Reese Palley is a gifted writer and an accomplished offshore sailor. An alumnus of the London School of Economics, Palley enjoyed a successful career as an art dealer. Then he decided to go sailing. In his 60s and 70s he made three transatlantic crossings and a circumnavigation of the world in his 46-foot sailboat, Unlikely VII. Along the way Palley, now age 82, has become the well-known boating writer of three books on cruising under sail as well as numerous articles in the boating press. He is also the author of The Porcelain Art of Edward Marshall Boehm and an upcoming book on Danish furniture. HOMETOWN: Key West, Florida
