"Required" Reading

[RichBone]

"Riddle of the Sands"
"Shackleton's Boat Journey"
"Men Against the Sea" (Volume 2 of the "Bounty Trilogy")

Rich

 

[Winkfish]

"Shogun" by James Clavelle
is one of the best books I've read. It's about an English ship pilot who makes it to
japan in the 1600s. Japan had only barely opened up. Sailing is a major theme that truns through it. I can't say enough about that book, esp typing one-armed (shldr surg this past Tuesday).

 

[rejenk3]

I found this very good and free to boot:
http://www.clevelandmemory.org/ebooks/tinkerbelle/

 

[Pegleg Sailor]

I have read and re-read "Gentlemen Never Sail to Weather". Great story of a couple sailing their boat around the world in the late 80's.

 

[Hermit Scott]

When I told these guys I wanted to sail in the open ocean with no experience, they told me to read 'Fastnet Force 10'.

 

[zeehag]

the boat who wouldnt float
gentlemen never sail to weather.
royces sailing illustrated
keep ashleys book of knots and heavy weather sailing in your library--good to have...
12volt bible

 

[Chilidog]

I just checked out "Left for Dead: The Untold Story of the Tragic 1979 Fastnet Disaster" from the library.

 

[Chilidog]

When I was a kid, I had a book with a series of stories about a bunch of kids that lived on and sailed (and rowed) on a large lake in England somewhere. I can't remember the name of it, though.

edit. found it: "Swallows and Amazons."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallows_and_Amazons_(series)

 

[79pappy]

"Song of the Sirens" By Ernest K. Gann.
He owned a slew of boats and this title recounts the joys of sailing, ownership and camaraderie. Also a pilot, his other books include some excellent flying stories. My favorite "Fate is the Hunter".

 

[FourPoints]

haven't seen it mentioned here yet, probably because it's a new release.

Overboard!: A True Blue-water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival

http://www.amazon.com/Overboard-Blu...=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284473389&sr=8-4