Writes of passage

[Marc]

"Travis McGee, still in Cedar Key...."

that's what old John MacDonald said"John MacDonald wrote a series of 22 Travis McGee novels. Travis was a boat bum living aboard a houseboat in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. (Bahia Mar) He's a kind of Private Detective that helps friends with problems. Lot's of nautical happenings and he usually get's the girl!John MacDonald also wrote many other books with south florida themes, mainly "Who Dun its"Happy reading and sailing,Marc

 

[Larry W.]

nautical reading

Allow me to shamelessly flog my own novel, THE BANGKOK BLUES, the first title in the R.P. Merlyn Sailing Adventure series. It's a sailing/adventure/mystery loosely based on the time I spent in Thailand in the army and is available at amazon.com. The next title is THE PUERTO VALLARTA BLUES, set, where else, in PV, Mexico. Check out my website, seafiction.com.

 

[SailboatOwners.com]

Final results

final results for the Quick Quiz ending June 22, 203:My favorite kind of sailing books are: 39% How-to books 35% Non-fiction stories of racing or cruising 17% Sailing fiction like the Jack Aubrey series or the old masters 10% I like to do it but not read about it

 

[Michael Cotton]

Nurse Ratchet

"Nurse Ratchet" comes from our employments. Claudette is a nurse. I at that time was employed by Snap-on tools.

 

[john]

wondering

Is Dana's "Two Years Before the Mast" a work of fiction? I'm wondering...

 

[Dennis]

The RA expeditions

Presently I am reading the RA EXPEDITIONS by Thor Heyerdahl!

 

[Pete]

True stories & know how books

I enjoy reading sea stories that are true.Some of which are ,Fastnet, Survive the Savage Sea,117 Days Adrift,The Ship And The Storm(Loss Of Fantome),& Fatal Storm. Also for education the Auxilliary Sailing Vessel Operations ,of course Chapman's Seamanship,and Single Handed Sailing.Do not usually read while sailing,only at home when landlocked!