There’s no better occasion than this Sant Jordi Day to share the story of a Barcelona native. Marcos Puig Boltas has embarked on the adventure of writing after spending more than twenty years at sea, and at some point, he decided that living on land didn’t make much sense. Together with his partner Judith Mas and their dog Trufa, he cast off from the sailboat Ju in Lanzarote with no set return date. *Mar a Mar*, his literary debut published in 2026, is the result of that gamble.
The book tells the story of a radical decision and its consequences, as seen through the paradises he has sailed: the Canary Islands, the Antilles, Los Roques, Guna Yala, Bocas del Toro, the Galápagos, Vanuatu, Australia… More than fifty thousand miles of life at sea condensed into 386 pages that combine extreme adventures, unforgettable characters, and an unvarnished reflection on what it means to choose a different life.
One of the greatest strengths of Puig’s debut is that he writes as he navigates—without embellishments or frills, with precision, and avoiding facile romanticism. And at its core lies a question that the book answers better than any philosophical essay: what remains when you’re left with only the essentials?
Where can I buy it? Here