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For those who don't know who Paul Lutus is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lutus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lutus Some key parts: "Lutus designed el
by luke_s 14y ago
For those who don't know who Paul Lutus is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lutus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lutus
Some key parts: "Lutus designed electronics for the NASA Space Shuttle and created a mathematical model of the solar system that was used by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the Viking Mars mission" and then "... he started writing computer programs on his first personal computer, an Apple II. In the 80s, he would eventually program Apple Writer,"
I also recommend his book about sailing around the world "Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor"!
- ryanmolden 14y agoAnother great book about the same topic (sailing around the world), albeit written in a slightly different time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World
- krakensden 14y agoAnd a third, with a slightly different ending, that may serve as a signpost to geeks with a predilection to romanticize working alone: The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst (http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Last-Voyage-Donald-Crowhurst/dp/0071414290 http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Last-Voyage-Donald-Crowhurst/d...)
- tdonia 14y agoSame race, better outcome: http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Long_Way.html?id=rgKRmmMpJ8kC http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Long_Way.html?id=rgK...
- slackerIII 14y agoWow, thanks for pointing out that connection. I enjoyed reading that book years ago -- I recommend it for anyone with any interest in sailing.
- lutusp 14y ago> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World Yes, the Joshua Slocum book, a classic well worth reading. My book isn't in the same league, but it's developed a loyal following over the years -- it's online and free: http://arachnoid.com/sailbook http://arachnoid.com/sailbook My all-time favorite sailing book quote, from a book titled "Never Again", about a sail in the terrifying "South 40s" near Antarctica: "After the mast blew off, the boat become much more stable." :)
- waterlesscloud 14y agoI read your book online years ago, and it hasn't left my head yet. The seeds of an eventual goal have been planted!
- o1iver 14y agoHey, what book is that quote from? I can't really find anything using "never again". Thanks!
- lutusp 14y agoOkay, I just did some research on this, and I must have misremembered the title. The closest I can come to where I believe I got this quote is: "Cape Horn: One Man's Dream, One Woman's Nightmare" http://www.amazon.com/Cape-Horn-Dream-Womans-Nightmare/dp/0938665839 http://www.amazon.com/Cape-Horn-Dream-Womans-Nightmare/dp/09... But I have to say, I've been telling that story for 25 years now, and honestly, I can't be sure the above is the title that contains the quote.