Here is a lovely review of Navigator from an entity called LEO, the article is “Six Summer Books For Men.” “One of the best crime novels we have read in a long time, this book is intelligent, well-plotted and...
Thirty Years Ago
Thirty years ago, I had a nifty big house on Hamburg Cove, on the Connecticut River near Lyme. My daughter Ranie got married at the old Congregational Church, across the harbor. I rowed her over in this lovely Whitehall...
Boats of All Times
Here’s an odd blend of old boats. I have been re reading The Boys In the Boat about the 1936 Olympics and the amazing Washington crew. There’s a lot about the legendary builder of shells, George Pocock. I have...
THE PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR … HEROINES
One of the great pleasures for me in writing The Practical Navigator was creating the two heroines, one of whom is phantasized in this advertisement. (A gifted agency is doing a bunch of ads for us, using quotes from the book....
The Good Ship, Nellie in ‘The Practical Navigator’
I like to boast that almost all of THE PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR comes from the imagination and is not copied from life. For example, the book is about two devoted brothers; I have no brothers. It is, partly, about a...
Double Blacks At 86
The photo shows the brave shadow of an 86 year old gent, about to go tearing down a certified double black run. On skis, if you can imagine such a thing. Wonderful. I often get a little excited about...
