The Author
David Hebditch spends too much time if front of a computer and not enough behind a wheel.

After many years in the computer business -- and even longer as a writer -- he's now decided it's time for another change of lifestyle.

Step one was belatedly to slog through all the courses whenever he was in the UK. It was then he learned about the paucity of software for learning the basics...

Thirty years of sailing on everything from dinghies to Baltic Traders took in the English Channel, the Irish Sea, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean.

The Fireball is gone (long before the back and the ex's with his assets) and the 42ft junk-rigged schooner is now in the intensive design phase. After all, if you're going to live on the damn thing...

He's contactable via e-mail.