1. THE SEA Seven Seas & Five Oceans - the geography of the world's oceans Doggerland - how the world's coastlines have changes over millennia Negative Ions - health-giving properties of the sea Nature's illusions - eg Flying Dutchman, Fata Morgana, St Elmo's fire Does drinking salt water really drive you mad? The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - and how to get rid of it 2. WEATHER & TIDES The UKs Shipping Forecast How do tides work? What are the Trade Winds / Roaring Forties / Doldrums? Do rogue waves really exist? How to read the weather Weather rhymes 3. FLORA & FAUNA The Sargasso Sea and the great eel migration Ocean bird migration routes Adopt a whale Do giant squids really exist? Who was Moby Dick? Poisonous fish to avoid Which seaweeds can you eat? 4. SHIPS & SAILORS Sailing rigs - from dinghy to full-rigged ship Life on board The Spice Route The Middle Passage The Modern Shipping Routes Ten legendary ships Ten greatest sailors Ten fiercest pirates Shipwrecks of the world Titanic myths debunked How to make a paper boat 5. NAVIGATION & SEAMANSHIP Finding longitude The only six knots you'll ever need What is dead reckoning? Navigating without charts Signal flags, morse code & buoyage How to build a Stevenson lighthouse Why a ship's 'log' gives a reading in 'knots' Why GPS is deliberately inaccurate 6. STORIES & SUPERSTITION Is the Bermuda triangle real? Mermaids & selkies The real story behind the TikTok shanty song Wellerman Why do sailors wear ear rings? Was Nelson really pickled in brandy? The sea word 1: list of expressions derived from nautical terms The sea word 2: list of nautical sayings (could be scattered randomly throughout the book).