When a boy leaves home at sixteen to make his way in the world he relishes his new-found freedom and craves adventure. His journey takes him from his home in Hong Kong back to his birthplace in England and then, as a fledgling engineer, to the Northwest Frontier of Pakistan and to Canada, SE Asia, Africa and America. The boy becomes a man, finds love and the joy of fatherhood. He climbs the career ladder to senior management but yearns again for freedom and adventure. A sailboat and the islands beckon….