Near death on the high seas: true stories of disaster and survival

Preface / Cecil Kuhne

Foreword / William F. Buckley, Jr.

Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea / Steven Callahan

Dark Wind: A Survivor's Tale of Love and Loss / Gordon Chaplin

Gipsy Moth Circles the World / Francis Chichester

Close to the Wind / Pete Goss

Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft / Thor Heyerdahl

Godforsaken Sea: Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters / Derek Lundy

Long Way / Bernard Moitessier

Fatal Storm: The Inside Story of the Tragic Sydney-Hobart Race / Rob Mundle

Last Grain Race / Eric Newby

Sea Change: Alone Across the Atlantic in a Wooden Boat / Peter Nichols

"Fastnet, Force 10" / John Rousmaniere

Brendan Voyage / Tim Severin.