2008, Black Wave, A Family's Voyage of Adventure and the Tragedy That Saved Them, by John and Jean Silverwood. (ISBN: 1400066557 / 1-4000-6655-7)

Book Description: Random House, NY, 2008, Stated First Edition. Black hard cover boards, black cloth spine with silver text. 6.5" x 9.5" tall, 1" thick, 226 pages with touching color photos and air shots of the wreck.

Book Condition: Brand New.

Dust Jacket Condition: Brand New. NON price-clipped DJ [$25.00 US].

About This Book: Successful businessman John Silverwood and his wife, Jean, both experienced sailors, decided the time was right to give their four children a taste of thrilling life on the high seas. And indeed their journey aboard the fifty-five-foot cataran Emerald Jane would have many extraordinary amd profound moments, whether it was the peaceful late-night watches John enjoyed under the stunning celestial sky or the elation shyared by the whole family at the sight of blissful pods of doplphin and migrating tortoises.

Synopsis: A couple describes how they took two years off to embark on an extraordinary sea voyage with their four children, a journey that led from Long Island Sound to French Polynesia, and the disaster off the coast of Manuae that transformed their peaceful idyll into a desperate fight for survival. 150,000 first printing.

John and Jean Silverwood

About The Authors: On June 25, 2005, the Silverwood family of California crashed into the reef in a 55-foot catamaran, the Emerald Jane. Thanks to an EPIRB distress call, the family was spotted by a French Navy airplane, picked up by the resident Taputo family, and flown out in a helicopter on June 26. John Silverwood, the captain of the Emerald Jane, would lose his leg and the experience is described in the book "Black Wave", A True-life adventure of a typical family's sea voyage that went horribly wrong, how they survived and ultimately triumphed.