A year after his son's death, the author turns to sailing as a means of alleviating his grief. The narrative follows his learning the art of sailing and his initial voyage. There is an inner journey as well. It takes the reader along a spiritual path that entails the connection the author, his wife, and his son had with a Native American spiritual teacher. Life's most heartbreaking tragedy, the death of one's child is explored in ways perhaps not ordinarily perceived as grieving. This work was written in 1993, now published for the first time.