Reading is one of life's greatest pleasures, and combined with life aboard, can't be beat. Many sailboat owners have hundreds if not thousands of books ashore and love a nicely stocked library. But on most sailboats... well, it's a whole different story. There's limited space for books aboard, and often the need is greater than the storage available. How many books do you carry in your ship's library, and what titles make the cut to voyage with you? Describe your library here then vote in this week's Quick Quiz at the bottom of the home page. (Quiz contributed by Luis Jimenez, Catalina 27 "Seacrecy")
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solo and other small boat voyagers
Slocum, Moitessier, Robinson, Le Toumelin, Marin Marie, Voss, Gerbault, Pidgeon, Smeeton, Guzzwell, Caldwell, Colas, Rebell, Bernicot, Dumas, Hiscock, Roth, Morgan, Goss, Uriburu, etc. These are on the shelf at home. Don't just now keep any on the boat. Oh, and all the Pardeys' books. Great instruction and insight from those who've done it.
Slocum, Moitessier, Robinson, Le Toumelin, Marin Marie, Voss, Gerbault, Pidgeon, Smeeton, Guzzwell, Caldwell, Colas, Rebell, Bernicot, Dumas, Hiscock, Roth, Morgan, Goss, Uriburu, etc. These are on the shelf at home. Don't just now keep any on the boat. Oh, and all the Pardeys' books. Great instruction and insight from those who've done it.
Paper boats
Of course the RA Expeditions top my list! Kontiki, Eight Men and a Duck, voyage of a papyrus reed boat across the Pacific! GREAT ADVENTURES! Plus a few sailing mags. make up my list that I carry. I of course also carry a few DVDs like Captain Ron, etc. for enjoyment! Dennis
Of course the RA Expeditions top my list! Kontiki, Eight Men and a Duck, voyage of a papyrus reed boat across the Pacific! GREAT ADVENTURES! Plus a few sailing mags. make up my list that I carry. I of course also carry a few DVDs like Captain Ron, etc. for enjoyment! Dennis
Love to read!
My on-board library got so big that my son drew the line and said, no more! I had to start limiting my books to ones I was currently (re)reading or else! He said boat speed increased half a knot and the water-line rose an inch! Ha Ha! Bill on STARGAZER
My on-board library got so big that my son drew the line and said, no more! I had to start limiting my books to ones I was currently (re)reading or else! He said boat speed increased half a knot and the water-line rose an inch! Ha Ha! Bill on STARGAZER
Library onboard
Leontiev, Colas, Gerbault, Slocum, Yacht and Navigations Guidebooks, Yacht Magazines. I have a few books on CD and few eBooks in Mobipocket Reader (SonyEricsson P900 smartphone).
Leontiev, Colas, Gerbault, Slocum, Yacht and Navigations Guidebooks, Yacht Magazines. I have a few books on CD and few eBooks in Mobipocket Reader (SonyEricsson P900 smartphone).
Books on Board
Not having attempted to circumnavigate anything, yet, my books are limited to the manuals needed in event of some mechanical or elec. failure! Looking forward to just plain pleasure reading! Linda, on the 'Fixation'
Not having attempted to circumnavigate anything, yet, my books are limited to the manuals needed in event of some mechanical or elec. failure! Looking forward to just plain pleasure reading! Linda, on the 'Fixation'
limited library
C30 Tech Talk collection, several Practical Sailors, Several Mainsheet mags., Chapman Piloting, Sail Trim By Don Guilette plus several paperbacks that the Admiral brings along.
C30 Tech Talk collection, several Practical Sailors, Several Mainsheet mags., Chapman Piloting, Sail Trim By Don Guilette plus several paperbacks that the Admiral brings along.
minimalist
The books on our boat include "Sailing for Dummies" (applies to captain and crew
) and the ASA basic sailing textbook. We also have the assorted sailing regs (cliff notes editions).
The books on our boat include "Sailing for Dummies" (applies to captain and crew
) and the ASA basic sailing textbook. We also have the assorted sailing regs (cliff notes editions).
ex libris
My homework for the summer quarter: Martin Heidegger, Poetry, Language, Thought; Ludwig Wittgenstein, On Certainty; Marcus Aurelius, Meditations; Albert Camus, The Stranger; Jean-Paul Satre, Existentialism and Human Emotions; Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel; Maryse Conde, Crossing the Mangrove; Naguib Mahfouz, Arabian Days and Nights; Chaung Tzu, Wandering on the Way; Louis Erdrich, Love Medicine; Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude; Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Illych; Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivner; Giacomo Leopardi, The Canti.
My homework for the summer quarter: Martin Heidegger, Poetry, Language, Thought; Ludwig Wittgenstein, On Certainty; Marcus Aurelius, Meditations; Albert Camus, The Stranger; Jean-Paul Satre, Existentialism and Human Emotions; Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel; Maryse Conde, Crossing the Mangrove; Naguib Mahfouz, Arabian Days and Nights; Chaung Tzu, Wandering on the Way; Louis Erdrich, Love Medicine; Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude; Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Illych; Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivner; Giacomo Leopardi, The Canti.
Books we don't sail without
Aboard a 28 foot sloop, there's not much room for books, but White Swan always sails with the following: 1. Nigel Calder's Boat Owners Electrical and Mechanical Handbook 2. A Current West Marine Master Catalog. When anything breaks, we can check for size and part number before leaving the boat, and get it taken care by the next weekend. 3. Chapman's Book of Knots 4. USCG Coast Pilot for Cape Cod and the Islands 5. Audobon Society Field Guides to: Weather, Fish & Sea Mammals, Seashells and the Night Sky. 6. Eldridge Tide & Pilot.
Aboard a 28 foot sloop, there's not much room for books, but White Swan always sails with the following: 1. Nigel Calder's Boat Owners Electrical and Mechanical Handbook 2. A Current West Marine Master Catalog. When anything breaks, we can check for size and part number before leaving the boat, and get it taken care by the next weekend. 3. Chapman's Book of Knots 4. USCG Coast Pilot for Cape Cod and the Islands 5. Audobon Society Field Guides to: Weather, Fish & Sea Mammals, Seashells and the Night Sky. 6. Eldridge Tide & Pilot.
one book a true sailer should have
Any true sailer would have a copy of Mark Twain's Following the equator. I have a copy form 1925. But I leave that one at home. I have another copy in paper back. Another good book is Tales from Margaritaville. Now I understand alot of you keep copies of Chapman and books on knots and the old favorite, Sailing for dummies. Not that these are not good books to have on board, but I hope when I cast the dock lines I have a good Idea of what Im doing. (I dont keep a copie of driving for dummies in my car) I keep my copy of Chapmans at home and read it often. Good sailing and reading to all.
Any true sailer would have a copy of Mark Twain's Following the equator. I have a copy form 1925. But I leave that one at home. I have another copy in paper back. Another good book is Tales from Margaritaville. Now I understand alot of you keep copies of Chapman and books on knots and the old favorite, Sailing for dummies. Not that these are not good books to have on board, but I hope when I cast the dock lines I have a good Idea of what Im doing. (I dont keep a copie of driving for dummies in my car) I keep my copy of Chapmans at home and read it often. Good sailing and reading to all.
Only the essentials
I Keep the Annapolis guide to sailing by John Rousmaneirre (spelling?), Boatowners Mechanical and electrical Manual by Calder, and the shop manual for my Yanmar engine. All other books on my boat come and go depending on the trip. I consider those three books essential to have on board at all times.
I Keep the Annapolis guide to sailing by John Rousmaneirre (spelling?), Boatowners Mechanical and electrical Manual by Calder, and the shop manual for my Yanmar engine. All other books on my boat come and go depending on the trip. I consider those three books essential to have on board at all times.
movable feast
On board I have a book of knots the title of which I don't recall, Don's "Sail Trim" and chart, the OMC saildrive manual (wish I didn't need that one), and whatever I bring along from home. Currently I have two of The Patrick O'Brian books, the rest I have been checking out of the library, "A Sailor's Tales" by Bill Robinson (a yard sale special), "The Way of A Ship" by Derek Lundy, and my wife just gave me the following for a birthday present: "Passage to Juneau," Slocum's "Sailing Alond Around the World" and "A Voyage of Madmen." I just finished the 12th O'Brian book, and if he didn't keep me wanting to know what happens next, I would start the books my wife just gave me. Unfortunately, I have to find out where Lucky Jack is going next. Alan
On board I have a book of knots the title of which I don't recall, Don's "Sail Trim" and chart, the OMC saildrive manual (wish I didn't need that one), and whatever I bring along from home. Currently I have two of The Patrick O'Brian books, the rest I have been checking out of the library, "A Sailor's Tales" by Bill Robinson (a yard sale special), "The Way of A Ship" by Derek Lundy, and my wife just gave me the following for a birthday present: "Passage to Juneau," Slocum's "Sailing Alond Around the World" and "A Voyage of Madmen." I just finished the 12th O'Brian book, and if he didn't keep me wanting to know what happens next, I would start the books my wife just gave me. Unfortunately, I have to find out where Lucky Jack is going next.
AlanLack Proper Shelving
Second boat and still lack proper shelving to hold books or magazines flat or squarely on edge. There's space but books are leaning and twisted, no way to treat a good book. So I keep only some notes on sail trim and a few manuals on things like chart symbols, etc. Carry a book or a few magazines from home and back.
Second boat and still lack proper shelving to hold books or magazines flat or squarely on edge. There's space but books are leaning and twisted, no way to treat a good book. So I keep only some notes on sail trim and a few manuals on things like chart symbols, etc. Carry a book or a few magazines from home and back.
Richard Bode
If there were ever ONE book I would recommend to ANY sailor (and power-boaters who wonder WHY we love sailing), there is none better than Richard Bode's "First You Have to Row a Little Boat." We have 3 copies of this wonderful book that we circulate around the marina. It is an excellent example of how sailing affects everything we do and how life's lessons can be learned on the water.
If there were ever ONE book I would recommend to ANY sailor (and power-boaters who wonder WHY we love sailing), there is none better than Richard Bode's "First You Have to Row a Little Boat." We have 3 copies of this wonderful book that we circulate around the marina. It is an excellent example of how sailing affects everything we do and how life's lessons can be learned on the water.
Books, a Boat Makes
The "Wild Goose-Oday 322" Conservatory holds several editions for loan and enjoyment for all ages: "Scuppers-The Sailing Dog" little golden book "The Complete Guide to Sailing" for its beautiful line drawings "Holy Bible" for Sunday morning worship in the cockpit "Knots" for practice "Jolly Mon" Jimmy and Savannah Buffet's childrens book "The Sailing Dictonary" "The Wake of the Red Witch" "The Mercer Boys Sail the Lassie" "Good Boatkeeping" "Horatio Hornblower" and anything by Dick Francis....
The "Wild Goose-Oday 322" Conservatory holds several editions for loan and enjoyment for all ages: "Scuppers-The Sailing Dog" little golden book "The Complete Guide to Sailing" for its beautiful line drawings "Holy Bible" for Sunday morning worship in the cockpit "Knots" for practice "Jolly Mon" Jimmy and Savannah Buffet's childrens book "The Sailing Dictonary" "The Wake of the Red Witch" "The Mercer Boys Sail the Lassie" "Good Boatkeeping" "Horatio Hornblower" and anything by Dick Francis....
Shelf Game
Guide to Anchorages in South West Florida Cruising Guide to the Florida Keys Boating Etiquette Bible (New Testiment, KJV) Yanmar SB8/SB12 Engine Manual Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum Seraffyn's Oriental Adventure by Lin Pardey
Guide to Anchorages in South West Florida Cruising Guide to the Florida Keys Boating Etiquette Bible (New Testiment, KJV) Yanmar SB8/SB12 Engine Manual Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum Seraffyn's Oriental Adventure by Lin Pardey
Books
A Boat US and West Marine Catalog Ports of Call for lake Erie and Lake St Clair A couple knot books Yanmar manual Manuals for most all systems on board just finished "A voyage for madmen" about the 1968 (?) Golden Globe solo race around the world, absolutely fascinating!!! Chapmans Piloting Whatever books my boys are in the middle of at the time
A Boat US and West Marine Catalog Ports of Call for lake Erie and Lake St Clair A couple knot books Yanmar manual Manuals for most all systems on board just finished "A voyage for madmen" about the 1968 (?) Golden Globe solo race around the world, absolutely fascinating!!! Chapmans Piloting Whatever books my boys are in the middle of at the time
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