A Speck on the Sea - Epic Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels

This book is about remarkable waterborne voyages made in surprisingly small boats, generally, but not always, boats under twenty feet in length.
Contents
INTRODUCTION: WHY WOULD ANYONE CROSS AN OCEAN IN A SMALL BOAT?
1. THE FOGBOUND PAST: 63 AD–16th CENTURY
2. TWO DESPERATE ESCAPES: THE 17th and 18th CENTURIES
3. VICTORIAN VENTURERS: 1865–1876
4. THE PATHS OF GLORY: 1876–1900
5. A WORLD TO CONQUER: 1900–1920
6. LOVERS AND OTHER LOSERS: 1920–1930s
7. BIG FEAT, LITTLE NOTICE: THE 1940s
8. GOOFY AND GALLANT: THE 1950s
9. DOING YOUR OWN THING: THE 1960s
10. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: THE 1970s
11. THE GOLDEN DECADE: THE 1980s
12. RECORDS AND REDUX: THE 1990s
13. NEW FACES AND OLD: THE NEW MILLENNIUM
CONCLUSION: TO SEA, OR NOT TO SEA: THAT IS THE QUESTION