Connie: I'm no expert, but self-publishing on the web is now a possibility. There also is a web-based company that publishes and provides you some software--can't remember their name. Gary ☺ On Jul 11, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Conbert H. Benneck wrote:
Gary M Hyde wrote:
Hi Gary,
Thanks for the encouragement. So far I get a few pages a day written. One of my first big problems was to find my real old log books so that I could get times, places and the details correct. After lots of searching, and turning the house upside-down I finally found them. Its amazing what you find in there.
Old Yugoslavian Port Payment receipts; Crew Lists (needed whenever you enter a new country); Duty Free purchases, and the costs of things in Iron Curtain Countries when you pay with hard currency; labels from wines and beers consumed during the voyages; the 8 hour exam I had to take to get my German Captains License that covered, celestial navigation, radio usage, maritime law, boat maintenance and engine maintenance, boat safety, and precautions for heavy weather sailing.
Its coming along, but when its done, I open the next can of worms: what are the mechanics of getting it published? ..by whom?
But, first things first.... Let's get the text finished.
Have a great sailing summer,
Connie
Hey Connie, keep at that writing. I'm sure interested in reading it, and I've followed you for years on this list.
--Gary Hyde 2005 M17 #637 sailboat 'Hydeaway 2'
On Jul 1, 2010, at 7:22 AM, Conbert H. Benneck wrote:
bownez@juno.com wrote:
Hi Bones,
Thanks for the kind words. I'm still monitoring the M-Boat list, to at least enjoy M15 goings-on and sailing from my computer screen.
Years ago someone on the List made the suggestion that I write up my experiences. I've finally started doing that. About the first 120 pages are complete.
As all good sailing yarns need a beginning, mine starts in the bathtub, and progressed to model sailboats, row boats / canoes, and then on to real sailboats.
I write about buying a Norwegian fishing boat at the Amsterdam Boat Show in 1963; taking delivery of the boat in Rotterdam and then going from Rotterdam through inland waterways back to Paris, where we lived at that time. Dutch, Belgian and a few French locks were power operated. The remainder of the French ones were hand operated - about 152 of them.... Lots of fun, .... and work.
Have a super time sailing on Lake Vermillion, and tell us all about it so that we can properly envy you.
Connie
Hi Connie,
Glad to see you are still monitoring the M-Boat list! We have always enjoyed hearing about your past experiences, and now we will be pleased to entertain you with our cruising tales. Time waits for no one, get out there on the water as much as you can. I think I'll be returning to one on Minnesota's crown jewels, Lake Vermillion, with my M17 come mid July.
Keep the stories active my friends.
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