..an engaging account....Readers familiar with the area - its shorelines and waters - will savor every word. * Publishers Weekly * In prose as gentle as the breezes that push his craft....Bailey pulls you right to his side on a most amiable walking/boating tour: an inspired guide in a fascinating locale with a rich past....Bailey's writing flashes with drollery and wit; he's a comfortable stylist who works on the reader like a masseur. From the shoals of Madaket to Sow and Pigs reef, Bailey wraps the reader up in this highly entertaining sea passage. * Kirkus *