This swash-buckling saga unfolds to reveal adventure on the high seas, exploration of uncharted lands, settling on exotic islands and leading a blissfully simple and easy way of life that embodies peace, luxury, health, romance and redemption.

HMS Tranquility sailed from Spithead, England on December 2, 1787, manned by Captain Michael Hayward and a crew of 52 hardy souls bound for Polynesia. Their mission: collect exceptional Polynesian goods and commodities from the remote South Pacific islands, retrieving them for the luxury and amusement of King George III.

Just over a year later, Tranquility was fully loaded and headed for home. Then, on the morning of April 1, 1789, the crew unexpectedly sailed the HMS Tranquility off-course to an isolated region of the South Pacific, anchoring just off uncharted Ooh-Ga-Boo-Ga Island.

There, thanks to the abundance of their South Pacific treasure troves, they quickly established a settlement a trading post and a commonwealth that still exists to this day.