For decades Jim Sayler has lived up to his last name by boating under sail and power on Chesapeake Bay. Sailing offers him a way of life that has given him a break from duress when he worked as a writer, starting as a cub reporter for the "Washington Star". Sayler's study of human nature continued as an analyst for Congress, employed by "Congressional Quarterly". Then, he began a 30-year career on Capitol Hill with the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress, becoming a senior analyst and editor. Sayler took a break from Capitol Hill as a journalist-research writer for the "New York Times"; a trade book editor for "Reader's Digest's Funk and Wagnalls"; and then writing radio news for the Columbia Broadcasting System's NewsRadio 88 in New York City. Altogether, with a few lethal risks, a career of adventure
