The Long Voyage

It has been said that there are no new stories, that every conceivable plot has been explored, that each "new" story is an iteration of some oft told tale. Yet, dear reader, in this story I believe that you will find adventure and love between a man and a woman of a sort that has not been told before. I will say no more lest I spoil the story for you.
In the year 1849 an outstanding humanities professor at the University of Edinburgh is offered the position of first chancellor of the new University of Sydney. A fortuneteller has told his wife he would never get to Australia. She fears for his safety but reluctantly gives her assent for him to make the long voyage and assume the offered position. He sails on The Invincible, one of the first of the great Yankee Clippers.
Who has not fantasized what it would be like to be stranded on a South Seas Island with little hope of rescue? This story may take your fantasy to its limits.