Title: Saga of a wayward sailor
First published: 1979
Description: Tristan Jones was one of the most acclaimed sea-faring storytellers ever.  The combative Welshman was born at sea on a ship off Tristan da Cunha.  He dropped out of school at 14 to work on sailing barges, and then spent the rest of his life at sea—in the Royal Navy, as a delivery skipper, then as a daring adventurer.  Saga of a Wayward Sailor tells the tale of one of his most exciting adventures.  Jones sails through treacherous waters aboard the Cresswell, a lifeboat converted into a sailboat, struggling to survive against impossible odds.  He makes it through violent storms, arrest by the Soviet Navy, and other extraordinary experiences.  Join Tristan Jones and a host of other lively and intriguing characters, as this salty and humorous tale unfolds.
Subjects: Journeys, Fiction, Voyages and travels, Cresswell (Boat), Cresswell (Ketch), Sailors, biography, Sailing
People: Tristan Jones (1924-)
Time periods: 1951-