I took this photo of John Gilmour back in January, when we went to visit the very recent wreck of the MSC Napoli. The photo now adorns page 36 of the second edition of Franco Ferrero’s Sea Kayak Navigation. My photo is uncredited (dammit!) but I can easily forgive Franco, as the book is superb.
I’ve never quite understood the mythology and gobbledigook that swirls like an impenetrable fog around the subject of navigation at sea. This is because I’ve always thought it was actually pretty easy, and when it doesn’t seem easy, you look for ways to make it easy. I’m pleased to see that Franco feels the same. Not only has he given an explanation of the subject which is completely free of BS*, he and designer Peter Wood have made it super-accessible with pretty illustrations and examples to work out at the end of chapters. All for ten quid, too.
Franco is editing my own book and Peter is working on the layout. Flicking through SKN makes me very, very excited indeed, thinking about what they’ll do with my work.
*Baffling Sententiousness.
Mark,
Your photograph is credited on page 6 opposite the contents page.
Indeed it is BS free book.
How odd – not in my copy it isn’t. It’s honestly not a big deal, though.
Mark
Arrrgggghhhhh!
A thousand grovelling apologies Mark. I don’t know how I missed it in the acknowledgements. I’ll make sure it goes in when we do a reprint.
Sorry!
Franco
Don’t worry about it Franco, not a problem – my ego doesn’t need any more massaging in any case …
Mark