In 1999, 28-year-old Karson Brown and her best friend embarked on what they thought would be a simple adventure: helping a woman they’d never met navigate her thirty-four-foot sailboat from Vilamoura, Portugal, to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Instead, their three-week journey across the formidable Atlantic Ocean quickly became a wild five-week fight for survival. Contaminated water, a dead engine, and depleted provisions amid hurricane-season winds tested their physical stamina, mental fortitude, and emotional resiliency.

In this heart-stirring memoir, Brown takes readers on a forty-eight day odyssey across the briny sea, where they traverse with dolphins, play poker with the Coast Guard, and drink whiskey to stave off death. Through the grit and grind, Brown learns to trust her inner voice onboard the humble Voyager as the water she’s loved since childhood delivers her home once more.

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