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.
zlib_text: Between Roc and a Hard Place
  Heather Graham
  
  To Doreen and John and Baby Westermark, with lots of love and best wishes.
  
  Chapter 1
  “Captain! We’ve caught more than fish in the net, sir!”
  Roc Trellyn strode forward on the deck of the Crystal Lee, his bare feet silent against the wooden planking. They were
  between the Florida peninsula and the Bahamas, the weather was warm and balmy, and he was clad in nothing but a faded pair
  of blue cutoffs. As befit a man who spent the majority of his life on the water, his bare chest and arms were deeply bronzed;
  even the dark hair on his chest was bleached until the tips were golden.
  He was a tall man, lean, hard and well muscled, a swimmer, a diver, a sailor. He was dark, with jet black hair, a little
  shaggy since they had been at sea for several weeks now, and his face was just as bronzed as his shoulders. His features were
  striking, saved from true handsomeness by the rugged edges brought on by constant exposure to the sea and sun. His cheekbones