Jim Carrier is an award-winning journalist and author of seven books. He has written for "National Geographic, SAIL, " and the "New York Times". After 20 years as a radio newscaster, Associated Press correspondent and newspaper editor, and 13 years as the "Denver Post"'s "Rocky Mountain Ranger," he bought a 35-foot sailboat and moved aboard. A survivor of six hurricanes, including Luis, Marilyn, Georges, and Mitch, he has docked his yawl temporarily in Montgomery, Alabama.