Sailing category: 730 books
A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands
Olympia to Port Angeles
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2005
"Simply put, every local boater should have a dog-eared, well-thumbed copy [of this guide] as a permanent feature in the nautical library."—48° North
A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands has earned an outstanding reputation for the accuracy of its piloting instructions,...
Blue Water, Green Skipper
A Memoir of Sailing Alone Across the Atlantic
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stone Barrington series tells the true story of his journey sailing alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
Stuart Woods had never owned more than a dinghy before setting out on one of the world’s most demanding sea voyages, navigating single-handedly...
by Renee Petrillo
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
“It was the best of dreams, it was the worst of dreams, it was an age of consulting the nautical experts, it was the age of landlubber foolishness, it was the epoch of determination, it was the epoch of despair, it was the season of hurricanes, it was a spring of beachcombing…”
If you...
by John Rousmaniere
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2000
In August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest coast of England to Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast and back.
It began in fine weather, then suddenly became a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixty-knot storm swept across the North Atlantic...
by Richard L. Tillman
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2005
CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen...
The Practical Encyclopedia of Boating : An A-Z Compendium of Navigation, Seamanship, Boat Maintenance, and Nautical Wisdom: An A-Z Compendium of Navigation, Seamanship, Boat Maintenance, and Nautical Wisdom
An A-Z Compendium of Navigation, Seamanship, Boat Maintenance, and Nautical Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2007
“Vigor is one of the finest boating writers of our time.”--Cruising World
“You name it, it’s in here. Covers every boating situation. This book is both informative and entertaining.”--Latitudes & Attitudes
“John Vigor is the answer guy if you’re having onboard arguments...
by Edward Renehan
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
Now filmed as The Mercy starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz
Windcheck Magazine (Nov/Dec 2016): Absorbing and insightful ... utterly unforgettable.
Practical Sailor Magazine (January 2017): [DESPERATE VOYAGE] adds a new depth of storytelling to a tale of madness that many sailors...
The Practical Mariner's Book of Knowledge, 2nd Edition : 460 Sea-Tested Rules of Thumb for Almost Every Boating Situation
460 Sea-Tested Rules of Thumb for Almost Every Boating Situation
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
The only rules-of-thumb compendium for boaters, updated with 45 new entries to delight, entertain, and most importantly, inform. These are tried and tested rules of thumb--the distilled essence of centuries of seafaring experience--providing succinct answers to the questions most-asked by boaters.
"The...
by Nick Craig
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
This book will help you make the transition from weekend racer to world champion. Covering everything from where to look and getting ‘in the groove’ to mental approaches and championship sailing, you will be working your way up the leaderboard in no time. Written by an amateur sailor, this book...
The Dinghy Cruising Companion
Tales and Advice from Sailing a Small Open Boat
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
'You will venture into the fringes of the wilderness with the minimum of simple gear, to live with it on its own terms. You will know that one of the sure ways to contentment in this life is a small boat, a fair wind, and a new coast to explore.'
Dinghy cruising is a wonderful way to experience...
by Frank Bethwaite
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2013
From the author of the bestselling High Performance Sailing and Higher Performance Sailing comes the first scientific analysis of what makes fast sailors fast. Eschewing the idea that luck or innate talent are the keys to success, Frank Bethwaite shows how knowledge truly is power. Making use of video...
Fifty Places to Sail Before You Die
Sailing Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Landlubbers joke that sailors are always wanting to head off to the ends of the earth, but Chris Santella takes that life-changing desire very seriously. In this, the third installment in his immensely successful Fifty Places” series, Santella assembles a crew of the world’s greatest championship...
Mischief in Greenland
Only a man in the devil of a hurry would wish to fly to his mountains
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
‘Only a man in the devil of a hurry would wish to fly to his mountains, forgoing the lingering pleasure and mounting excitement of a slow, arduous approach under his own exertions.’
H.W. ‘Bill’ Tilman’s mountain travel philosophy, rooted in Africa and the Himalaya and further developed...
Lee Shore Blues
Sex, Drugs and Bluewater Sailing
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Lee Shore Blues is not your average nautical book. Peter Heiberg takes us on an irreverent charge through the highlights of his life at sea, from evading the homosexual advances of a 300-pound steward in the mid-Pacific at 19 years of age, to rebuilding and sailing a thirty-ton engineless Bristol...