Loss -- Freedom -- A course change -- An inauspicious beginning -- Going solo -- Reasons to quit -- Anger -- Sailing with children -- Obsession -- Zephyrs -- Becalmed -- Better lucky than smart -- Sighting a whale -- Gremlins fight back -- Moments to remember -- Heavy weather -- Origins of a race -- Night sailing -- Watching the radio -- The hat trick -- Ya gotta love it -- A river in the sea -- Planet water -- The risk budget -- Connections -- Losing the Genoa -- Hitting the wall -- Compass awareness -- Back in gear -- Singing at the helm -- Sailing off the calendar -- Friends and family -- Turning the page -- Navigation -- A shearwater's visit -- Best seat in the house -- Coming to America -- Chopin's variations -- A surprise squall -- The fog breaks -- Appendices. Rubicon's sail plan and layout ; 0209 OSTAR : list of competitors, explanation of classes, and tracks.