"Every good instructor knows that experience is a great, though very demanding, teacher. Luckily, with language and printing, we can learn indirectly from the experience of others, and avoid the more dangerous lessons.

For over 30 years, in Burgee Magazine's "I Learned About Boating From This ..." feature, readers have shared personal encounters with boats and the sea, some dangerous, some just awkward or embarrasing, and some downright amusing. This collection taken from those Burgee columns is fun reading, filled with information that can save boats, equipment, time, money even lives. Coming directly from those who were there, it beats the heck our of learning all of these things the hard way! "

---Mereld Keys
Author, Critic, Reviewer and Marine Educator

 

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About the Author

R.E.(Bob)Robb has been boating since childhood, is a past Commodore, holds a U.S.Coast Guard 100-ton Master's License, has been honored as a Yachtsman of  The Year by the Los Angeles/Long Beach Association of Yacht clubs, and is a winner of the prestigious Harry Briaatin Perpetual Trophy. He has written an advertising guide, Love, Money and Other Persuasive Words, illustrated another author's book, and recently completed his first action/adventure novel, The Golden Scimitar, now in book stores.

Robb has been Burgee Magazine's editor since its first issue in 1973. In this book of stories from that magazine, you will find historical information and excerpts from Burgee Magazine's monthly editorial column, Captain's Gig by Bob Robb, a timely adjunct written with irreverent humor that will bring back memories or give you insight into the early days of pleasure boating in Southern California.