Sheesh! Knocking Peggy Hall is not just bad form, it's fighting words. I've been around CF for quit a while, and no one has been more generous with her rare and substantial knowledge than she has. Bitching about a pretty nominal cost for a book that has helped a hell of a lot of sailors does not put you in a good light, mate.
The
funny thing is that I've never needed her help myself *, but I've watched her step in for so many others that your slurs seem personal.
* Touching
wood surreptitiously...
Rant over.
Jim