What does a man do when he loses himself in the corporate jungle? He buys a thirty-two-foot boat and sails 10,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean. The Latitudes of Silence is not just an onboard journal describing the physical journey, but is author Christian Tirtirau's honest account of an inner journey through life as well.
Beginning in March of 2007, Tirtirau and friends, Flavio and Dino, board the Nerissa K in San Diego, California, to begin an estimated eight-month journey. They understand that an ocean voyage means calculated risks, some adventure, and an unpredictable outcome. They also know that a voyage at sea is hard on the body, hard on the mind, and hard on the heart. The Latitudes of Silence describes this adventure-from crossing the equator, to battling the elements, and includes their experiences in tropical locales such as Tahiti, Fiji, Tonga, and Vanuatu.
Much more than a travelogue, The Latitudes of Silence is a study in the pursuit of freedom, that subject that is at the core of the human spirit. This is world voyaging at its best-following the tracks of the great explorers and visionaries of the past.