Nancy Allen, who lives in Ft. Pierce, Florida, married the chief Mate of an 845 foot containship and went to sea with him. She has been a Contributing Editor of Motor Boating and Sailing magazine and a Field Editor of Motor Boat Magazine.

To call this simply a maritime adventure, captivating as it is, would do injustice to Allen's superb account of the Merchant Marine, it's changing hsitory, it's men and increasingly it's women...COntinually engrossing, informative and fun.

Nancy Allen, who lives in Ft. Pierce, Florida, married the chief Mate of an 845 foot containship and went to sea with him. She has been a Contributing Editor of Motor Boating and Sailing magazine and a Field Editor of Motor Boat Magazine.

To call this simply a maritime adventure, captivating as it is, would do injustice to Allen's superb account of the Merchant Marine, it's changing hsitory, it's men and increasingly it's women...COntinually engrossing, informative and fun.