title: Cabin Boy: An Adventure at Sea
author: Averyl Reed
description: Averyl O. Reed was born in 1922 in Thomaston, Maine. He grew up listening to stories of old sailors in an era that ended with old vessels rotting along the coast. Reed, a U.S. Navy World War II veteran, wrote Cabin Boy with his grandchildren in mind.
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  The Rover Boys on Land and Sea
  
  
  [INTRODUCTION.](The%20Rover%20Boys%20on%20Land%20and%20Sea_split_001.html#filepos7485)
  
  [CHAPTER I. THE ROVER BOYS IN SAN
  FRANCISCO](The%20Rover%20Boys%20on%20Land%20and%20Sea_split_001.html#filepos9760)
  
  [CHAPTER II. THE TURNING UP OF DAN
  BAXTER](The%20Rover%20Boys%20on%20Land%20and%20Sea_split_001.html#filepos21144)
  
  [CHAPTER III. A DISCOVERY AND WHAT
  FOLLOWED](The%20Rover%20Boys%20on%20Land%20and%20Sea_split_001.html#filepos33741)
  
  [CHAPTER IV. GOOD TIMES AT SANTA
  BARBARA](The%20Rover%20Boys%20on%20Land%20and%20Sea_split_001.html#filepos44990)
  
  [CHAPTER V. ON BOARD OF THE
  YACHT](The%20Rover%20Boys%20on%20Land%20and%20Sea_split_001.html#filepos56682)
  
  [CHAPTER VI. ADRIFT ON THE PACIFIC
  OCEAN](The%20Rover%20Boys%20on%20Land%20and%20Sea_split_001.html#filepos69017)
  
  [CHAPTER VII. DISMAYING
  NEWS](The%20Rover%20Boys%20on%20Land%20and%20Sea_split_001.html#filepos82055)
  
  [CHAPTER VIII. FROM ONE SHIP TO
  ANOTHER](The%20Rover%20Bo