Shane Granger, his crew and the tropical cyclone find themselves suddenly without a rudder. Tom Cunliffe reads an excerpt from Cargo of Hope
Quotes from the book’s flyleaf are a good way to introduce Shane. Cargo of Hope: ‘He has worked as a radio DJ, advertising photographer, copywriter, boatbuilder, director of museum ship restoration and bush pilot, between traipsing across the Sahara Desert, being kidnapped by bandits in Afghanistan and chased through the Andes by an assortment of revolutionary lunatics, but he has always returned to the ocean.’
He shares a ship with his partner Meggi. VegaIt is a 55 ton wooden sailing ship built 130 years ago for service in the Norwegian Arctic. He and Meggi are living on board and dedicate their lives to the sourcing and delivery of educational, medical and environmental supplies to remote islands communities in East Timor and eastern Indonesia.
We join the people caught in the heart Cyclone Gafilo – the most violent storm to strike the Indian Ocean for over 10 years. The future is not good for Vega or her redoubtable skipper…
Cargo Of Hope: Extract
Ripping through an ominous sky blacker than the inside of the devil’s back pocket, a searing…
