Beyond the Ocean is a novel based on real events, which occurred on a sailing cruise around the world between the years 2007 and 2010. Etienne, an executive of a multinational company, suffers an unsuspected change of his life and decides to cast off, letting himself be carried away by the wind. Without any experience or recourses he departs with an 11 metre sailing yacht made in 1984, looking for new experiences and a more genuine life. A childhood dream will be the motive for the journey and the sea the means to the end.
After crossing the Atlantic Ocean and before passing through the Panama Channel, a woman unexpectedly turns up in his life changing his fate and future.
During his voyage over the Pacific and Indian Oceans and through the Red Sea he has to face adverse situations: An attempted murder in the Caribbean, a collision with a killer whale near the Galapagos, a rescue on the high seas in the South Pacific, cannibalism on the Marquesas, a tsunami south of Samoa, siren chants in the Arabian Sea, boarded by pirates in Yemen…Before he can reach his destination, Barcelona, after crossing the Suez Canal, he must go to hospital on the Island of Crete and has to put an end to his voyage. During his convalescence he visits the palace of Knossos and, observing the labyrinth of the Minotaur, becomes aware of the fact that the world of causalities does not exist. The end of his voyage around the world coincides with the search of the mystery that unites the Cretan labyrinth with the one of the cathedral of Chartres. The novel allows the reader to travel first hand to far-out and unknown places, such as the South Pacific Islands and the countries of New Guinea and Yemen. Meeting the inhabitants and experiencing their customs, some of them are very ancient, as well as the influence of the sea on his long passages eventually transform the main character, converting him into a different person.
After crossing the Atlantic Ocean and before passing through the Panama Channel, a woman unexpectedly turns up in his life changing his fate and future.
During his voyage over the Pacific and Indian Oceans and through the Red Sea he has to face adverse situations: An attempted murder in the Caribbean, a collision with a killer whale near the Galapagos, a rescue on the high seas in the South Pacific, cannibalism on the Marquesas, a tsunami south of Samoa, siren chants in the Arabian Sea, boarded by pirates in Yemen…Before he can reach his destination, Barcelona, after crossing the Suez Canal, he must go to hospital on the Island of Crete and has to put an end to his voyage. During his convalescence he visits the palace of Knossos and, observing the labyrinth of the Minotaur, becomes aware of the fact that the world of causalities does not exist. The end of his voyage around the world coincides with the search of the mystery that unites the Cretan labyrinth with the one of the cathedral of Chartres. The novel allows the reader to travel first hand to far-out and unknown places, such as the South Pacific Islands and the countries of New Guinea and Yemen. Meeting the inhabitants and experiencing their customs, some of them are very ancient, as well as the influence of the sea on his long passages eventually transform the main character, converting him into a different person.
