Written in Water: An Uncharted Life Aboard a Wooden Boat is a true story which begins in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia where 21-year-old Laura joins a 125-foot wooden ship for her first sailing experience. Years of sailing aboard various tall ships ensue, until she eventually returns home to study meteorology, and joins the tedium of a solitary life as a marine forecaster. After years of adventure and close bonds with shipmates, she feels a stark emptiness and develops an intense desire for a less ordinary life. Within months, she becomes the owner of a forty-foot wooden sailboat. Sacrificing a comfortable home and lifestyle, she promptly moves aboard. A year later, at age 27, armed with little more than confidence backed by common sense, and with few modern conveniences and only basic navigational equipment, she leaves the 9-to-5 behind and resolves to embark on a voyage south. Discouragement and roadblocks abound, until finally, in early winter, she departs Nova Scotia in search of the adventure and freedom many postpone until retirement. Over the next two years, unheeded weather reports and misplaced navigational buoys threaten the safety of the ship and crew, and an ill-fated relationship temporarily destroys her faith in men. That's when she decides upon a detour to the Bahamas, where she meets the man that could one day become her husband.