Sailing Books
From Cruising
Contents |
Biographies and History
- Tim Joyner, Magellan
- Walter A. McDougall, Let the Sea Make a Noise...: A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to MacArthur
- Ken McGoogan, Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot
- Derek Wilson, The Circumnavigators: A History
Voyages and Cruises
- Vito Dumas, Alone Through the Roaring Fories
- Eric Hiscock
- Bernard Moitessier, The Long Way
- Farley Mowat, The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
- Peter Nichols, A Voyage for Madmen
- Jennifer Niven, The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk
- Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone around the World, and Online Edition
Maintenance, Reference and Skills
Maintenance
- Nigel Calder
- Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual
- Amazon list of other books and manuals by Nigel Calder
- Don Casey
- This Old Boat
- Amazon list of other books and manuals by Don Casey.
Reference
- Thomas E. Colvin, Cruising as a Way of Life
- Bill and Laurel Cooper, Sell Up and Sail: Taking the Ulysses Option
- Eric Hiscock, Cruising Under Sail
- Beth Leonard, The Voyager's Handbook
- Jim Trefethen, The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager
- John Vigor, The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat
Skills
- Peter Bruce, Adlard Coles' Heavy Weather Sailing
Fiction
- Harry Thompson, To the Edge of the World / This Thing of Darkness
- Wilbur Smith, Monsoon / The Courtney Family Adventure
Sailing Books Online
- Herman Melville Moby Dick
- at Arthur Ransome Literary Pages
- (includes E.F.Knight Sailing, and Joshua Slocum Sailing Alone Around the World, as well as Voyage of the Liberdade)
- at Wofa's Segelseite
- includes Erskine Childers, The Riddle of the Sands, Richard Dana Two Years Before the Mast, Jack London, The Sea Wolf
External Lists
- Cruisenews.net, Sailing and Cruising Books
- Cruiserlog Bob, "Must Have" Ocean Cruising & Sailing Books (Commercial, at Amazon.com)
- John Kohnen, The Nautical Fiction List
- Joe McWilliams, Nautical Nonfiction Adventure Booklist
