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Paperback. Pub Date:2014-01-30 Pages: 256 Language: English Publisher: William Collins This timeless classic is an exciting true story of survival against all odds There was a sudden sickening sense of disaster I felt a great lurch and heel... and a thunder of sound filled my ears. I was conscious. in a terrified moment. of being driven into the front and side of my bunk with tremendous force. At the same time there was a tearing cracking sound. as if Tzu Hang was being ripped apart. and water burst solidly. raging into the cabin. There was darkness. black boards. and I fought wildly to get out. thinking Tzu Hang had already gone. Then suddenly I was standing again. waist deep in water. and floorboards and cushions. mattresses and books were sloshing in wild confusion round me. Miles Smeeton and his wife Beryl sailed their 46-ft Bermuda ketch. Tzu Hang. in the wild seas of...