Under Wide and Starry Skies

Nicholas Coghlan and his wife Jenny have sailed 70,000 miles offshore in two successive 27ft sailboats Tarka the Otter and Bosun Bird. Their adventures include a circumnavigation of the world and a year in Patagonia. Nicholas is the author of Winter in Fireland and is a frequent contributor to Sailing Today magazine.Nicholas was the first Canadian Ambassador to South Sudan; both he and Jenny hold Canada’s Meritorious Service Cross for evacuating Canadian citizens from Juba, South Sudan in 2013.

Crammed with interesting stories and loads of informative material.

• IntroductionPART 1: NORTH PACIFIC & NORTH AMERICA1) Isla Guadalupe – Mexico2) Isla Clarion – Mexico3) Isla Canal de Afuera – Panama4) Pohnpei – Federated States of Micronesia5) Guam – USA6) Kabashima, Goto Retto archipelago – Japan7) Mitarai, Inland Sea – Japan8) Shimoda – Japan9) Geographic Harbor, Alaska Peninsula – USA10) Nellie’s Rest, Prince William Sound, Alaska – USA11) Kliuchevoi Bay, Southeast Alaska – USA12) Summers Bay, Alison Sound, British Columbia – Canada13) Rose Harbour and S’Gang Gwaay, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia – Canada14) Hollywood Passage, Bunsby islands, British Columbia – Canada15) San Miguel Island, California – USAPART I I : SOUTH PACIFIC16) Caleta Brecknock, Tierra del Fuego – Chile17) Puerto Eden – Chile18) Isla Juan Fernandez (Robinson Crusoe) – Chile19) Easter Island – Chile20) Aukena, Iles Gambier – French Polynesia21) Motu Haamu, Raivavae, Iles Australes – French Polynesia22) Aitutaki – Cook Islands23) Palmerston Atoll – Cook Islands24) Niuatoputapu – Tonga25) Apia – Samoa26) Kavala Bay, Kandavu – Fiji27) Port Resolution, Tanna – Vanuatu28) Port Havannah, Efate – Vanuatu29) Twin Waterfall Bay, Banks Islands – Vanuatu30) Port Mary, Santa Ana Island – Solomon Islands31) Lola Island, Vonavona Lagoon – Solomon Islands32) Middle Percy Island, Queensland – Australia33) Lizard Island, Queensland – Australia34) Possession Island, Endeavour Strait, Queensland – AustraliaPART I I I : INDIAN OCEAN AND AFRICA35) Christmas Island – Australia36) Cocos Keeling atoll – Australia37) Rodrigues Island – Mauritius38) Kraalbaai, Langebaan Lagoon – South Africa39) Luderitz – Namibia40) Alkwasir Island, Khartoum – Sudan PART IV: SOUTH ATLANTIC41) St Helena Island42) Ascension Island43) Fernando de Noronha – Brazil44) Praia Cantagalo, Angra dos Reis – Brazil45) Puerto Deseado – Argentina46) Spaniard Harbour, Bahia Aguirre – Argentina PART V: NORTH ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN47) Quebec Harbour, Michipicoten Island, Lake Superior – Canada48) Anse aux Petites Iles, Saguenay Fjord, Quebec – Canada49) Man O’War Bay – Tobago50) Cayo Herradura, Isla La Tortuga – VenezuelaAppendix – A Note on ChartsIndex