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Re: Buckley the Navigator
From: Greg R_
Date: 2008 Mar 2, 16:43 -0800
>
> An excerpt from an obituary of William F. Buckley:
> "In the 1980s, at midlife, Buckley began to escape the tedium of politics by
> reinventing himself as a novelist and memoir writer. His two sailing books,
> "Atlantic High" and "Racing Through Paradise," are graceful, humorous
> accounts of his crossings of the Atlantic and Pacific in a 71-foot ketch,
> "Sealestial."
>
> Norfolk photographer and writer Christopher Little first met Buckley while
> on assignment for The New York Times in the early 1970s, and eventually
> became one of Buckley's closest friends. In the 1980s, Little sailed as a
> crew member and photographer aboard the Sealestial when Buckley made his
> long ocean crossings, sharing the same bunk area with him.
>
> "Our first Atlantic trip, from St. Thomas to Spain, was just before GPS came
> in and Buckley was a superb navigator, using the traditional sextant and
> star sightings to get us across the ocean," Little said Wednesday during a
> phone interview. "In my line of work, you meet a lot of famous and charming
> people, but Bill took that to an even higher level. You couldn't possibly
> have more fun with someone. He told hilarious stories and shared great
> gossip about all the famous people he knew." "
>
> -FER
> www.HistoricalAtlas.com
>
>
>
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From: Greg R_
Date: 2008 Mar 2, 16:43 -0800
I have no doubt that Buckley was probably a
superb navigator, but I found his "Celestial Navigation Simplified" DVD to be
less than helpful (much of it seemed to rely on rote "do as I say, don't
worry about the theory" learning) and his narration seemed a bit pompous
and with what appeared to me to be a tone of "I know this and you don't" running
throughout it.
"Luckily" the DVD had a huge video/audio glitch
and I was able to get a refund for it, but I definitely wouldn't recommend it to
anyone wanting to learn celnav - there are a lot better choices out
there.
--
GregR
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From: <frankreed@HistoricalAtlas.net>
To: <NavList@fer3.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 12:32
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Subject: [NavList 4562] Buckley the
Navigator
> An excerpt from an obituary of William F. Buckley:
> "In the 1980s, at midlife, Buckley began to escape the tedium of politics by
> reinventing himself as a novelist and memoir writer. His two sailing books,
> "Atlantic High" and "Racing Through Paradise," are graceful, humorous
> accounts of his crossings of the Atlantic and Pacific in a 71-foot ketch,
> "Sealestial."
>
> Norfolk photographer and writer Christopher Little first met Buckley while
> on assignment for The New York Times in the early 1970s, and eventually
> became one of Buckley's closest friends. In the 1980s, Little sailed as a
> crew member and photographer aboard the Sealestial when Buckley made his
> long ocean crossings, sharing the same bunk area with him.
>
> "Our first Atlantic trip, from St. Thomas to Spain, was just before GPS came
> in and Buckley was a superb navigator, using the traditional sextant and
> star sightings to get us across the ocean," Little said Wednesday during a
> phone interview. "In my line of work, you meet a lot of famous and charming
> people, but Bill took that to an even higher level. You couldn't possibly
> have more fun with someone. He told hilarious stories and shared great
> gossip about all the famous people he knew." "
>
> -FER
> www.HistoricalAtlas.com
>
>
>
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