Some great sailing reads!

[Seachelle]

Just some book titles to share in case y'all are looking for a good sailing adventure story! I've read all, per below, and very much enjoyed them!

Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening by Captain Liz Clark

First Crossing: The Personal Log of a Transatlantic Adventure by Malcolm & Carol McConnell

Mahina Tiare: Pacific Passages by Barbara Marrett & John Neal

Log of the Mahina by John Neal

Escape From The Ordinary by Julie Bradley

Crossing Pirate Waters by Julie Bradley

Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum

Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing by John Rousmaniere

Chasing Dreamtime: A Sea-Going Hitchhiker's Journey Through Memory and Myth by Neva Sullaway

Enjoy!!!

Fair winds,
~ Chelle
SV Sunflower (Sunny) | 2021 Com-Pac Legacy
SV No Mas! | 1990 Com-Pac 23D MK3
https://passagesfromtheheart.wordpress.com

[Bob23]

You must be a fast reader!
Try also:
"A Speck on the Sea" by William H. Longyard. Epic voyages in the most improbable vessels
"The Cape Horn Breed" by Captain William S. Jones who at the age of 15 went to sea bound for Cape Horn.
"The Last Navigator" by Stephen D. Thomas which is the fascinating story of the polynesian sailors who navigate thousands of miles of open oceans without charts, compass or sextants.

All are fascinating! Cape Horn Breed may be out of print but well worth the hunt.

[Ken J]

Currently reading Racing through Paradise by William F Buckley

[Ken J]

For fun adventure are a set of 5 books written by a friend of mine under the pen name of Lee Storm - they are really great fun books to read

[Seachelle]

Thanks for the suggestions, Bob23 and Ken! I will check 'em out, for sure! I forgot to include a couple of other books in my original list -- Tania Aebi's Maiden Voyage (mentioned already in this section, I believe) and her second book, I've Been Around -- the second book is more a work of reflective anecdotes and lessons-learned. Both were wonderful, but Maiden Voyage was my favorite of the two.

Fair winds,
~ Chelle
SV Sunflower (Sunny) | 2021 Com-Pac Legacy
SV No Mas! | 1990 Com-Pac 23D MK3
https://passagesfromtheheart.wordpress.com

[Bob23]

Maiden Voyage was a wonderful book! I might have it lying around here somewhere.
"Wanderer" by Sterling Hayden is another great book!
Bob23

[crazycarl]

One of my all time favorite sailing books is The Unlikely Voyage of Jack De Crow: A Mirror Odyssey From North Wales to the Black Sea by A.J. Mackinnon. 

[deisher6]

"Wanderer" is a great read much better than Hayden's other book "Voyage".  I stumbled on a much used copy of "Voyage" at a marina.  Sterling Hayden is a larger than life character.  Aside from his Hollywood times he was also a Capt. in the Corps receiving a Silver Star  during WWII. 

Recently read  and recommend; "The Log of the Lone Eagle": The Two Year, 14,000 Mile Epic Voyage of Lone Eagle by Robert G. Bugge, Feb 18, 2020.

regards charlie

[crazycarl]

There are a lot of other small boat adventure books I've read, but these are the ones I've read more than once...

Three Years in a 12 Foot Boat by Steven Ladd

500 Days: Around the World on a Twelve Foot Yacht by Serge Testa

*The Biggest Boat I Could Afford: Sailing Up the U.S. Coast in a Dinghy by Lee Hughes

An Unlikely Voyage: 2000 Miles Alone in a Small Wooden Boat by John Almberg

Incredible Voyage by Tristan Jones

Shantyboat Journal by Harlan Hubbard

* I had just finished reading Ocean Crossing Wayfarer: To Iceland and Norway in a 16 Foot Open Boat by Frank & Margaret Dye when I started reading The Biggest Boat I Could Afford.  I won't say anymore, but there is a connection.

[Ken J]

Another book I really enjoyed and read twice is Victura about the Kennedy?s saili boat -

[Bob23]

Another great read which may be out of print or may not have even made it to print is "Beachchair on a Rail" by our own Crazy Carl. It's probably best told in his own words!
Bob23

[kickingbug1]

also "how i got shanghied by a bow pulpit" by audrey j

[crazycarl]

Another good read is
The Curmudgeon: Drinking From the Bottom, a book about a sailor who through his own fault was stranded for 6 days and 200 yards from shore, with nothing but pbr to sustain him.

I shuttered with his description of popping the top on that first can of warm swill.   

[Tim Gardner]

The best tome to read at home of all is "Old Frothing-slosh! How I keep the foam on the bottom" by pbr aficionado, bob23.

[Bob23]

This is true, TG!
Hey Carl- I've read that and it's a great book! I at times feel like I'm livin' it! If I recall correctly you did the introduction to the book... with a photo! I think I have a copy around here somwhere... I'll post a photo or get someone with the advanced knowledge on how to do so!