Book Three “Sailing Yarns to lofty Barns” in this three-part memoir series by Michael Brown opens with a fresh start in the Bay of Islands and leads to 10 years of sailing the tropics. Alongside his third life partner, Mike chases the sun and stars across the South Pacific seeking solitude and calm, all the while, deep down, trying to figure out how to keep connection with his adult children and growing grandchildren. Trading salt spray for soil, a lifestyle block in Motueka beckoned them back to land, to retire. That bought only hard work and further upheaval.
Book Three “Sailing Yarns to lofty Barns” in this three-part memoir series by Michael Brown opens with a fresh start in the Bay of Islands and leads to 10 years of sailing the tropics. Alongside his third life partner, Mike chases the sun and stars across the South Pacific seeking solitude and calm, all the while, deep down, trying to figure out how to keep connection with his adult children and growing grandchildren. Trading salt spray for soil, a lifestyle block in Motueka beckoned them back to land, to retire. That bought only hard work and further upheaval.