Lynn Michell and her husband set out on an adventure. Enthusiastic but definitely amateur sailors, their goal was to cross the Atlantic in their own sailing boat.

After a few false starts tracking down the right boat they finally set off on their 3000-mile journey. They take turns to tell the story of how they coped aboard during their long and sometimes arduous crossing, wrestling with storms, illness, wrong turnings and the challenges of living cooped up below deck.