{"product_id":"an-inexplicable-attraction-my-fifty-years-of-ocean-sailing-9780692839256","title":"An Inexplicable Attraction: My Fifty Years of Ocean Sailing","description":"\u003cp\u003eSailing well into his eighties, Captain Eric Forsyth shows in his book, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Inexplicable Attraction: My Fifty Years of Ocean Sailing, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e that age need not be a barrier to an adventurous retirement. His love of ocean sailing was ignited in 1964 when he crossed the Atlantic with his wife, Edith, crewing aboard a friend's 46-foot boat. For more than fifty years, mostly aboard his sturdy cutter\u003cem\u003e Fiona\u003c\/em\u003e, Forsyth has cruised the oceans of the world, making voyages that included two circumnavigations of the globe, cruises through the Northwest Passage and to the Baltic, and several excursions to both the Arctic and Antarctic. His stories will appeal to all sailors, whether active or armchair, and to travel buffs with a penchant for remote places and their histories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn a more serious side, Forsyth has seen many countries that he visited over the decades change from\u003cbr\u003e languorous oligarchies to developing democracies with a thriving middle class. Like the U.S., they have a\u003cbr\u003e profligate appetite for fossil fuel, which is not a sustainable resource in the long run. He suggests ways of\u003cbr\u003e bringing attention to this global problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaptain Forsyth has been honored by fellow sailors with the Seven Seas Award from the Seven Seas Cruising\u003cbr\u003e Association, and the Blue Water Medal, given annually by the Cruising Club of America to a single amateur\u003cbr\u003e sailor worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForsyth, Eric B.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Eric Forsyth grew up in Bolton, England. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at Manchester University, he served as an RAF fighter pilot in the 1950s. He obtained a master's degree at Toronto University in 1960 and then worked until his retirement in 1995 at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, New York. He led the development at Brookhaven of superconducting cables suitable for very high capacity underground AC transmission systems. In 1986 he was appointed chair of the Accelerator Development Department, which was responsible for the construction and design of several particle accelerators, including preconstruction design and planning of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, now the largest nuclear physics research tool in the U.S. Forsyth is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE), and in 2007 he was presented with the Herman Halperin Award for Power Transmission and Distribution development. This is the highest distinction awarded annually by the IEEE for research in this field. Since retirement he has twice taken his sailboat around the world and sailed to both polar regions several times, including a transit of the Northwest Passage. In 2000, he was awarded the Blue Water Medal by the Cruising Club of America, an honor given annually to one amateur sailor worldwide. Eric married Edith, a physician, in 1958, and they had two children, a son, Colin, and a daughter, Brenda.","brand":"Yacht Fiona","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845003972882,"sku":"9780692839256","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eaae8f77-09a6-4a59-81e4-de64b8ebd4e2.jpg?v=1737339326","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-inexplicable-attraction-my-fifty-years-of-ocean-sailing-9780692839256","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}