.
The Pi will not just log data but will be constantly called on throughout the voyage to control the speed of the craft's engine and work out which direction it should sail.
(Additional sailing on June 5 calls at Gdynia, Klaipeda, St .Petersburg, Helsinki, Visby and Bornholm, and sailing in reverse direction on Sept. 4 calls at Mariehamn instead of Aroskobing).
Good sailing means getting the boat to go where you want it to go -- and I'm not talking about the guy who goes once a month and doesn't care what direction he sails or how long it takes.
