Rediscovering America: Courses To Steer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781475220162)

About the author. . . . . Garry Hoyt is a yacht designer, artist and writer, currently residing in Newport, RI. He is the author of four books, Go For The Gold, Ready About, Go For The Green and Isla Verde, as well as numerous articles in marine magazines. In 1976 Hoyt founded Freedom Yachts, which pioneered ocean going boats with free standing spars. He was an Olympic sailor in the Finn Class, placed third in the Snipe Worlds and won the Sunfish World Championship in 1970, along with a wide variety of sailing titles in the Caribbean and the U.S. In January 2000 he was named by Sail magazine as one of the most influential sailors of the past 30 years. In his earlier career in International advertising, Hoyt lived for 25 years in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where his two sons were born. During this period he traveled extensively to Latin America and the Far East as Area Manager for Young & Rubicam, plus Managerial Director of Y&R offices in San Francisco and Chicago. This experience plus his knowledge of Spanish has given him an informed view to the interconnected worlds of Latin and American politics. This is the unique perspective that he brings to Rediscovering America. A 1952 graduate of Colgate University, where he majored in English Literature, Hoyt also received a graduate degree from The Thunderbird School of International Management. He served as a Lieutenant J.G. in the U.S. Coast Guard with Search and rescue duties in Florida and the Caribbean.