Sailing Fanatic: Timeless Reflections On Water, Wind, And Wave

by Christopher Caswell (Editor)

For anyone who has ever taken to or been taken by the water, The Sailing Fanatic is the perfect book. Featuring some of the most notable quotes about the sea, boats, the weather, engines, racing, and philosophy from many well-known personalities, including William F. Buckley Jr., Eugene O'Neill, John F. Kennedy, Sir Francis Chichester, Ted Heath, Ann Davison, Ted Turner, Jimmy Buffett, Rachel Carson, and many others, this is a collection that every sailor will treasure.

440 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2006

About the author

Winner of more than 50 awards for writing and a yachting journalist for more than four decades, Chris Caswell was the Editor of Sea Magazine, Senior Editor of Yachting Magazine, and now contributes regularly to Yachts International.
“I’ve owned more boats that I want my wife or banker to know about,” he says, and his fleet is ever changing, including both power and sail.
In addition to writing about boats, he was the host of the Marine Voyager cable series weekly on the Speed Channel and Outdoor Life Networks. He’s even appeared on Oprah! as an expert on the boating lifestyle.
He has written eight books on everything from basic boating to charter cruising, sailboat racing to collections of nautical fiction. When not cruising the waters of Scotland, Thailand or Tahiti, he stows his duffel in West Palm Beach, FL.