Here you'll find a list of books I've enjoyed relating to sailing and the sea.
Brief book reviews will be available shortly. I've also included a number of
maintenance texts you may wish to consider. Recently read a great book
that's not on here?
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Once Is Enough  by Miles Smeeton
The Cruel Sea   by  Nicholas Monsarrat
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Proving Ground by G. Bruce Knecht
A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols
Heavy Weather Sailing by Adlard Coles
Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum
Voyage of the Liberdade by Joshua Slocum
Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
Gypsy Moth Circles The World by Francis Chichester
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
Alone Through the Roaring Forties by Victor Dumas
The Long Way by Bernard Moitessier
The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall
Chapman: Piloting and Seamanship by Elbert S. Maloney
Fastnet: Force 10 by John Rousmaniere
In Harm's Way by Doug Stanton
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Close to the Wind by Pete Goss
The Biggest Boat I Could Afford by Lee Hughes
The Godforsaken Sea by Derek Lundy
Desperate Voyage by John Caldwell
Ship of Gold by Gary Kinder
Blown Away by Herb Payson
Sea Sense by Richard Henderson
The Magnificent Savages by Fred Mustard Stewart
The Fiberglass Boat Repair Manual by Allan Vaitses
Sailboat Refinishing by Don Casey
The Saga of Cimba by Richard Maury
The Finely Fitted Yacht by Ferenc Mate
The Incredible Voyage by Tristan Jones
Isaac's Storm by Eric Larson
Fatal Storm by Rob Mundle
Sails for Racing by John Heyes
Racing Crew by Malcolm McKeag and Bill Edgerton
The Pirates Lafitte: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf                     
                                                                                             
by William Davis
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