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Heyward Coleman is a former submarine officer in the U.S. Nuclear Navy with a Master’s in Nuclear Physics from Duke University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Throughout a career spanning the oil shipping industry, the founding of an environmental radiochemistry laboratory, and the development of cutting-edge cancer therapies, he has remained driven by a dual passion for technical innovation and maritime adventure.

He is the author of the two-part series, The Voyages of Skimmer. The first volume, Where the Wind Blows, recounts the 1989 family sabbatical that transformed a career-driven executive and his family into a seasoned crew in the Mediterranean. The sequel, The Next Port, follows his subsequent five-year circumnavigation— ...more

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	A True Sailing Memoir of Circumnavigation, Ocean Adventure, Survival at Sea, and Global Travel(The Voyages of Skimmer Book 2) 4.13 avg rating — 591 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where the Wind Blows: From the Boardroom to the Aegean: A True Story of Family, Resilience, and Discovery Under Sail (The Voyages of Skimmer, #1) 4.34 avg rating — 312 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where the Wind Blows by Heyward Coleman (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I am a businessman with a background in nuclear physics, and I never originally intended to be an author. These books actually started as a series of emails I sent to a group we called the "Friends of Skimmer" while my family and I sailed 40,000 miles around the world.

I was simply reporting on our experiences as they happened. It was the persistent encouragement from that group of friends that eve Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 31, 2026 14:42 • Tags: adventure, circumnavigation, memoir, photography, physics, sailing, travel

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