Doug Gray's love affair with boats began in the womb. His parents owned a cottage which could only be reached by boat, and he was born less than a week after Labour Day. According to his Mother, on a rough day, he could have been born in the boat. During university, he and a couple of buddies took a year off to see the world, which he may tell us about when he is sure that all the statutes of limitations in several countries have run out.

• Introduction; Nascopie Enters Service; The Company Circa 1910; Navigating in the North; Technical Interlude: Designing Nascopie; Concept of Operations; Mrs Watt Goes Cruising; Nascopie Sails to Russia; Russia Again; Smellie Takes Command; The Twenties; The Thirties; Again to War; Farewell Nascopie; After Nascopie.