Ralph Naranjo Author

Ralph Naranjo (Annapolis, MD) was technical editor of Cruising World magazine for 12 years, during which he reviewed and sea-tested hundreds of new boats and their systems. For ten years, as Vanderstar Chair at the U.S. Naval Academy, he directed the Academys sail training program with specific focus on safety, seamanship, navigation, and vessel readiness. He was the Academys lead agent in the design and acquisition of a fleet of 30 new 44-foot sailing crafta $15 million, Congressionally funded program. For ten years he managed the Seawanhaka Boatyard and Marina in Oyster Bay, Long Island. He is a marine industry consultant and expert witness, a past chair of the U.S. Sailing Safety at Sea Committee, a frequent U.S. Sailing Safety at Sea seminar moderator, a U.S. Coast Guard licensed master (100 tons), a member of the Explorers Club and the Cruising Club of America, and a past Storm Trysail Club board member. A U.S. Sailing Master Trainer, he understands what recreational boaters need to know about seamanship, and he knows how to teach them. He has written some 200 articles for boating magazines and has won three Boating Writers International awards. He has completed three transatlantic passages, eight Bermuda Races, and numerous other offshore passages under sail and power, and completed a five-year voyage around the world under sail with his wife and children.