Sailing Books


Sailing on a micro-budget Best Price: $55.81	Cruising Guide to Maine, Vol. I: Kittery to Rockland This is one of a pair of books by Johnson which gives detailed information for cruising the...	Circumnavigation: Sail the Trade Winds : Volume 1, Fort Lauderdale to Fiji As a sailer planning a world cruise, I view this book as one of the best cruising books I have...	Yacht Log (Maritime) Best Price: $50.25 This yacht log is of great quality and price through Amazon. My only complaint is that the log...	On Land and On Sea (Maritime) Best Price: $25.00 I enjoyed reading this book very much and recommend it highly. The photographs are beautiful,...



Twenty Affordable Sailboats To Take You Anywhere Best Price: $12.48 The design, construction, and specifications of different affordable sailboats are surveyed here...	A Seaman's Guide to the Rule of the Road	Canoeing Handbook	Tweet: Both Sides of Real	Cruising Mate's Handbook : A Guide to Good Crewing



Channel Crossings A passage guide designed to help yachtsmen and motorboaters to plan their offshore passages,...	The Wind Off the Island (The mariner's library) THE WIND OFF THE ISLAND is a sparkling account of a year the author and his wife spent cruising...	Sunrise to Windward	Advanced Sailing Best Price: $15.95	Marshall's Marine Sourcebook Best Price: $1.99 This comprehensive, detailed guide provides boaters/sailers with a one-of-a kind resource for...

North Brittany and Channel Islands Cruising Companion (Cruising Guides) Best Price: $49.00 As well as the "how to get there" information offered in traditional pilotage guides,...	Maiden Voyage	Maiden Voyage	Sea, Ice and Rock (Teach Yourself) An account of the Greenland expedition undertaken by Bonnington and Knox-Johnston. Travelling in...	The Craft of Sail: A Primer of Sailing Best Price: $6.95 I was hooked at the dedication page, which reads "These friends are anchor and compass to...

Pacific Lady: The First Woman to Sail Solo across the World's Largest Ocean (Outdoor Lives) Best Price: $15.00 What a lady! It's hard to imagine accomplishing what she did during the times she did it in....	Landfalls of Paradise: Cruising Guide to the Pacific Islands Best Price: $19.90 The fifth edition of this sailing standard includes updated charts and text reflecting changes...	Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea Steven Callahan's book, Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea is a remarkable retelling of...	The Coast of Summer: Sailing New England Waters from Shelter Island to Cape Cod	Single-Handed Sailing (Seafarer) Best Price: $34.98 This is an excellent brief primer on long distance singlehanding. Having singlehanded some...

Shrimpy: A Record Round-the-world Voyage in an 18 Foot Yacht	Hints and Gadgets for Small Craft Owners Best Price: $88.00	Brown's Rule of the Road at Sea: The Rule of the Road at Sea Best Price: $139.76	The Conway History of Seafaring in the Twentieth-Century Best Price: $26.56 Presents a fascinating look at developments in ships and shipping over the last hundred years by...	Imray Mediterranean Almanac 1997-98

Baie De Seine (Imray C.Chart)	A 28 Guadeloupe (Imray Iolaire Chart) Best Price: $47.40	World Cruising Survey Best Price: $0.54 This survey on world cruising compares the trends and changes that have taken place in the world...	The Cruising Guide to the Northwest Caribbean: The Yucatan Coast of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and the Bay Islands of Honduras Best Price: $120.48 Here is a guide to the most beautiful and interesting corner of the Caribbean. Included are 100...	Rip City!: A Quarter Century With the Portland Trail Blazers Best Price: $6.49

Cruising Guide to Coastal North Carolina Best Price: $7.95 The only cruising guide devoted exclusively to North Carolina, this book covers almost every...	Two Years Before the Mast Best Price: $27.94 I read this book because I wanted to get a glimpse of what the San Francisco Bay Area was like...	South West Region Small Craft Sea Touring Guide: North Devon, Somerset and Avon Coastline v. 3	Roving Commissions: Royal Cruising Club Journal No. 47	Atlantic Children: Part 1: The True Story of a Family's Year Afloat Best Price: $31.29 The idea of going sailing for a year wasn't even a dream. We were just an ordinary couple...

Icebergs, Port and Starboard: The Whitbread Round the World Race Best Price: $16.94 If there's even an ounce of salt water in your blood, Jourdanes inside look at the grueling...	Get Ready Get Set Go!/an Advanced Sailing Manual I first came across this book while looking for a text to use with beginning racing students. ...	Once Around Best Price: $5.99 Yes, I dream of the day that I too can retire and sail away. The LeHardys have written a book...	The Best Tips from Women Aboard Best Price: $11.21 This book is a must-have for anyone who is contemplating spending any time on a boat, either on...	The Complete Cruise Handbook Best Price: $6.84 Anne Vipond has captured the essence and fundamentals of the cruise business and answered the 6...

Florida Keys Chartracker Navigation Guide, Miami to Key West Best Price: $54.36 Florida Keys Chartracker Navigation Guide is a detailed chartbook covering the Florida Keys from...	Among The Multihulls: Volume Two Best Price: $19.94 Volume II of Jim Brown's memoir, Among the Multihulls, is another volume well-provisioned...	The Bahamas Cruising Guide: With the Turks and Caicos Islands Best Price: $139.99 I liked the look of this one in the shop and at a first glance it looked like it would have all...	Bimini: Bahamas (Vantage Point Boating & Cruising Guides) i use this book all the time. My family owns property at the Bimini Bay Resort. We purchased it...	Seaworthiness (Sailmate S.) Best Price: $98.92 A survey of the seaworthiness of modern yacht designs, this book shows how modern yachts often...

Fatal Storm	Heavy Weather Sailing This is a book for all crews contemplating voyages out of sight of land anywhere in the world,...	This Is Looking at Sails	This Is Cruising	Day Skipper Exercises: Questions and Answers Complimenting Day Skipper by the same authors, this new edition contains additional question...

The Complete Day Skipper: Skippering with confidence right from the start Best Price: $12.32 The Complete Day Skipper 2nd edition is a totally practical hands-on manual that covers the RYA...	Rules Book Best Price: $19.00 This bestselling pocket-sized racing rules book is unique in covering the rules by race...	Race Training with Jim Saltonstal Best Price: $20.80 Race Training with Jim Saltonstall is for all those who wish to improve their personal...	Shooting H20 Best Price: $45.78 This is Rick Tomlinson's thoughtful and exciting account of his day to day life as a...	How to Trim Sails (Sailmate S.) Best Price: $39.76 This practical guide is for owners and crew sailing all types of boats from dinghies to offshore...

Dinghy Cruising Best Price: $18.24 Wonderfully written and illustrated, and this book should enlighten everyone that has ever...	Passage to Torres Strait Best Price: $25.98 In this, his second book on sailing the Pacific, Miles Hordern takes us from New Zealand up to...	Essentials of Sea Survival Best Price: $17.65 With all its anecdotal and historical references this book reads like a thriller! Yet, it is...	Holy Smoke: From Edinburgh to the Ukraine by Yacht Best Price: $13.35 After his career in research, the author and his wife sailed from Edinburgh to the...	Sea of Dreams: Racing Alone Around the World in a Small Boat Best Price: $4.97 This a great book, about the other solo around the world race. It reads like a thriller and...

A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates Best Price: $14.50 If you are a fan of Defoe and want to read about pirates in their heyday then this is the book...	The Workboats of Smith Island Best Price: $279.31 Smith Island is the preserve of some of the most individualistic Americans to be found anywhere....	The Compass: Inventions That Changed Our Lives Paula Z. Hogan writes mostly for children- this book is rated for the 9-12 age group although...	Atlantic Children: Part 1: The True Story of a Family's Year Afloat Best Price: $31.29 The idea of going sailing for a year wasn't even a dream. We were just an ordinary couple...	Icebergs, Port and Starboard: The Whitbread Round the World Race Best Price: $16.94 If there's even an ounce of salt water in your blood, Jourdanes inside look at the grueling...

Get Ready Get Set Go!/an Advanced Sailing Manual I first came across this book while looking for a text to use with beginning racing students. ...	Once Around Best Price: $5.99 Yes, I dream of the day that I too can retire and sail away. The LeHardys have written a book...	The Best Tips from Women Aboard Best Price: $11.21 This book is a must-have for anyone who is contemplating spending any time on a boat, either on...	The Complete Cruise Handbook Best Price: $6.84 Anne Vipond has captured the essence and fundamentals of the cruise business and answered the 6...	Florida Keys Chartracker Navigation Guide, Miami to Key West Best Price: $54.36 Florida Keys Chartracker Navigation Guide is a detailed chartbook covering the Florida Keys from...

Among The Multihulls: Volume Two Best Price: $19.94 Volume II of Jim Brown's memoir, Among the Multihulls, is another volume well-provisioned...	The Bahamas Cruising Guide: With the Turks and Caicos Islands Best Price: $139.99 I liked the look of this one in the shop and at a first glance it looked like it would have all...	Bimini: Bahamas (Vantage Point Boating & Cruising Guides) i use this book all the time. My family owns property at the Bimini Bay Resort. We purchased it...	American Sailing Ships: Their Plans and History Best Price: $5.73 . BACK COVER --------------------------- Master seaman, shipbuilder and nautical chronicler...	Love at First Sight: A Lifetime of Sailing on Galveston Bay Best Price: $18.76 Having known the author for nearly a lifetime I was surprised at the drama and clarity of the...

Always Another Horizon: A Journey Around the World Best Price: $25.80 Fabulous account of travels near and far! You do not have to be a seaman to really enjoy this...	How to Sail a Dinghy: A Step-By-Step Guide (Jarrold Sports) The rules of popular sports are explained.	Sailing Alone Around the World	Laser Sailing for the 1990s	Marine Chartwork Best Price: $282.31 A comprehensive and practical study aid and reference. Moore explains and illustrates the many...

Running Aground and Getting Afloat (Sailmate Book) Best Price: $243.01 This book shows how to avoid the risks of a difficult salvage from running aground by explaining...	Know the Game: Kayak Canoeing Pb One in the series of introductory sports books, this book on kayak canoeing combines...	Ocean Yachtmaster: Celestial Navigation At last, we have a book which will take the place of Mary Blewitt's dated...	A Viking Voyage: In Which an Unlikely Crew of Adventurers Attempts an Epic Journey to the New World Best Price: $2.80 I followed "Viking Voyage 1000" for 2 summers on the Internet, and was...	Looking for a Ship Best Price: $4.70 John McPhee has a unique investigative journalist style that I personally find very enjoyable,...

When God Was an Atheist Sailor: Memories of a Childhood at Sea, 1902-1910 Best Price: $16.95 This book is a very good description of what it was like to be a little girl growing up on a...	Yacht Design Explained: A Boat Owner's Guide to the Principles and Practice of Design This is a book written by a knowledgable and experienced designer, Steve Killing, who ...	The Ocean Sailing Yacht	Two Years Before the Mast (Signet Classics) Best Price: $5.29 This book is a great in many ways - as history, as narrative, as travelogue, as social...	Mainsail Trimming: An Illustrated Guide (Wiley Nautical) Best Price: $13.39 Great book on mainsail trimming. Easy to read with lots of illustrations. It covers everything...

Kitesurfing: The Complete Guide Best Price: $21.44 This has been a really helpful book - certainly the best guide to kitesurfing I've read. The...	Sail for a Living (Wiley Nautical) Best Price: $15.10 How to give up the desk job and find your perfect new careeron and around the water If working...	Knox-Johnston On Sailing (Wiley Nautical) Best Price: $14.22 A lifetime of reflections on the joys, terrors, and triumphs of sailing?from Britain's...

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