Escape from Hermit Island : Two Women Struggle to Save Their Sunken Sailboat in Remote Papua New Guinea

by Smith, Joy

• ISBN13: 9781892399274
• ISBN10: 189239927X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Seaworthy Publications Inc.

Summary

The true story of two women stranded on remote Hermit Island atoll after their sailboat strikes a reef and sinks. At the mercy of the indigenous people, they are forced to live with the locals while they devise a plan to refloat their boat and sail to civilization. With careful planning and the help of the island men, they manage to save their boat from the reef only to find it immediately embroiled in a "cargo cult" salvage rights dilemma. Subjected to the arcane traditions of the locals, they struggle to keep control of their boat while they repair it in preparation for the dangerous trip to the mainland. It's a unique look into the primitive culture of one of Papua New Guinea's most isolated civilizations. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

The Sinking	p. 1
Saving Our Kagos	p. 7
Our New Home	p. 15
A Very Long Night Begins	p. 21
The Hull Is Patched	p. 27
Day One on Hermit	p. 35
Kedging and Kagos	p. 43
Beacons, Toksaves, and the Men Have a Plan	p. 53
A Jungle Cradle for Banshee	p. 61
Night Work: Banshee Floats Again	p. 67
"Oh, Those Ninigo Boys"	p. 73
"Happy Sabbath"	p. 83
Religion and Politics Hermit Style	p. 87
The Big Clean-Up	p. 95
A U.S. Envoy Comes to Hermit	p. 99
Good-bye, Joy	p. 105
Our Separate Ways	p. 111
Leslie on Hermit - Moving Back Aboard	p. 119
Joy in Lorengau Town	p. 129
A Fuel Saga and Finally Coming "Home"	p. 141
Life Bilong Hermit	p. 149
"Sel-O" - Of Boats and Planning	p. 161
Of Ships and Hope	p. 169
Leslie On Her Own Again	p. 177
Off to Port Moresby	p. 187
The Search for the Magic Epoxy	p. 195
Joy in Lorengau Town Again	p. 203
Leslie's "Pebekim Time"	p. 211
An Ill-Fated Voyage	p. 219
Hope, Fear, and a Visitor	p. 227
Escape from Hermit	p. 235
A Week's Perilous Voyage	p. 241
We Made It!	p. 251
About Banshee	p. 258
Repairing Banshee	p. 259
Author's Note	p. 261
Pidgin Notes	p. 263
Epilogue	p. 266
Acknowledgements	p. 267
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