Robert Beebe

Captain Robert P. Beebe was a boy in the Philippines when his father gave him his first boat, a native canoe. Boats and ships remained at the core of his life. His thirty-year career in the U.S. Navy spanned two wars. Between tours of duty he studied naval architecture, designed boats, and wrote many articles for boating magazines. After World War II he became interested in ocean-going motorboats. Years of research led to "Passagemaker" and her voyage three-quarters of the way around the world-...See more

Captain Robert P. Beebe was a boy in the Philippines when his father gave him his first boat, a native canoe. Boats and ships remained at the core of his life. His thirty-year career in the U.S. Navy spanned two wars. Between tours of duty he studied naval architecture, designed boats, and wrote many articles for boating magazines. After World War II he became interested in ocean-going motorboats. Years of research led to "Passagemaker" and her voyage three-quarters of the way around the world--and ultimately, to this book. James F. Leishman is an experienced ocean voyager in his own right. His firm, Pacific Asian Enterprises, builds some of the finest long-distance voyaging craft--power or sail--available anywhere. See less