A first person account of a 72 year old man, sailing solo, through dangerous storms, drifting in the windless equatorial doldrums, while repairing an engine, in his 34 foot sloop, Radiance II. This 23, 000 nautical mile voyage from Monterey Bay, Calif. to French Polynesia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, Kodiak, Alaska, and back, after 46 months, is a testament to his determination to finish, to survive, no matter what may come. It is a voyage of consequence.