Sailing Library

Sailing Library

Books Completed

	Title	Author	Rating 1-3	Comments
1	Gypsy Moth Circles the World	Francis Chichester	2	Whines about Gypsy Moth too much, good history
2	One Minute Guide to the Nautical Rules of the Road	Charlie Wing	2	Quick, thin and straightforward. If you read this and still hit somebody, it is your own fault.
3	The Annapolis Book of Seamanship	John Rousmaniere	3+	Don't leave home without it
4	Once is Enough	Miles Smeeton	3+	Off the charts. Great book about an amazing adventure & remarkable people. Transcends time.
5	Around the World Single-Handed	Harry Pidgeon	2	He's from Iowa. How can you go wrong?
6	Your First Sailboat	Daniel Spurr	3	Excellent book for beginners and first time owners.
7	World Cruising Essentials	Jimmy Cornell	2	Based on surveys of ARC participants, so skewed to that fleet.
8	Self Sufficient Sailor	Lin and Larry Pardey	1	OK conceptually, but too much focus on "how to make a wooden mast from a tree" type subjects.
9	The Practical Mariner's Book of Knowledge	John Vigor	3	You'll learn more reading John Vigor than most others.
10	The Long Way	Bernard Moitessier	2	He's wacky, but a great read.
11	Close to the Wind	Pete Goss	1	Story of one man achieving his dream & the struggles along the way.
12	You Can't Blow Home Again	Herb Payson	1	Pale shadow of his first book.
13	Single Handed Sailing	Richard Henderson	2	If your dream is to go out alone, read this first.
14	The Voyager's Handbook	Beth A. Leonard	0	Poor effort from an overrated writer. More slick than substance and lacking veracity.
15	Commonsense Cruising	Patience Wales	1	Compilation of Sail magazine articles. Recycled content.
16	How to Sail Around the World	Hal Roth	2	Solid work from someone who has forgotten more than Beth A Leonard will ever know.
17	The Liveaboard Report	Charlie Wing	1	One of the few examples of factual analysis & reporting in this entire segment.
18	The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat	John Vigor	3	Don't buy a boat without reading this book.
19	Blown Away	Herb Payson	3	Fun read and proof that you don't need to know much to go do this.
20	Trekka Round the World	John Guzzwell	3	Guzzwell was with the Smeetons when they pitchpoled, and that was only part of this story.
21	Alone Through the Roaring Forties	Vito Dumas	2	Inspiring tale of solo trip throug the Southern ocean. Read this before you go down there.
22	Fast Track to Cruising	Steve and Doris Colgate	2	Textbook for their certification course of the same name.
23	How Boat Things Work	Charlie Wing	2	Good fundamentals book on boat systems.
24	Sailing Fundamentals	Gary Jobson	0	Probably the worst edited book ever printed. Riddled with spelling and grammar errors.
25	Blue Latitudes	Tony Horwitz	2	Fun retracing of Cook's explorations with a minimum of 20/20 hindsight criticism & recasting.
26	Cruising Fundamentals	Harry Munns	2	Textbook for ASA cruising level certification. At least they edited this level.
27	Call of the Ancient Mariner	Reese Palley	2	Worth the read for anyone over 40 heading out. Entertaining style & perspective.
28	Over the Edge of the World	Laurence Bergreen	2	Historical look at Magellen's voyage, worthwhile read.
29	Coastal Navigation	Mike Pyzel	1	Textbook for ASA coastal nav certification. Crude construction & design. Content OK.
30	Chart No. 1	NOAA & DOD	3	A basic necessity.
31	Heavy Weather Sailing	Peter Bruce	3+	Excellent compilation and update of a classic.
32	Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts	John Rousmaniere	3	Read before buying a boat. Contains some of the few empirical facts and analysis in this segment.
33	Mercator	Nicholas Crane	2	Dense, but excellent story of a life that impacted all that followed.
34	Longitude	Dava Sobel	2	Entertaining and short story of how we can tell where we are on the planet.
35	Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure	Graham Harris and Les MacPhie	2	Fun read. Who can pass up a real treasure mystery that is still unsolved?
36	The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake	Samuel Bawlf	2	If you are new to nautical history & personalities, this should be one you read.
37	Rounding the Horn	Dallas Murphy	0	He wrote about 20% of this and stole the rest. Amatuerish infatuation with natives.
38	A World of My Own	Robin Knox Johnson	2	Another giant of the contemporary sailing world. Worth the read so you know the history.
39	There Be No Dragons	Reese Palley	2	Reese Palley has the guts to write things most don't or won't.
40	Used Boat Notebook	John Kretschmer	3	Don't buy a boat without reading this book. He spent over 225k offshore miles learning the content.
41	High Endeavours	Miles Clark	3	The subjects, the Smeetons, make up for the shortfalls in the writing.
42	Marine Diesel Engines	Nigel Calder	3	Another home run from the master of communicating complex technical subjects.
43	My Old Man and the Sea	David and Dan Hays	2	Worthwhile tale of father / son bonding while rounding the horn.
44	One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship	Tristan Jones	2	OK, so he fabricated most of his anecdotes, this one still carries good and true recommendations.
45	Sailing Alone Around the World	Joshua Slocum	3+	The standard by which all others of this type are judged.
46	Changing Course	Debra Ann Cantrell	3	Think your husband is nuts to drag you over the horizon on a boat? Try reading this before you kill him.


Books to Read

1	World Cruising Handbook	Jimmy Cornell
2	Cost Concious Cruiser	Lin and Larry Pardey
3	The Capable Cruiser	Lin and Larry Pardey
4	Boatowners Illustrated Handbook of Wiring	Charlie Wing
5	Get Your Captain's License	Charlie Wing
6	Sailing - The Complete Practical Manual	Michel Deshors
7	The Sailmaker's Apprentice	Emiliano Marino
8	Unlikely Passages	Reese Palley
9	The Rigger's Apprentice	Brion Toss
10	Radar for Mariners	David Burch
11	Always a Distant Anchorage	Hal Roth
12	A Sea Vagabonds World	Bernard Moitessier
13	GPS for Mariners	Robert Sweet
14	Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen	Mary Blewitt
15	Chapman Navigation Rules	USCG Dan Fales
16	Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us	Bill Brogdon
17	Voyage of the Liberdade	Joshua Slocum
18	The Cruising Life	Jim Trefethen
19	Sailing for Dummies	JJ Isler & Peter Isler
20	The Boater's Handbook	Elbert Maloney
21	Tropical Cruising Handbook	Mark Smaalders & Kim des Rochers
22	Sail South to the Sun	Clifford Stillwell
23	World Cruising Routes	Jimmy Cornell
24	Boatowners Mechanical and Electrical Manual	Nigel Calder
25	Cruising Handbook	Nigel Calder
26	How to Read a Nautical Chart	Nigel Calder
27	Storm Tactics Handbook	Lin and Larry Pardey
28	The Windvane Self-Steering Handbook	Bill Morris
29	Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia	Linda and Steve Dashew
30	The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors	James D. Hronfischer
31	The Bounty	Caroline Alexander
32	A Pirate of Exquisite Mind	Diana & Michael Preston
33	Defining the Wind	Scott Huler
34	Seawise	Donald Street, Jr.



Periodicals
	Title	Publisher		Description
1	Ocean Voyager - Annual Handbook of Offshore Sailing	Ocean Navigator		Annual guide published by Ocean Navigator.
2	Yachting Monthly			UK Cruising magazine
3	Blue Water Sailing			Focus on offshore passagemaking, etc. Real world.
4	Santana			West coast sailing magazine
5	Pacific Yachting			Pacific NW magazine
6	Yacht Vacations and Charters			High end charters, i.e. $20k a week and up.
7	Practical Sailor			Consumer Reports of the sailing world.
8	Sailing			Large format sailing magazine based in Milwaukee, WI area.
9	Ocean Navigator			Offshore focus. Practical techniques. Serious.
10	Yachting World			UK general sailing magazine
11	Guide to Southern California Yacht Clubs	The Log		Annual guide published by The Log.
12	2005 Sailboat Buyers Guide	Sail		Annual guide published by Sail Magazine.
13	Boat Works	Sail		Spinoff from Sail magazine to compete with Good Old Boat.
14	Latitude 38			San Francisco based CA focused sailing magazine.
15	Sailing World			General interest sailing magazine.
16	Sail			General interest sailing magazine.
17	Passage Maker			Trawler focused magazine.
18	The Log			Southern California marine newspaper.
19	Cruising World			Cruising centric magazine, focusus on selling the dream.
20	Good Old Boat			Maintain and repair your older boat, which didn't cost you $700k like the new ones do.