Sea Fever by Angela Meyer from The Listen Anytime Library

A love story, a modern escape fantasy and a funny, sharp, observant page-turner of a read.

Wellington writer Angela Meyer Photo: Supplied

How is it that someone who gets seasick and loves her two showers a day attempted to sail across the Pacific in a small yacht with her new husband and baby? It can be summed up in two words. Love. Adventure.

Yep, there is the love of adventure, which is pretty self explanatory. And then there is love with a capital L, which needs a little more explaining.

In Mrs Blacksmith's (aka Angela Meyer) words: 'I should have known that a life on the high seas was on the cards when our wedding cake featured a cut out of a sailing ship'.

Listen to Kim Hill's interview with Angela Meyer about Sea Fever

Credits:
Produced by Prue Langbein and engineered by Phil Benge and Chris Keogh for RNZ

Sea Fever - Part 1

26 Dec 2013

The return of Ross, the sailor Angela had fallen in love with but thought had left her. Audio

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Sea Fever - Part 2

27 Dec 2013

Angela ponders long term commitment, having a child and what next towards her adventure on the high seas. Audio

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Sea Fever - Part 3

30 Dec 2013

Angela and husband Ross make a 500 day chart to plan their sailing adventure across the Pacific. Audio

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Sea Fever - Part 4

31 Dec 2013

Angela, Ross and twenty-month Dashkin arrive in Aruba where it's Carnival time and Angela revels in the costumes on display. Audio

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Sea Fever - Part 5

1 Jan 2014

Angela and Ross spend three weeks cleaning their boat, renamed Te Ikaroa, and Dash falls into the bilge the day before their maiden voyage. Audio

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Sea Fever - Part 6

2 Jan 2014

Angela enjoys a rope swim behind the yacht and the boat battery goes flat so they rely on wind to get to Santa Marta and arrive on Easter Sunday. Audio

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Sea Fever - Part 7

3 Jan 2014

In the port of Portbelo, Te Ikaroa prepares to transit the Panama Canal. Audio

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Sea Fever - Part 8

6 Jan 2014

The Blacksmith family enjoy a week in South Central America before setting sail again in the company of dolphins and a whale. Audio

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Sea Fever - Part 9

4 Jan 2014

The Blacksmiths hit an electrical storm as they set off on the biggest leg of their journey - the trip across the Pacific. Audio

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Sea Fever - Part 10

5 Jan 2014

Angela and Ross have abandoned their dream of sailing the Pacific and had no response to their requests for help. The US Coast Guard arrives, Dashkin celebrates his 2nd birthday on board the rescue… Audio

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Sea Fever
Published by Random House
ISBN: 9781869799175

Angela Meyer is a Wellington writer, arts publicist, mother and sailor. She ran a dance troupe and a dating site before becoming a globe-trotting sailor in a search for love and fulfilment.