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Steve Sleight was an author, broadcaster, sailor and boat builder with an infectious enthusiasm and a passion for the very latest "bleeding edge" technologies.
After a degree in economics and sociology he became a yachtmaster instructor and coach at the National Sailing Centre, based on the site that's now UKSA in Cowes. He then wrote the best-selling Handbook of Sailing, which he swiftly followed with a further a further five titles, as well as producing ITV's The Boat Show series.
He left the National Sailing Centre to work as a producer and sponsorship consultant to Worldwide Television News, before focussing on the sponsorship field for more than a decade, working with clients including Federal Express, VISA, Nissan Europe and America's Cup challenger Peter de Savary.
He returned to Cowes in the late 1990s to write four more books for Dorling Kindersley, including The New Complete Sailing Manual, a title that has sold hundreds of thousands of copies and has been translated into numerous languages. He also wrote Information Technology, Moving to E-business, and the KISS Guide to Sailing at this time, before taking the helm of the monthly marine title All at Sea.
Steve's next venture is the one for which he will doubtless be best remembered by many, thanks to the constant stream of sailing news and the countless video reports of racing taking place in Cowes and the Solent area he produced with his late partner, Sara Coombes. At the time Cowes Online was one of the world's most visited boating websites, despite the narrow geographical coverage, and the big Cowes TV RIB was a familiar sight around the Solent.
The New Complete Sailing Manual, which will be published in June 2017
Stephen Charles Frederick Sleight 1952-2016
After a degree in economics and sociology he became a yachtmaster instructor and coach at the National Sailing Centre, based on the site that's now UKSA in Cowes. He then wrote the best-selling Handbook of Sailing, which he swiftly followed with a further a further five titles, as well as producing ITV's The Boat Show series.
He left the National Sailing Centre to work as a producer and sponsorship consultant to Worldwide Television News, before focussing on the sponsorship field for more than a decade, working with clients including Federal Express, VISA, Nissan Europe and America's Cup challenger Peter de Savary.
He returned to Cowes in the late 1990s to write four more books for Dorling Kindersley, including The New Complete Sailing Manual, a title that has sold hundreds of thousands of copies and has been translated into numerous languages. He also wrote Information Technology, Moving to E-business, and the KISS Guide to Sailing at this time, before taking the helm of the monthly marine title All at Sea.
Steve's next venture is the one for which he will doubtless be best remembered by many, thanks to the constant stream of sailing news and the countless video reports of racing taking place in Cowes and the Solent area he produced with his late partner, Sara Coombes. At the time Cowes Online was one of the world's most visited boating websites, despite the narrow geographical coverage, and the big Cowes TV RIB was a familiar sight around the Solent.
The New Complete Sailing Manual, which will be published in June 2017
Stephen Charles Frederick Sleight 1952-2016
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