The Unlikely Voyage

We were brought up around alcohol, really, you know. I never saw it as a problem. 

– Angelo Smith on where his addiction problems began

... I know physically they can do it, but it's the mental thing you know. That's the good feeling I get, when I see one of the young crew is down, and we get to cheer them up and talk to them . . . Because once you're out there, you're out there: there ain't no going back.

– Angelo Smith on managing his young crew

Whichever vaka it is, it's just healing to be in the ocean.

– Angelo Smith