Voyaging with Kids

CHOOSING A BOAT that is right for your family; handling the naysayers; keeping your children safe, healthy and entertained afloat - this inspirational and comprehensive guide may be just what you need to turn your dream into a reality.

The three authors, who have each voyaged thousands of miles with children on-board, provide a factual and balanced look at the realities of family life on the sea. A bonus chapter, written by a dozen former cruising kids, takes a Iook at the long-term effects of breaking away from shore-side normalcy.

It is said that all parents inflict their lifestyle choices on their children. Read this book to learn why heading out to sea with your children may be the most rewording infliction of all. FOR TEN YEARS the RV Southern Surveyor represented the vanguard of Australian marine science. On over 100 voyages, this former North Sea fishing trawler conducted physical, chemical, geological and biological investigations, and deployed stateof-the-art instruments to map vast unexplored tracts of the seafloor.

Michal Veitch interviewed the Southern Surveyor’s former captains and crew, support staff and scientists. The result is a warm, engaging and sometimes dramatic account of their adventures – finding sunken WWII shipwrecks and swirling coastal vortexes, ‘undiscovering’ islands and watching pre-dawn fireworks from undersea volcanoes. The stories of discovery tell the legacy of scientific innovation and impact that Southern Surveyor left in her wake.