After my own long career in traditional sail, I was surprised to find that I’d never heard of Shane Granger or his adventures in his ketch, VEGA, delivering humanitarian supplies across the sprawling archipelago of Indonesia. This serves to show how many otherwise rational people remain enthralled by the conveyance of sail in the current age of seafaring, a time when most professional mariners can leave the dock with all the comforts of home and a reasonable chance of returning as planned.