Amy and Jimmie were not sailors. Their experience included reading a few books, watching a couple of instructional videos, and sailing once a week for a year. They were land-lubberly, middle-class twentysomethings, audacious and in love. All they wanted was to be together and do something extraordinary. They quit their jobs, bought a boat that was categorically considered "too small" for ocean sailing, and without some "must-have" sailing equipment, sailed along the coast from Portland Oregon to the Sea of Cortez. The Box Wine Sailor s tells the true story of a couple's ramshackle trip down the coast with all the exulting highs and terrifying lows of sailing a small boat on the Pacific. From sailing on Thanksgiving morning under spectacular bright blue Californian skies just off the Channel Islands as dolphins raced alongside their boat to the terrifying experience of rounding Punta Gorda and hanging on to the mast for dear life, being thrown side-to-side, back to front, atop their small vessel, and looking about at what seemed like the apocalypse. It also tells the story of two very normal people doing what most people only dream of, settling the argument that if you want something bad enough you can make it happen.