Unhappy with the dullness of small-town England in the 1960s, Rod escapes by going to sea. Aboard ship, he finds his place—at the bottom of the stratified naval hierarchy. At sea he experiences storms that toss large ships around like twigs.Venturing ashore in unfamiliar lands, he runs for his life through a Senegalese village, kisses a man in Australia, is mugged in Tahiti, almost kills the third mate in Sweden and is captured by a woman in Vancouver.
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Rod Baker was born in England and, at age sixteen, joined the British merchant navy as a deck hand. He immigrated to Canada and worked as a tugboat mate, shipwright, businessman, psychotherapist, and CEO for mental health organizations. Rod lives in Lions Bay, BC with Anna and dog Fargo.
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