Warlow, Charles: - Charles Warlow lives in Edinburgh where he was professor of medical neurology until he retired in 2008. His main research interest was in stroke, with minor excursions into motor neurone disease and functional neurological disorders. He was taught to sail by his father during the family's annual one-week holiday on the Norfolk Broads. He has sailed off the west coast of Scotland for nearly fifty years, first chartering, then co-owning a Contessa 32, and now in his own Rustler 36. He is a member of the Royal Cruising Club, the Clyde Cruising Club, and the Association of Yachting Historians. He has contributed to around five hundred scientific papers and review articles, and has authored or co-authored nine medical books. This is his first book about sailing.