Buddha and a Boat is the second autobiographical novel in the Anchors in An Open Sea trilogy by Dyana Wells. Alice and family return to their sailing, cycling and back-packing adventures through Vanuatu, New Caledonia and back to New Zealand. This time there are life-defining intersections to be navigated. The physical joys and triumphs of her journey, and the inner spiritual explorations that are a key part of meaning for Alice, become entangled in the stormy outbreaks of her romance. When some of Alice’s family arrive to share a holiday, everything falls apart.