Born in the Peace River country in 1934, White Rock's Margo Wood and her late husband Charles Wood created their cruising guide series known as Charlie's Charts from their experiences with a 34-foot cutter built in 1958, the year of their marriage. Wood continues to revisit Costa Rica, Mexico and Polynesia to collect material for updating the guides' addenda and has now written a memoir called A Prairie Chicken Goes To Sea (Charlie's Charts $18). 0-9686370-2-7

[BCBW 2003]