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--- Jim  wrote:

> It has been many years since I read Buckley's book about sailing
> across the Atlantic.

Do you have a title by any chance? I couldn't locate anything with that
description on Amazon.

--
GregR



> It has been many years since I read Buckley's book about sailing
> across the Atlantic. If I recall correctly, I believe that the HP 65
> was programmed by a friend/engineer from HP.
>
> I always had the impression that  Buckley was fascinated with CN but
> did not know the level of detail of the subject that one might be
> lead
> to believe and, as has been mentioned earlier, did things by wrote.
>
> I also recall a rather pompous comment near the end of the book
> explaining that due to his notoriety many people would buy his book
> on
> sailing thus paying for the voyage.
>
> A review of his video I read commented that "you better bring your
> dictionary" to understand what he was saying referring to Buckley's
> incessant use of obscure words. I would think it not too condusive to
> easy understanding someone new to the subject.
>
> Interesting guy.
>
>
> >
>


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