title: A Reef in Time: Waypoints of a Most Unlikely Sailor
author:  Stuart Reininger 
description: Following 25 years as a delivery skipper--including numerous ocean crossings under sail--and master of vessels ranging from ferries to excursion boats and cargo ships, Stu Reininger discovered that writers rarely drown, sleep in wet bunks or sport greasy fingernails, so he became one. After a few years as a staff writer and editor for various marine publications, Reininger decided that the real thing was preferable to corporate sharks so he went back to sea. Today, Reininger teaches live-aboard survival skills and operates a marine consulting service--and continues to write, complete with greasy fingernails.
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  #### The Island of Dr. Moreau
  
  
  [INTRODUCTION](The%20Island%20of%20Dr.%20Moreau_split_002.html#filepos2990)
  
  [I. IN THE DINGEY OF THE "LADY
  VAIN"](The%20Island%20of%20Dr.%20Moreau_split_002.html#filepos5496)
  
  [II. THE MAN WHO WAS GOING
  NOWHERE](The%20Island%20of%20Dr.%20Moreau_split_002.html#filepos11119)
  
  [III. THE STRANGE
  FACE](The%20Island%20of%20Dr.%20Moreau_split_002.html#filepos16885)
  
  [IV. AT THE SCHOONER'S
  RAIL](The%20Island%20of%20Dr.%20Moreau_split_002.html#filepos26704)
  
  [V. THE MAN WHO HAD NOWHERE TO
  GO](The%20Island%20of%20Dr.%20Moreau_split_002.html#filepos33118)
  
  [VI. THE EVIL-LOOKING
  BOATMEN](The%20Island%20of%20Dr.%20Moreau_split_002.html#filepos40570)
  
  [VII. THE LOCKED
  DOOR](The%20Island%20of%20Dr.%20Moreau_split_002.html#filepos50162)
  
  [VIII. THE CRYING OF THE
  PUMA](The%20Island%20of%20Dr.%20Moreau_split_002.html#filepos59477)
  
  [IX. THE THING IN THE
  FOREST](The%20Island%20of%20Dr.%20Moreau_split_002.html#filepos