THE CHANCE DISCOVERY OF SOME CANNON IN SIXTY FEET OF WATER LED THE AUTHOR TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND COMPEL HIM TO DIVE AND TRY AND SALVAGE WHAT WAS LEFT OF AN OBVIOUSLY OLD WRECK. A YEAR LATER, WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND AN OLD SALT FROM EUROPE THEY BEGAN FROM THE CONTINENT, THE TRIP IN HIS SAILBOAT TO A POINT OFF HAITI IN THE CARIBBEAN. THE STORY OF THE LONG CRUISE WAS IN ITS OWN WAY AN EQUALLY INTERESTING PART OF THE CHRONICLE; BEFORE THEY BEGAN PROBING THE MYSTERIOUS WRECK. WHAT THEY DID AND HOW HEY DID IT...THE DAY TO DAY PROBLEMS MAKES FOR A GOOD COUPLE OF DAYS READING.