This timeless classic is an exciting true story of survival against all odds. ` There was a sudden sickening sense of disaster. I felt a great lurch & heel, & a thunder of sound filled my ears. I was conscious, in a terrified moment, of being driven into the front & side of my bunk with tremendous force. At the same time there was a tearing cracking sound, as if Tzu Hang was being ripped apart, & water burst solidly, raging into the cabin. There was darkness, black boards, & I fought wildly to get out, thinking Tzu Hang had already gone. Then suddenly I was standing again, waist deep in water, & floorboards & cushions, mattresses & books were sloshing in wild confusion round me.` Miles Smeeton & his wife Beryl sailed their 46-ft Bermuda ketch, Tzu Hang, in the wild seas of Cape Horn, following the tracks of the old sailing clippers through the world`s most notorious waters. This is an exciting true story of survival against all odds, but it is also a thoughtful book which provides hard-learned lessons for other intrepid sailors. As Nevil Shute writes in his foreword: ` It has been left to Miles Smeeton to tell us in clear & simple language just where the limits of safety lie.`