Cevamp, Mike and Me

A blend of romance and adventure, this light-hearted but passionate sailing narrative tells the true story of a home-built Eventide yacht (Cevamp), a police inspector (Mike) and a journalist (Jackie). Through its pages we visit the harbours, meet the people, watch the wild life and learn the lessons – some tough, some funny, all memorable. We travel with Jackie as she develops her skills as a sailor and captures a husband into the bargain.

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The book opens with Cevamp sailing off the gale-lashed Welsh coast. Jackie is struggling with the helm and the chapter closes with Mike’s life in the balance as enormous waves sweep over the sides and the mast dips perilously

Subsequent chapters tell the story of the yacht’s thirteen year gestation, the three-way love story between the couple and the yacht, and their seaborne adventures.

The reader is swept along by the drama of storms, being rescued by a lifeboat, a fire in the engine, a disappearing jetty and an exhausting night-time passage with a broken compass. But sailing isn’t all about disaster and the couple also enjoy such diverse delights as a Jacuzzi bath in the home of an eccentric fisherman, a magical day’s sailing in the company of dolphins, and dazzling evenings under the stars as their romance turns to love and thoughts of marriage.

Accounts of sailing trips to Ireland, Scotland, Anglesey and the Isle of Man are peppered with practical insights into life on board, sparing no blushes, raising a few smiles and revealing the stark fear that sometimes goes hand in hand with the challenge of being two individuals at one with the sea.

At sea as on land, life has its peaks and troughs. An ill-tempered cruise round the notorious Fastnet Rock has Jackie wondering if her marriage to Mike was a big mistake, the yacht develops a plethora of problems and our couple finally decide something has to give.

Subsequent chapters tell the story of the yacht’s thirteen year gestation, the three-way love story between the couple and the yacht, and their seabtures.

The reader is swept along by the drama of storms, being rescued by a lifeboat, a fire in the engine, a disappearing jetty and an exhausting night-timage with a broken compass. But sailing isn’t all about disaster and the couple also enjoy such diverse delights as a Jacuzzi bath in the home of an eccentric fisherman, a magical day’s sailing in the company of dolphins, and dazzling evenings under the stars as their romance turns to love and thoughts of marriage.