His website, Sept. 14, 2015 (Nathaniel Philbrick ; grew up in Pittsburge, Pa. ; After working as an editor at Sailing World magazine, he wrote and edited several books about sailing, including The Passionate Sailor, Second Wind, and Yachting: A Parody. In 1986, Philbrick moved to Nantucket. He was the founding director of Nantucket’s Egan Maritime Institute and is still a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association.)