I should recieve Watson's & Mallinson books in a couple days fund both on Amazon for a good price. Thanks for the recommondations.
I can follow some of what's been explained above though I'm sure more will make sense as time goes by.Thanks for the invite & offer Greg I may take you up on that as the summer rolls around. Funny you mentioned Simon Spaulding, I seem to only run into him at 10year intervals, we're probably due to meet up again in a few years, I believe he somewhere along the mid Alantic coast last I heard from him.
Anyway I'm trying out all the suggestions.

Thanks again
Barry