Young Sailor Tells His Story at Essex Corinthian Yacht Club

The Essex Corinthian Yacht Club will host a talk and book signing by Alex Ellison, author of A Star to Sail Her By, on Sunday, March 4 at 3 p.m. at the Corinthian, 9 Novelty Lane. He tells the story of his family's five-year adventure at sea.

When Ellison was eight years old, he set off from Essex with his parents and his sister Lara for a one-year trip on their sailboat. One year became five years, spent on the Caribbean island of Nevis and other remote locations throughout the Caribbean and Pacific. Ellison and his family shared adventures as well as challenges-everything from tropical navigation to dangerous waters to tropical storms.

Alex, now 17 and a student at Phillips Exeter Academy, kept a daily journal through all of it and turned that into a rousing memoir titled A Star to Sail Her By: A Five-Year Odyssey of Coming of Age at Sea. According to Meredith Laitos, editor of Sail magazine, "In and of itself, this memoir of a 25,000-nautical-mile voyage is informative, entertaining, and eye-opening. That a high school student wrote it is astounding."

The event and book sales will be a benefit supporting the Valley Regional High School Sailing Team. Suggested donations are $10.

For further information, contact Elaine Kyle, Manager, Essex Corinthian Yacht Club at 860-767-3239.