Djos, Jeanine

Matts and Jeanine Djos are lifelong sailors and boating enthusiasts. They have sailed much of the West, including the Pacific Northwest, Canada, Mexico, California, the Great Southwest, and the Rockies. Matts has written extensively on sailing and is a free-lance writer for SAIL, 48 North, SAILING magazine, SAIL, and CRUISING WORLD magazine. He and Jeanine are the authors of THE SACRAMENT OF SAIL: FINDING OUR WAY.

Matts was born in Seattle, Washington, the setting for much of his work. He married Jeanine Cooper in 1959 after a tumultuous courtship. Three years later, he graduated from the U...