John Clifton Wright
| John C. Wright | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
1948 Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | East Texas State College (B.A.) |
| Occupation | author, sailor, lobbyist |
John C. Wright (Capt. John Clifton Wright, born 1948) is an American author of cruising books. He is best known for his "BYOB - Bring Your Own Boat" cruising series published by Anchor Publishing.[1] His book "America's Great Loop and Beyond" earned him 2013, 2014 and 2015 Best Selling author in the Nautical Market. Publishers Weekly said he "may be this century's most influencial author in the nautical market." [2]
Biography
John Clifton Wright (Capt. John - sailor, author,and lobbyist) (born 1948 - ) is best known in the trades as "Capt. John". He is an accomplished world sailor and most popular for his 5 voyages around America's Great Loop. Capt. John is a licensed USCG Captain and the author of America's Great Loop and Beyond, Caribbean Island Hopping, The Frugal Voyager, Looping on $15.00 a Day, and America's Great Loop Fingertip Facts. His books are published by Anchor Publishing, U.S.A Capt. John was born John Clifton Wright, and raised on a farm near Terrell, Texas. He attended Terrell High School, Dallas Baptist College, and served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War as Warrant Officer and Helicopter Pilot. He later graduated from East Texas State Teacher's College, and attended Harvard in Boston, MA. He retired in 1993 as Senior Marketing Executive with Honeywell Information Systems Inc. With a lifelong passion for boats, boating and boat building, Capt. John spends his retirement years cruising America's Great Loop and spending winters in the southern Florida and the Caribbean. As a passionate Great Loop promoter, Capt. John maintains the most popular Great Loop website on the Internet. He is also an active Government lobbyist and promoter for keeping the Great Loop open for navigation through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal that links the Great Lakes to the Illinois river and the Mississippi river basin, where an Asian Carp invasion threatens a hard lock closure of the USCG's Electronic Fish Barrier on the connecting navigable waterway.
Books
- BYOB Bring Your Own Boat Trilogy
- America's Great Loop and Beyond(2012)
- Caribbean Island Hopping (2013)
- The Frugal Voyager (2014)
References
- Wright, Capt. John (January 10, 2014). "Introduction: America's Great Loop and Beyond". In Thibos, Allison. America's Great Loop and Beyond, 2nd Edition. BJR Publishing. pp. 3–5. ISBN 978-1492350941.
- Wright, Capt. John (December 1, 2013). "Introduction: Caribbean Island Hopping". In Thibos, Allison. Caribbean Island Hopping. BJR Publishing. pp. 3–5. ISBN 978-1492357421.