Sail Away: How to Escape the Rat Race and Live the Dream

There is practical advice on everything from choosing a boat to crossing oceans. You’ll be guided through each step of the preparation process before casting off on your adventure of a lifetime. There’s information on everything the would-be blue water sailor needs to consider, including safety, communications, children, ocean passages and budgeting.

Learn about routes and destinations around Europe, the Caribbean, the Pacific and beyond to help you cruise the Med, cross the Atlantic or circumnavigate the world. Colour photographs and charts will inspire and inform in this essential guide for the 21st century blue water sailor.

Nicola Rodriguez spent six years blue water cruising with her husband John and their two children. She shares her own experiences and those of the hundreds of sailors she met along the way, providing advice that’s been tried and tested. She is a yachting journalist and writes for magazines including Yachting Monthly, Yachting World and SAIL magazine.