Jude Binder

Sailors on Safari Jude Binder

This trilogy is definitely not a travel guide, nor is it meant to be. And it's not just a tale of travelling the world's oceans and meeting people in faraway lands. It's a series showing how to live a life of adventure, and survive. After sailing our vessel the equal of three times around the world, we set off from Australia an accomplished team of explorers searching for the unusual and inspirational. The Four J's Jack, Judith, Jason, and Jerome had already lived ten years afloat, experiencing daily-life with a multitude of diverse societies. Always being the new family in the neighbourhood, we shared dinners, hosted sleepovers, swapped kids, and were invited to local events. To earn our keep during this decade of life afloat, we successfully completed internationally acclaimed amateur radio expeditions to mid-ocean ribbons of sand. A finely honed team at the peak of our sailing prowess, we set sail around the world on Voyages of Education seeking knowledge and adventure. In Book One - Sailors on Safari, we conquer the stormy Indian Ocean, nearly losing our ship and lives on a storm enraged Madagascar shore before arriving in strife-torn Tanzania. By good fortune, we survive to explore the slave island of Zanzibar and then land on our feet organising a four-wheel drive to explore magical East African game parks rich with Earth's last collection of wild beasts. Seychelles next, finding Ol Joe, the Rarest Nut, before becoming entangled with Somalia fishermen, and nearly losing our mast. Then on to the Heart of Islam, encountering Red Sea gunships in a frightening middle of the night battle of wits. Includes excerpts from: Disaster Awaits the Unwary - Book Two of the FOUR J's Trilogy - available May 2020