In 1983 he was given the opportunity to turn his favorite hobby, sailing, into an occupation. He co-founded the American Sailing Association (ASA), a national association of sailing schools, instructors and sailors. Among other tasks he's performed at ASA, he edits and writes for two newsletters. Harry has written a best selling text book, Cruising Fundamentals (McGraw/Hill), co-written another book, Multihull Cruising Fundamentals (McGraw/Hill) and edited three other books for major publishers. In addition, he has found time to write magazine articles on a variety of subjects from the Internet to TV production in Russia. His work has appeared in Consumer's Digest, Back Home and Friendly Exchange, to name a few.

In 1999 Harry won the prestigious John Southam award for journalism, for an article which appeared in Men's Fitness. He still sails whenever possible, skis, snowboards and performs a variety of menial tasks around the house with surprising joy and enthusiasm. He lives in southern California with his wife Cindy.

Feel free to email Harry at ouch9@cinenet.net.