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DAVID O'NEAL, SA, -- Author of Sailor's Hornbook -- was born in the afterbirth of the schooner Mere de
Mer, which subsequently foundered off the coast of Georgia. The infant resided in the schooner's lifeboat for
several months before he washed ashore in North Carolina. Thereafter, David was raised in several foster homes,
one of which was a boat. Yet, being an obnoxious pain in the hull as well as quirky elsewhere, he was,
consequently, never adopted. Mr. O'Neal now resides on a houseboat in Florida in the winter, and in the spring,
fall and summer. There he rises and falls with the tide, dozing off most of the time. He lives with his wife, Velocity
Storm, his salty dog, Wharf, and his parrot, Kidd. Mr. O'Neal sleeps with his wife. Wharf sleeps with Kidd.
David O'Neal has two passionate hobbies: sailing and bocce ball. He loves to fool around with boats. Yet he does
not own one because no insurer will accept him. Mr. O'Neal is maladroit - not a natural sailor. His reputation for
seamanship is such that no sailing club will have him, no charter company will rent to him, and no friends will lend
him their boats. Therefore, O'Neal is generally in the doldrums but, nonetheless, manages to keep an even keel
and is enterprising and imaginative.
O'Neal has cruised the world as a supernumerary, a galley slave, a teller of tales, a stowaway, a hijacker, an
outrigger, a swage, a futtock, a luff, and an oxymoron. In 1989, Mr. O'Neal started Captain Dave's Superior Sailing
School, with himself as chief instructor. The now defunct school was continually uncertified by US Sailing and the
American Sailing Association, and its graduates either drowned, were sued for property damage, or had to do
nearly endless community service on waterfronts. A consummate liar, Mr. O'Neal has falsified his credentials and
fabricated his sailing resume. He is currently operating as a delivery skipper under several assumed names. None
of the boats he has promised to deliver have ever made it to their destinations: several have become artificial reefs
for divers, some are hulks, others are still adrift. With such a record, O'Neal has made boating history and is on the
Ten Most Wanted List of the World Sailing Federation.
David O'Neal is a member of Sailors Anonymous (whoops). He owns about 500 books on sailing, of which 450 are
unsold copies of The Sailor's Hornbook, his first published work of non-fiction.
Mer, which subsequently foundered off the coast of Georgia. The infant resided in the schooner's lifeboat for
several months before he washed ashore in North Carolina. Thereafter, David was raised in several foster homes,
one of which was a boat. Yet, being an obnoxious pain in the hull as well as quirky elsewhere, he was,
consequently, never adopted. Mr. O'Neal now resides on a houseboat in Florida in the winter, and in the spring,
fall and summer. There he rises and falls with the tide, dozing off most of the time. He lives with his wife, Velocity
Storm, his salty dog, Wharf, and his parrot, Kidd. Mr. O'Neal sleeps with his wife. Wharf sleeps with Kidd.
David O'Neal has two passionate hobbies: sailing and bocce ball. He loves to fool around with boats. Yet he does
not own one because no insurer will accept him. Mr. O'Neal is maladroit - not a natural sailor. His reputation for
seamanship is such that no sailing club will have him, no charter company will rent to him, and no friends will lend
him their boats. Therefore, O'Neal is generally in the doldrums but, nonetheless, manages to keep an even keel
and is enterprising and imaginative.
O'Neal has cruised the world as a supernumerary, a galley slave, a teller of tales, a stowaway, a hijacker, an
outrigger, a swage, a futtock, a luff, and an oxymoron. In 1989, Mr. O'Neal started Captain Dave's Superior Sailing
School, with himself as chief instructor. The now defunct school was continually uncertified by US Sailing and the
American Sailing Association, and its graduates either drowned, were sued for property damage, or had to do
nearly endless community service on waterfronts. A consummate liar, Mr. O'Neal has falsified his credentials and
fabricated his sailing resume. He is currently operating as a delivery skipper under several assumed names. None
of the boats he has promised to deliver have ever made it to their destinations: several have become artificial reefs
for divers, some are hulks, others are still adrift. With such a record, O'Neal has made boating history and is on the
Ten Most Wanted List of the World Sailing Federation.
David O'Neal is a member of Sailors Anonymous (whoops). He owns about 500 books on sailing, of which 450 are
unsold copies of The Sailor's Hornbook, his first published work of non-fiction.
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