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reuben
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Initially Posted - 02/26/2004 : 23:13:00

Every winter I read at least one good sailing/cruising book - sometimes a how-to but more often a memoir - to shorten the nights and hasten spring. This began when I came across Tristan Jones' book "Ice," which remains a favorite, and continued with Steve Callahan's terrifying "Adrift" and the Pardeys' "Cruising in Seraffyn." More recently there've been Jonathan Raban's books "Coasting," about his circumnavigation of Britain, and "Passage to Juneau," about the Inside Passage of the pacific northwest - a winning narrative. Also Homer's Odyssey, the ultimate cruising story. Now I'm preparing an order to Amazon.com, and wondering what books get the rest of you through winter. Boats and books - is there a better combination?

Reuben
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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 02/27/2004 : 00:16:45

Well, I just went to scan my boat book library, and it seems to be 99% how-to books. As some of you may already suspect, I'm the sort of person who can curl up with a technical manual and not put it down until I've read it from cover to cover.

For more normal cabin fever reading, I highly recommend "Sailing Around The World Alone", by Joshua Slocum. The man is a giant among sailors. Both he and his writings are all time classics. (It's available for free on the Web.)

"The Boat Who Wouldn't Float", by Farley Mowat is horribly funny.

There's another book written in that same Farley Mowat style, which I owned briefly, but lost by lending it out, and can't remember either the title or author. Help me out here. It's about a stary-eyed couple who sink their fortune into a run down wooden motoryacht on a whim, and set out to become cruisers. They are well meaning clueless people who go through life with cheerful smiles on their faces, blissfully unaware of the wide trail of havoc they leave in their wake. I remember the book most for its mercilessly detailed and accurate descriptions of the soap opera side of live aboard marinas.

-- Leon Sisson

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svmoxie
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Response Posted - 02/27/2004 : 04:38:57

A book I found recently, and mentioned in the last Mainsheet, is "Small Craft Advisory" by Louis D. Rubin, Jr. and it is just excellent! I also really enjoyed "North to the Night" by Alvah Simon although that one won't warm you up any on these cold days.

If you read and enjoy Mowat's "The Boat Who Wouldn't Float" you should also read his "The Dog Who Wouldn't Be", not boat related but it is very funny!

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Mark Loyacano
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Response Posted - 02/27/2004 : 08:40:33

Winter reading, so far:
A Single Wave by Webb Chiles
Blue Latitudes by Bill Horwitz
Best Boats and also From a Bare Hull, by Ferenc Mate
Fastnet Force 10 by John Rousmaniere
Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual by Nigel Calder
The Best of SAIL Trim by Sail Magazine
The Best of RUDDER Magazine (an anthology)
The Riddle of the Compass by Amir Aczel
Gently With the Tides edited by Michael Frankel
Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts edited by John Rousmaniere

Winter is almost over. Soon I hope to read my trucks odometer - while heading toward the lake!

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/27/2004 : 09:27:07

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Mark Loyacano
 Winter reading, so far:
A Single Wave by Webb Chiles
Blue Latitudes by Bill Horwitz
Best Boats and also From a Bare Hull, by Ferenc Mate
Fastnet Force 10 by John Rousmaniere
Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual by Nigel Calder
The Best of SAIL Trim by Sail Magazine
The Best of RUDDER Magazine (an anthology)
The Riddle of the Compass by Amir Aczel
Gently With the Tides edited by Michael Frankel
Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts edited by John Rousmaniere

Winter is almost over. Soon I hope to read my trucks odometer - while heading toward the lake!

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Oh yeah! Well I got through two and a half years of Tiger Woods Golf on X box this winter!

I doubt there is anyone quite as illiterate as I am.

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