Back Under Sail - Book

An experienced sailor goes racing for the first time, searching for victory and a renewed love of life. This is a moving portrayal of a frayed life being made whole again in the comradeship of a grueling race through hauntingly beautiful surrounds.

In Back Under Sail: Recovering the Spirit of Adventure, Migael Scherer recounts how she rebuilt her life after a violent assault in Seattle and the death of her close friend Joyce. Years earlier she had missed a chance to crew in a six-day, 200-mile sailing race out of Juneau, Alaska. When a second invitation comes, she joins a crew of five men, only two of whom she knows, as the only woman aboard.

Against the Alaskan scenery, the race becomes her way back to confidence and to her marriage. Milkweed Editions published the hardcover in 2003, with illustrations and maps.