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A fifth-generation local of Newport, Rhode Island, Herb McCormick has been race and cruising from above the Arctic Circle to Antarctica and chronicling his adventures and moves in magazines, magazines and on the web for over three years. An anthology of his best profiles and articles, including first person accounts of sailing in such common situations as the Sydney-Hobart Competition and rounding Cape Horn, Absent to the Sea is an eclectic collection of stories that range between a prophetic luxury cruise with his daughter; for an in-depth post mortem of solo sailor Mike Plant s final, mysterious voyage; to what it's enjoy to invest a stressful day with Americas Cup story Dennis Conner. The previous editor-in-chief of Cruising World publication and yachting correspondent for the New York Times, McCormick has notched over 75,000 offshore kilometers in his sailing profession, including the traditional 2009-2010 Throughout the Americas expedition that circumnavigated North and South America via the Northwest Passage and Cape Horn. As an award-winning journalist, he s been honored with the Country wide Marine Company Association's exclusive Director's Honor and the Fishing boat US Monk Farnham Honor for Brilliance in Editorial Commentary, and his reviews and articles have received numerous first place awards in Boating Authors International's twelve-monthly writing contest. With his daughter, Maggie, he still lives in the heart and soul of downtown Newport.
