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Re: Buckley the Navigator
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2008 Mar 2, 16:23 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2008 Mar 2, 16:23 -0800
Gary LaPook writes: It has been a long time since I read Buckley's sailing books ( so my recolections may be wrong) but I remember that he confessed that he could never learn the stars so didn't use star sights. This sticks in my memory since I was suprised, at the time, that such a brilliant man was unable to learn the stars. When I get back to California next week I will review those books. gl On Mar 1, 1:32 am, frankr...@HistoricalAtlas.net wrote: > 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." " > > -FERwww.HistoricalAtlas.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---