About Me - John Payne
About Me. John C. Payne is a professional marine electrical engineer and surveyor. During his long maritime and offshore oil career, he has served on a variety of commercial ships, both as an Electrical Officer and Marine Engineer.
John is the author of The Marine Electrical and Electronics Bible 4th Edition, the Understanding Boat series and Piracy Today. As his passion for cruising is the local cuisines, he has previously authored The Great Cruising Cookbook, and this book Cruisine is a much-enhanced version of that. John has worked in several commercial restaurant kitchens with some great chefs and mentors. With his wife they own and have operated a successful boutique hotel and restaurant for over a decade. They are committed foodies!
About Me - John Payne
As a professionally qualified technical author and writer, John has been responsible for defining and writing technical and operations manuals on a diverse range of air force, marine and naval projects including naval research vessels and submarine sonar systems. He is a licensed electrical contractor and a Certified Maritime Safety Auditor under the ISM Code. Previously he has been a Fellow of the Institute of Diagnostic Engineers and The Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators.
About Me - John Payne
John is the author of The Marine Electrical and Electronics Bible, 4th Edition, and The Motorboat Electrical and Electronics Manual, the Understanding Boat series, The Fisherman’s Electrical Manual, and Piracy Today. As his passion for cruising is local cuisine, he also authored The Great Cruising Cookbook, or Cruisine©, as he likes to call it. He has been widely published around the world in various boating and yachting magazines and regularly lectures on the subject.
About Me - John Payne
His sailing journey started in high performance racing dinghies as teenager. He has restored, cruised, and lived aboard a classic 37-foot Herreshoff ketch and a 34-foot wooden sloop cruising Europe, UK, the Pacific, Australia and the Mediterranean. After several years living aboard his 115-year-old Dutch barge navigating European rivers and canals, he is now back sailing and cruising aboard a 36-foot Westerly Conway ketch, and is a member of the Westerly Owners Association, and he is a member of the ABYC and the UK Cruising Association. Be a liveaboard!