After finally emerging from the South American wilderness after the incredible 60,000 mile voyage that took the author from the world's lowest waters (the Dead Sea) to the highest (Lake Titicaca), Jones was arrested first in Buenos Aires, then in Montevideo When he made it home to Britain, his vessel the 'Sea Dart' was impounded by customs officals because Jones couldn't pay the import tax In his quest to liberate Sea Dart, Jones took any work he could get from stoking the boilers of Harrod's department store to skippering one-day cruises for jaded New Yorkers