Why RocketGuideBlog exists (and why you can trust it)
Why RocketGuideBlog exists (and why you can trust it) If you’re a cruising sailor, you already know the hard truth: the sea doesn’t reward wishful thinking. It rewards preparation, humility, and the kind of judgment that only comes from time—years of maintenance, weather windows, hard passages, repairs at anchor, and the daily discipline of living well afloat. I’m Richard Chesher . I fell in love with the sea at 18, became a professional diver and SCUBA instructor, and worked as a professional underwater photographer before I ever had the resources—or the confidence—to chase bigger horizons. I bought my first sailboat in 1960, and later earned my Ph.D. in Marine Sciences at the University of Miami Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences—while living aboard a small double-ended ketch anchored right in front of the institute. Except for a short period doing post‑graduate work at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, and time as a professor at...