Not all at sea

Alastair Hannay is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo. He studied in Edinburgh and London, has taught in the USA and written several books, among them five on Søren Kierkegaard. His first novella, Hello and Goodbye, Horace Hardcover was published in 2020

• Dedication; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Pro-log: ‘Down to the seas again’; Part One: Fathoming;  Chapter One: Keel laying; Chapter Two: Homeport Carlisle; Chapter Three: In irons; Chapter Four: Unshackled; Chaper Five: Shipshape; Chapter Six: Ticketed; Chapter Seven: Lightening ship; Chapter Eight: Clearing the decks; Part Two: Surfacing; Chapter Nine: In commission; Chapter Ten: Ghosting; Chapter Eleven: A good deal; Chapter Twelve: On the beach; Chapter Thirteen: Long shots; Part Three: By and large; Chapter Fourteen: Higher latitudes; Chapter Fifteen: Top of the tide; Chapter Sixteen: Off and on; Chapter Seventeen: With the flow; Chapter Eighteen: Coming adrift; Chapter Nineteen:  Taken aback; Chapter Twenty: Squared away; Chapter Twenty-one: Signing off; Epi-log: ‘When the long trick’s over’'; Below deck recovery; References; Father’s and Mother’s Genealogies;