NavList:

I, like Peter Fogg, have far too many books (to some people's way of
thinking).  Those I listed are indeed only those most relevant to what
seem to be the main threads on the list.  I am by profession, a naval
architect, in which I have a degree and 30 years experience.  I have
worked at a shipyard, a college specializing in Naval Architecture, the
US Coast Guard, and the US Navy.  I have ridden ships ranging from tow
boats on the Mississippi, to 1000 foot ore carriers on the Great Lakes,
to container ships, to Coast Guard cutters, and Navy submarines and
surface ships.  My specially is hydrodynamics, specifically seakeeping.
I also have a degree in oceanography, with a specialization in
physical oceanography (wave, currents, tides, etc.)  (I started in
physics so have had a fair amount of science and math.  While an
undergraduate, I worked for the physics department, including building
equipment for and collecting data using the university's 36 inch
telescope.)  I own a small sailboat.  I raced "big boats" for many
years on Chesapeake Bay and offshore.  I was commodore, racing
chairman, and fleet captain (head boat repairer) of my college sailing
club.  My other interests include first person accounts from the age of
sail, seamanship in the age of sail, the poetry of John Masefield,
nautical fiction (Marryat, Conrad, James Fenimore Cooper) and some not
so relevant to the list (ancient Greek and Roman history and
philosophy, the US Civil War, etc).  My grandfather's brother was a
professor of Naval Architecture at MIT and an author of the first
edition of Principles of Naval Architecture (the Bible of NA's), his
other brother was an early power boat racer, the founder and publisher
of Motor Boating, a founder of the US Power Squadron, and author of
Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling (the Bible of Boaters in
the US).  (These two brother were the "Click and Clack" of the boating
world for those familiar with the NPR automotive show featuring two
brothers, one an MIT professor of automotive engineering and the other
the operator of a repair shop.)  I was also for many years a member of
the Mystic Marine Historical Society, now Mystic Seaport.  Like Peter,
I've never seemed to have had time to list/organize/read the entire
library I have.  That would have to include those in my office too,
since almost all cover the topics he lists.   Maybe, I should have at
it.


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