| Engines and sailboats havealways blended naturally intoConrad Miller s life. Starting at age six, he spenthis boyhood days sailing duck-boats, sneakboxes, shorebirds,and catboats on Barnegat Bay.By the time he was ten, he wasputtering with one-lung skiffengines and fixing cantankerousoutboard auxiliaries. After studying thermody-namics and internal combustion engines in college, he joined a con-sulting engineering firm specializing in engines, and started writingtechnical articles. In the late 30 s he contributed to the old Rudderand to Yachtin,g, also having his first book, "Small Boat Engines,"published in 1939. World War II interrupted the sailing and writing. However, Millertaught military engines in army schools before going overseas. Afterserving in North Africa, India, Burma and China, he left the armywith the rank of major. Following WW 1I, and after an expedition to the Pacific withWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the author resumed sailing,teaching engines, and writing aboul marine technology. He was tech-nical editor of Rudder while simultaneously half owner of an elec-ti onics business. He then became editor of Rudder, also having hissecond marine engine book published. More recently, he had a thirdbook published, this one on rnarine electricity. He is on the staff of Tenney Engineering, Inc., Union. N.J., con-sultant to NAEBM Westlawn School, member American Boat &Yacht Council. member Institute of Navigation, member Institute ofElectrical & Electronic Engineers, His favorite pastime, when notsailing, is pottering about on auxiliary engines, ably assisted by sonKeith who, at the age of nine, can hand the main sheet over to hisfather, and proceed to do a workman-like job of changing spark plugson Fat Cat s auxiliary outboard. |
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