Come and see me at the show at the following
times:
Friday 14th - 11.00 - 11.20
Location: Knowledge Box
Nigel Calder got into motorcycles and sailing dinghies as a
teenager, and has never veen far from mechanical things and boats
ever since. In a varied career, before becoming a full-time
writer he worked on automotive assembly lines, in foundries and
machine shops, and on offshore oil production platforms.
He and his wife Terrie have built a couple of 70-foot canal
boats (on which they lived in England) and a 39-foot Ingrid
cutter. They then sailed a Pacific Seacraft 40 for 5 years,
following which they had a Malo 45 built in Sweden. This has
now been sold to be replaced by the same boat but with an
experimental electrical and propulsion distribution system.
Nigel and Terrie have sailed in the North Sea, and extensiveoly
in the Caribbean, with Pippin (now aged 24) and Paul(23) augmenting
the crew along the way.
Nigel is best known for his 'Boatowner's Mechanical and
Electrical Manual' and his 'Marine Diesel Engines', both in their
third editions and both considered definitive works in their
field. In addition to over 200 magazine articles, he has also
authored 'Cruising Guide to the Northwest Caribbean', 'Cuba: A
Cruising Guide', 'Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook: a Compendium
for Coastal and Offshore Sailors' and 'How to read a Nautical
Chart'.
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