By Paul Caffyn.
Paperback, 148mm x 210mm, 212 pages, monochrome photographs.
The seas off the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand are always restless. An endless succession of waves dash their might into the reefs,cliffs and beaches of this rugged coast. A similar restlessness in Paul Caffyn set him to match his skills and wits in a 1700 mile odyssey around the coast of the North Island.
Paul began his odyssey in late December 1978 from Makara, near Wellington, in an 18 foot long fibreglass sea kayak named Isadora. In the South Taranaki Bight the trip nearly ended in disaster when his kayak "end over ended" in a storm surf onto a boulder beach. Gripping struggles with the west coast surf continued until Paul rounded Cape Reinga and began the downhill leg back to Makara. Encounters with sharks, killer whales and a tourist launch in the Hole in the rock near Cape Brett are but a few of the daily highlights. History of the early ports and lighthouses, the pranks perpetrated by the lighthouse keepers and stories of courageous rescues by the Cape Reinga crayfishermen add depth and colour to the narrative.

ISBN 0-9597823-1-1.