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Edwin P. Cutler
Edwin Paul Cutler grew up with a dream to sail out of sight of land
and steer by the stars. After a career as a mathematician, he went
sailing with his wife, Wendy, on Romarin, a wooden boat built ...vizualizați mai multeEdwin Paul Cutler grew up with a dream to sail out of sight of land
and steer by the stars. After a career as a mathematician, he went
sailing with his wife, Wendy, on Romarin, a wooden boat built in
1938. They spent 10 years sailing in the Caribbean Islands and several
years in Bermuda teaching college math and computers.
They made ocean passages navigating with a sextant. When their
wooden mast broke, they scarfed in a splice and sailed away. They rode
out hurricanes in the Caribbean Islands and repaired broken thru-hull
fittings at sea.
They traveled to French Polynesia to study the islands in the story.
On the Aranui, similar to the Wanderlust, they traveled to all of the
Marquesas, several of the Tuamotus, and on to Tahiti. They flew over
Huahine and Raiatea, spent a week on Bora Bora, and took the ferry from
Tahiti to Moorea to stay in a grass hut.
The islands of the South Pacific were studied in Seven Seas Cruising
Association newsletters, Alan Villiers, "Captain John Cook", 1967, Sven
Wahlroos, "Mutiny and Romance in the South Seas", and Commander Victor
Clark, "On the Wind of a Dream", 1960 and in various chart books.
Edwin has published numerous poems and several short stories in
nautical publications, including sailing adventures and experiences in
Cruising World. Some are available on "epic99.tripod.com". For NASA he
published scientific papers on pulsars and artificial intelligence.
Another adventure-mystery-romance novel, Caribbean Kiss, is ready
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