Always Another Horizon: A Journey Around the World

By Tina Olton

Book Overview

"Always Another Horizon.is well written and a delightful way to spend a winter's evening or a rainy day."
-Santana Magazine

Full of rich detail and intriguing insight, Always Another Horizon: A Journey Around the World tells the story of one couple's voyage around the globe.

For nearly eight years, author Tina Olton and her husband, Steve Salmon, sailed around the world on their forty-foot, ocean-going sailboat, Another Horizon. In that time, they traveled 45,000 miles, visited sixty-one countries, and crossed three oceans as well as countless seas, canals, lakes, and rivers.

From Berkeley, California, the couple cast off their dock lines to head west through the Golden Gate. The whole world was before them-the ultimate traveler's dream. From the rich beauty of French Polynesia on Easter Sunday to the whitewashed beaches of Greece, Olton and Salmon embraced the world and its diversity.

But the voyage also forced the couple to examine the limits of their determination, their ability to endure hardship, their tolerance for other people-regardless of behavior or beliefs-and their good will toward each other. Olton and Salmon soon realized that the journey would have a profound impact on their lives-or bring them to their knees.

For maps and photos, see www.AlwaysAnotherHorizon.com.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583484736
• ISBN13: 9781583484739
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Great Adventure

What was most amazing to me about this wonderful account was that someone like me actually took this trip. An ordinary couple who, without vast sailing experiences and with careers and strong family ties, decided to fulfill their dream. It is a thoroughly enjoyable read.

Kudos to Olton - A Great Read

Olton engages the reader from the beginning as she and her husband journey around the world in their sailboat. Her experiences and observations are written with a sensitivity and personal honesty that is refreshing and compelling. I truly did not want this book to end.

My personal insights

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this very personal account of this epic adventure. Olton made it sound as if this was something that normal people were capable of doing if they were determined enough and did their homework well. I recommend readers plot the course with an open World Atlas as this makes the scale even more impressive. The amount of detail about each place was well balanced between mundane business and exotic cultural/geographical details. The strength of the family connections pulling them 'home' contrasting with their goals of seeing the 'world' was significant for those of us toying with the idea of selling up and following in their footsteps. An extaordinary achievment.

For Landlubbers and Mariners alike

Fabulous account of travels near and far! You do not have to be a seaman to really enjoy this book - it is about traveling on the sea, but more importantly, what the author and her husband saw! If you have ever traveled, or just travel vicariously from the comfort of your home, you will enjoy the accounts of people and places so different from - and yet so very much alike - each of us. ENJOY!

Raves for "Always Another Horizon"

One of the best first-person travel accounts we have ever read. The book chronicles an 8 year-long circumnavigation on a 40 foot sailboat, giving intimate, inspiring and exciting details of countries and cultures that you won't find in most travel books. Highly recommended.