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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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