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Frank Sargeant - The Complete Idiot's Guide to Boating and Sailing 2nd Edition

Many years ago, not too long after I’d given up professional seafaring for a job as a

marine magazine writer, I exchanged a few complimentary words with Frank Sargeant at

the Miami Boat Show. I’d never met Frank before, and he’d just won the prestigious

National Marine Manufacturers Association Director’s Award, an honor bestowed upon a

marine journalist or scrivener each year for making a remarkable contribution to the

world of boats and writing about them.

Frank was a guy I admired and envied. He wrote for all sorts of popular publications,

from Sports Afield to Boating, and his name graced a whole raft of fishing how-to books I’d

seen on bookstore shelves in Florida and elsewhere. Frank was, in fact, one of those guys

who’d really made it in a realm I was only beginning to break into.

From the standpoint of personality, what most struck me about Frank at the time was the

paradox he projected. While the man was having undeniable success with the written

word, writing seemed to be rather secondary to him. Unlike many journalists who

describe the experiences of others secondhand, Frank was a consummate boatman first

and foremost—with his own experiences. He was one of those people who knows boats

intimately and is passionate about them, with the requisite talent and intelligence to be

able to simply and succinctly communicate to others his love for a rich, multifaceted

sport.

In later years, as I honed my own writing talents at Boating and Power & Motoryacht magazines,

I had the pleasure of working with Frank, editing his boat tests and stories, and

deepening my appreciation for his expertise, knowledge, and humor. I’ll never forget the

time, down in the Florida Straits, when Frank and I spent a couple of uproarious, hairraising

hours in a high-powered, high-performance, 40-some-foot speedboat, leaping

from the crest of one wave to the next, in sea conditions that were more like a washing

machine’s spin cycle than anything else. Frank’s professionalism, knowledge, and humor

that afternoon were both welcome and bolstering.

The same qualities are part and parcel of the volume you hold in your hands left now.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Boating and Sailing is an informed, cut-to-the-chase manual

for recreational boaters that’s written by a boatman who not only knows how to write, but

knows his stuff, from the proper way to jibe a daysailer, to replacing a spark plug in an

outboard, to navigating a runabout around a lake. Whether you’re a boating beginner or

an old hand, you’ll find this book a great read and a fabulous resource.

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