"Captain Guyan March had spent his entire professional career aboard Windjammer Barefoot Cruises’ fleet of extravagant tall ships that carry passengers on weeklong fantasy cruises spiced with rum and sun. When he agreed to command the Fantome, Windjammer’ marquee ship, a beautiful 282-foot schooner that “ ailed like a pig” in the Gulf of Honduras, he knew that a storm would leave him little space to run. In the southern reaches of the Caribbean, Tropical Storm Mitch whirled to life like a nebula and became Captain March’ worst nightmare - a category five storm with 180-mile-per-hour winds and 50-foot seas. After discharging his passengers in Belize, Captain March and his crew, most of them West Indians, took the 20 million uninsured tall ship out to sea to dodge the approaching storm. What ensued was a deadly game of cat and mouse that confounded experts’ predictions and cornered the Fantome with eerie precision.Based on journalist Jim Carrier’
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