Nautical titles needed

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frank balcer

frank balcer

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Nov 18, 2006
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Ok folk, will be heading out in about 18 days for a 10 day cruise with Dick Dixon and the Inner harbor sailing club to Fla. I need some sugestions of some good nautical reads, fiction and non fiction to have for quiet times and before turning in. Thanks in advance for all suggestions ya'll. Frank
 
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Fred

The whole Patrick O'Brien series

also known as the Maturin Aubrey series. 14 books, I think. None better. O'Brien also has a couple of other books and a short stiry book or two. All good. When I lived in Port Townsend th library had to stock two or three whole sets to keep up with demand. Wind in the Willows is not just a kids book. Read it out loud to your friends and lovers. Especially the Water Rat quotes, and the deep sea rat chapter. Riddle of the Sands is a classic war spy boat book. A must read. Tristan Jones books are a step below the above, but I think they're worth the time. It may be that he exaggerates a bit, but he spins a good yarn. I put Hornblower books below Tristan Jones, and I expect some fans to jump on me for that. I have read most of them. They are a bit stilted, lots of flag waving, if you like that sort of thing. Go ahead and thrash me guys. I asked for it. John Steinbeck wrote a boat book about a marine biology trip with the fellow who was the inspiration for Doc in Cannery Row. Log of the Sea of Cortez, or something like that. Hilarious and wonderful book. There is nobody like Steinbeck.
 
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Bill

Adm Nelson

Adm Nelson's victory at Trafalgar is a great read, if you are into history. Several book options on it... and another big vote for P. O'Brien's books... B
 
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Sanders

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Jun 9, 2004
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Hunter 37-cutter San Francisco Bay
Two Years before the Mast

Dana's book is the best ever done about the life of the common sailor in his time(awful) and has great detail about early ports and landfalls.
 
Ferg

Ferg

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Mar 6, 2006
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Catalina 27 C27 @Thunder Bay ON Ca.
I heard…..

…if you’re on a costal cruise with that Dixon fellow, you don’t so much “turn in” as “tip over” also, I heard the Inner Harbor Club guys eat their dead….. (just kidding Dick, slow night, eh…) Ferg
 
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Hugh4753

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Sep 21, 2006
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Reading

I like the Dudley Pope, Ramage series. Have also read the Alexander Kent's, Bolitho series and CS Forester's Hornblower series but the Pope books are better IMHO. For nonfiction there are lots of good choices. Just go to the Boating section in any Barnes and Nobles and take your pick.
 
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Slocum and Gulliver

Sailing Alone Around the World is classic travel, sailing literature. Personally, Joshua Slocum is an inspiration for self-sufficiency, genius, and resourcefulness (all noble qualities for a cruiser). It is short enough that you can get mostly through it, if not complete it, with some downtime before turning in. I like Gulliver's Travels, too. Interestingly enough, among the many objects of its satire are published travelogues, such as Slocum's. It has a nice counterveiling presence while providing those fictional wanderings of the mind that can be refreshing at least from time to time.
 
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Peter

irving johnson

And if the aerobatics of living aloft amaze you, square riggers, or both while enduring treacherous weather and seas, then Irving Johnson's short piece, The Peking Battles Cape Horn, aka Round the Horn in a Square Rigger, will be a great read.
 
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liam

any titles

by Tristan Jones or Sterling Hayden will be entertaining and informative. Also check out Hal Roth. BonVoyage,
 
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slip knot10761

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Oct 5, 2006
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true stories

"Revenge of the whale", true story of the whaleship ESSEX by Nathanial Philbrick and "Mutiny on the GLOBE", bloodiest mutiny in American history by Edwin P. Hoyt. you won't be bored. might not be able to put them down to stand watch.
 
caguy

caguy

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Sep 22, 2006
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Catalina, Luger C-27, Adventure 30 Marina del Rey
Seafaring Trilogy by Hal Roth

Great must read. Learned a lot from it about cruising. His wife Margaret is equally impressive. I've read the first two installments and looking forward to the third. In the first he and his wife circumnavigated the pacific coast. In the second is the rounding of Cape Horn. The third I just started. Enjoy, Frank PS: A lending library at this site would be great. I'd be willing to donate my books when done.
 
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larry w

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Jun 16, 2005
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good reads

Two good books, "The Bangkok Blues" and "The Puerta Vallarta Blues" Both are sailing/boating mystery adventures, available at the Lats and Atts Ships Store, or at Amazon.
 
frank balcer

frank balcer

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Nov 18, 2006
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Kirie Elite Elite 37 Moss Point MS
Thanks

Thanks ya'll for all the good titles! I will print these off and head directly to my local library and or Barnes & Nobles. Thanks Ya'll Frank
 
gpd955

gpd955

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Feb 22, 2006
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Catalina 310 Cape May, NJ
Another One

Although he is not a classical author, Buffett's book "A Salty Piece of Land" is a good one. "A Pirate Looks at Fifty" is OK, too. Happy reading!!
 
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