Calder's first edition of the Boat Owner's Manual received critical feedback from ABYC about violations of ABYC standards, which prompted him to rapidly publish a second edition and then commit to attending ABYC meetings for 30+ years, where he has learned more than from any other source.
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Nigel CalderEvidence Quote
“for that first edition of the boat owners manual i uh i went to a bunch of boat shows where i could talk to the gurus of the day um rick proctor dave smead bill montgomery of belmont and all those early early leaders in the field um and with the uh smart regulators high output alternators the early generation of inverters uh i never could afford to stay in a hotel so i'd rather rent a car and sleep in the car and go to various boat shows to collect information and then uh published the first edition of the photo manual and i immediately got a bunch of naughty letters from the american voting yacht council abyc because there was stuff in that book that violated the abyc standards so i started going to their meetings and um i very rapidly went to the second edition i cleaned it up from a standards perspective”
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