According to the Editorial notes with part 3, “Sidney Howard is one of the most remarkable members of my crew. He was many things in his life before he became a journalist, and then, tiring of journalism, took to the sea, ultimately making the Thames to Tahiti trip of over 12,000 miles in his 38-ft yacht, an achievement that will go down in history.” Howard wrote a book about his adventure, Thames to Tahiti, which was published in 1933, and subsequently re-issued in 1951.