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Good Trouble on the High Seas: A Memoir
Good Trouble on the High Seas tells the harrowing true story of a sailboat delivery that started as a routine offshore voyage—and spiraled into a nightmare at sea.
In 2023, four sailors set out to deliver a 56-foot sail-racing yacht from Hawaii to the California. The weather was calm, the vessel was sound, and the route was familiar. But just days into the crossing, the veteran captain—Paul Martson—began to unravel. He started drinking and became paranoid, erratic, and increasingly violent.
Communications were disabled and sabotaged. The crew—Kylie, Jaime, and Joline—were isolated, trapped aboard a vessel in the middle of the Pacific with a man they now believed was capable of murder.
The book follows the rescue on the open ocean, and the time spent aboard the cargo ship that saved them—where survival meant outsmarting a captain who was unraveling, and adjusting to life at sea on a foreign country's vessel.
Written as a personal account by crew member Kylie Bebe, Good Trouble on the High Seas is a chilling exploration of psychosis, love, and the fragile line between life and death on the high seas.
In 2023, four sailors set out to deliver a 56-foot sail-racing yacht from Hawaii to the California. The weather was calm, the vessel was sound, and the route was familiar. But just days into the crossing, the veteran captain—Paul Martson—began to unravel. He started drinking and became paranoid, erratic, and increasingly violent.
Communications were disabled and sabotaged. The crew—Kylie, Jaime, and Joline—were isolated, trapped aboard a vessel in the middle of the Pacific with a man they now believed was capable of murder.
The book follows the rescue on the open ocean, and the time spent aboard the cargo ship that saved them—where survival meant outsmarting a captain who was unraveling, and adjusting to life at sea on a foreign country's vessel.
Written as a personal account by crew member Kylie Bebe, Good Trouble on the High Seas is a chilling exploration of psychosis, love, and the fragile line between life and death on the high seas.
248 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 24, 2025
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July 23, 2025
A moving story based on real life events, I couldn’t put it down!
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Read it all through in one sitting, couldn’t put it down! A suspenseful, thrilling, terrifying, and romantic true story
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