Book suggestions please

[Meerkat]

I've come into an amazon.com gift certificate (for doing a long survey) for $100 and I'm thinking about getting some useful (non fictional) sailing/boating books.

Any suggestions?

[Meerkat]

I've come into an amazon.com gift certificate (for doing a long survey) for $100 and I'm thinking about getting some useful (non fictional) sailing/boating books.

Any suggestions?

[Meerkat]

I've come into an amazon.com gift certificate (for doing a long survey) for $100 and I'm thinking about getting some useful (non fictional) sailing/boating books.

Any suggestions?

[Venchka]

Recent book purchases I have enjoyed:

Linda Greenlaw, all 3 books.

Trekka you know about.

A Speck on the Sea.

Boatbuilding collection:
Gardner, all 4 titles.
Steward Boatbuilding Manual
Oughtred clinker plywood
Bud McIntosh
Sam Rabl Boatbuilding in your own backyard
John Guzzwell Modern Wooden Yacht Construction
The Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction

Of all of the above, I find Gardner has the most useful building information. The Dory Book and Building Classic Small Craft have enough information from lofting to painting to build anything, including epoxy glued plywood.

Look into the Fine Edge Publishing Cruising Guides. Local folks writing about local waters.

A good PNW atlas.

Enjoy!

PS: Does it have to be an Amazon gift certificate? I have scored several good used books from Powell's in Portland lately. I may never buy new again.

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D

[ 06-29-2005, 12:25 AM: Message edited by: Venchka ]

[Venchka]

Recent book purchases I have enjoyed:

Linda Greenlaw, all 3 books.

Trekka you know about.

A Speck on the Sea.

Boatbuilding collection:
Gardner, all 4 titles.
Steward Boatbuilding Manual
Oughtred clinker plywood
Bud McIntosh
Sam Rabl Boatbuilding in your own backyard
John Guzzwell Modern Wooden Yacht Construction
The Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction

Of all of the above, I find Gardner has the most useful building information. The Dory Book and Building Classic Small Craft have enough information from lofting to painting to build anything, including epoxy glued plywood.

Look into the Fine Edge Publishing Cruising Guides. Local folks writing about local waters.

A good PNW atlas.

Enjoy!

PS: Does it have to be an Amazon gift certificate? I have scored several good used books from Powell's in Portland lately. I may never buy new again.

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D

[ 06-29-2005, 12:25 AM: Message edited by: Venchka ]

[Venchka]

Recent book purchases I have enjoyed:

Linda Greenlaw, all 3 books.

Trekka you know about.

A Speck on the Sea.

Boatbuilding collection:
Gardner, all 4 titles.
Steward Boatbuilding Manual
Oughtred clinker plywood
Bud McIntosh
Sam Rabl Boatbuilding in your own backyard
John Guzzwell Modern Wooden Yacht Construction
The Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction

Of all of the above, I find Gardner has the most useful building information. The Dory Book and Building Classic Small Craft have enough information from lofting to painting to build anything, including epoxy glued plywood.

Look into the Fine Edge Publishing Cruising Guides. Local folks writing about local waters.

A good PNW atlas.

Enjoy!

PS: Does it have to be an Amazon gift certificate? I have scored several good used books from Powell's in Portland lately. I may never buy new again.

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D

[ 06-29-2005, 12:25 AM: Message edited by: Venchka ]

[Ross M]

My absolute favorite is Dave Gerr's The Nature of Boats (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/007024233X/qid=1120020660/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-3646825-0032969)

8 reviews; average rating 5 stars, $14.95.

I was amazed at the breath of the coverage. Cannot imagine better bang for the buck.
Authoritative yet entertaining.

Ross

[Ross M]

My absolute favorite is Dave Gerr's The Nature of Boats (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/007024233X/qid=1120020660/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-3646825-0032969)

8 reviews; average rating 5 stars, $14.95.

I was amazed at the breath of the coverage. Cannot imagine better bang for the buck.
Authoritative yet entertaining.

Ross

[Ross M]

My absolute favorite is Dave Gerr's The Nature of Boats (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/007024233X/qid=1120020660/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-3646825-0032969)

8 reviews; average rating 5 stars, $14.95.

I was amazed at the breath of the coverage. Cannot imagine better bang for the buck.
Authoritative yet entertaining.

Ross

[Garrett Lowell]

The Rudder Treasury.

[Garrett Lowell]

The Rudder Treasury.

[Garrett Lowell]

The Rudder Treasury.

[cs]

Sailing to the Reefs
By Bernard Moitessier

http://www.sheridanhouse.com/catalog/moitessier/covers/sailingreefs.jpg


It takes a certain aplomb to land on an island and report to the Immigration Authority with six lizards trying to escape from the pocket of your trousers. And it takes a certain cocky impudence to enter a non-stop single-handed round-the-world race only to abandon it just short of the finish line. But it takes sheer brilliance to write one of the most spirited and witty accounts of nautical life ever produced. Clearly, Bernard Moitessier was no ordinary man.

In Sailing to the Reefs, he describes his shipwreck on the Chagos atoll in the Indian Ocean, the construction of MARIE THÉRÈSE II, and his leisurely voyage via South Africa, St. Helena, Ascension, and Fernando-Noroña to the West Indies, where disaster lay waiting. His accounts of spells spent in port to earn his keep and mingle with his fellow gypsies sharply conveys the flavor of life as a sea-tramp, and the book as a whole offers a treasury of practical hints for the self-reliant sailor.

With postscripts by K. Adlard Coles on heavy weather sailing and Michael Richey on self-steering devices.Chad

[cs]

Sailing to the Reefs
By Bernard Moitessier

http://www.sheridanhouse.com/catalog/moitessier/covers/sailingreefs.jpg


It takes a certain aplomb to land on an island and report to the Immigration Authority with six lizards trying to escape from the pocket of your trousers. And it takes a certain cocky impudence to enter a non-stop single-handed round-the-world race only to abandon it just short of the finish line. But it takes sheer brilliance to write one of the most spirited and witty accounts of nautical life ever produced. Clearly, Bernard Moitessier was no ordinary man.

In Sailing to the Reefs, he describes his shipwreck on the Chagos atoll in the Indian Ocean, the construction of MARIE THÉRÈSE II, and his leisurely voyage via South Africa, St. Helena, Ascension, and Fernando-Noroña to the West Indies, where disaster lay waiting. His accounts of spells spent in port to earn his keep and mingle with his fellow gypsies sharply conveys the flavor of life as a sea-tramp, and the book as a whole offers a treasury of practical hints for the self-reliant sailor.

With postscripts by K. Adlard Coles on heavy weather sailing and Michael Richey on self-steering devices.Chad

[cs]

Sailing to the Reefs
By Bernard Moitessier

http://www.sheridanhouse.com/catalog/moitessier/covers/sailingreefs.jpg


It takes a certain aplomb to land on an island and report to the Immigration Authority with six lizards trying to escape from the pocket of your trousers. And it takes a certain cocky impudence to enter a non-stop single-handed round-the-world race only to abandon it just short of the finish line. But it takes sheer brilliance to write one of the most spirited and witty accounts of nautical life ever produced. Clearly, Bernard Moitessier was no ordinary man.

In Sailing to the Reefs, he describes his shipwreck on the Chagos atoll in the Indian Ocean, the construction of MARIE THÉRÈSE II, and his leisurely voyage via South Africa, St. Helena, Ascension, and Fernando-Noroña to the West Indies, where disaster lay waiting. His accounts of spells spent in port to earn his keep and mingle with his fellow gypsies sharply conveys the flavor of life as a sea-tramp, and the book as a whole offers a treasury of practical hints for the self-reliant sailor.

With postscripts by K. Adlard Coles on heavy weather sailing and Michael Richey on self-steering devices.Chad

[cs]

Another one.

Pirate Hunter: Captain Kidd


On the fourth of July, 1696, Captain Kidd in the Adventure Galley glided into the harbor, and greeted the people of Manhattan with a couple of shots from his cannon to announce his triumphant return home. As he had hoped, the boom of his guns stirred the merchants and the sailors out of their smoky lethargy in the taverns, away from the rent-a-pipe racks and tankards of cider, to come down to water's edge.http://www.maritimehistory.info/pirates/images/pirate-book.jpg

Chad

[cs]

Another one.

Pirate Hunter: Captain Kidd


On the fourth of July, 1696, Captain Kidd in the Adventure Galley glided into the harbor, and greeted the people of Manhattan with a couple of shots from his cannon to announce his triumphant return home. As he had hoped, the boom of his guns stirred the merchants and the sailors out of their smoky lethargy in the taverns, away from the rent-a-pipe racks and tankards of cider, to come down to water's edge.http://www.maritimehistory.info/pirates/images/pirate-book.jpg

Chad

[cs]

Another one.

Pirate Hunter: Captain Kidd


On the fourth of July, 1696, Captain Kidd in the Adventure Galley glided into the harbor, and greeted the people of Manhattan with a couple of shots from his cannon to announce his triumphant return home. As he had hoped, the boom of his guns stirred the merchants and the sailors out of their smoky lethargy in the taverns, away from the rent-a-pipe racks and tankards of cider, to come down to water's edge.http://www.maritimehistory.info/pirates/images/pirate-book.jpg

Chad

[Donn]

Amazon sells lots of other stuff, besides books. Music and tools come to mind.

[Donn]

Amazon sells lots of other stuff, besides books. Music and tools come to mind.

[Donn]

Amazon sells lots of other stuff, besides books. Music and tools come to mind.

[JimConlin]

The most well-done book on boatbuilding i've seen in a long while is John Brooks' "How to build Glued-Lapstrake Wooden Boats", published by our hosts. It's clearly written, has many photos and is just loaded with very practical shop tips. It's unusually generous for a practicing professional to reveal this much.
If you might ever build a glued-lapstrake boat, I highly recommend this book.

[JimConlin]

The most well-done book on boatbuilding i've seen in a long while is John Brooks' "How to build Glued-Lapstrake Wooden Boats", published by our hosts. It's clearly written, has many photos and is just loaded with very practical shop tips. It's unusually generous for a practicing professional to reveal this much.
If you might ever build a glued-lapstrake boat, I highly recommend this book.

[JimConlin]

The most well-done book on boatbuilding i've seen in a long while is John Brooks' "How to build Glued-Lapstrake Wooden Boats", published by our hosts. It's clearly written, has many photos and is just loaded with very practical shop tips. It's unusually generous for a practicing professional to reveal this much.
If you might ever build a glued-lapstrake boat, I highly recommend this book.

[mbogo]

Also a Moitessier fan; The Long Way was a great book I thought. The appendix was full of great technical stuff, and the text of the voyage was interesting.

If you don't have it, A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols is probably my favorite sailing book.

I'm assuming you already have Heavy Weather Sailing by Adlard Coles and Chapman's Piloting? How about both volumes of The World's Best Yachts by Ferenc Mate, just for eye candy?

[mbogo]

Also a Moitessier fan; The Long Way was a great book I thought. The appendix was full of great technical stuff, and the text of the voyage was interesting.

If you don't have it, A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols is probably my favorite sailing book.

I'm assuming you already have Heavy Weather Sailing by Adlard Coles and Chapman's Piloting? How about both volumes of The World's Best Yachts by Ferenc Mate, just for eye candy?

[mbogo]

Also a Moitessier fan; The Long Way was a great book I thought. The appendix was full of great technical stuff, and the text of the voyage was interesting.

If you don't have it, A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols is probably my favorite sailing book.

I'm assuming you already have Heavy Weather Sailing by Adlard Coles and Chapman's Piloting? How about both volumes of The World's Best Yachts by Ferenc Mate, just for eye candy?

[Terry Etapa]

I've posted some of my favorites on my website (http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tetapa/Library.html). Take a look at the books on the inside passage. I really like Joe Upton's books.

I'd add one more, . It's a pretty funny tale about a guy following in Captain Cooks steps. Blue Latitudes (http://bluelatitudes.notlong.com)

[ 06-29-2005, 02:30 PM: Message edited by: Terry Etapa ]

[Terry Etapa]

I've posted some of my favorites on my website (http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tetapa/Library.html). Take a look at the books on the inside passage. I really like Joe Upton's books.

I'd add one more, . It's a pretty funny tale about a guy following in Captain Cooks steps. Blue Latitudes (http://bluelatitudes.notlong.com)

[ 06-29-2005, 02:30 PM: Message edited by: Terry Etapa ]

[Terry Etapa]

I've posted some of my favorites on my website (http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tetapa/Library.html). Take a look at the books on the inside passage. I really like Joe Upton's books.

I'd add one more, . It's a pretty funny tale about a guy following in Captain Cooks steps. Blue Latitudes (http://bluelatitudes.notlong.com)

[ 06-29-2005, 02:30 PM: Message edited by: Terry Etapa ]

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

Voyage of the Liberdade.
High Speed Sailing (design factors) Joseph Norwoord jr.

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

Voyage of the Liberdade.
High Speed Sailing (design factors) Joseph Norwoord jr.

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

Voyage of the Liberdade.
High Speed Sailing (design factors) Joseph Norwoord jr.

[Meerkat]

Originally posted by JimConlin:
The most well-done book on boatbuilding i've seen in a long while is John Brooks' "How to build Glued-Lapstrake Wooden Boats", published by our hosts. It's clearly written, has many photos and is just loaded with very practical shop tips. It's unusually generous for a practicing professional to reveal this much.
If you might ever build a glued-lapstrake boat, I highly recommend this book.Cool - is it finally published? smile.gif

[Meerkat]

Originally posted by JimConlin:
The most well-done book on boatbuilding i've seen in a long while is John Brooks' "How to build Glued-Lapstrake Wooden Boats", published by our hosts. It's clearly written, has many photos and is just loaded with very practical shop tips. It's unusually generous for a practicing professional to reveal this much.
If you might ever build a glued-lapstrake boat, I highly recommend this book.Cool - is it finally published? smile.gif

[Meerkat]

Originally posted by JimConlin:
The most well-done book on boatbuilding i've seen in a long while is John Brooks' "How to build Glued-Lapstrake Wooden Boats", published by our hosts. It's clearly written, has many photos and is just loaded with very practical shop tips. It's unusually generous for a practicing professional to reveal this much.
If you might ever build a glued-lapstrake boat, I highly recommend this book.Cool - is it finally published? smile.gif

[Venchka]

Seems like it. And Amazon has it.

Brooks' Book (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0937822582/ref=pd_sxp_f/103-7611266-3243812?v=glance&s=books)

Enjoy!

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D

[ 06-29-2005, 05:26 PM: Message edited by: Venchka ]

[Venchka]

Seems like it. And Amazon has it.

Brooks' Book (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0937822582/ref=pd_sxp_f/103-7611266-3243812?v=glance&s=books)

Enjoy!

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D

[ 06-29-2005, 05:26 PM: Message edited by: Venchka ]

[Venchka]

Seems like it. And Amazon has it.

Brooks' Book (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0937822582/ref=pd_sxp_f/103-7611266-3243812?v=glance&s=books)

Enjoy!

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D

[ 06-29-2005, 05:26 PM: Message edited by: Venchka ]

[outofthenorm]

How about Greg Rossel's Building Small Boats?

[outofthenorm]

How about Greg Rossel's Building Small Boats?

[outofthenorm]

How about Greg Rossel's Building Small Boats?

[Meerkat]

Thanks everybody!

The deed is done! Kind of a mix:

"Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity"
David Allen

"Swirly World: The Solo Voyages"
Andrew Fagan

"Freebsd 5.3"
CD-ROM (needed for a project)

"Inspiration 7.6"
(also for a project - most excellent mind mapping/brain storming software - least expensive in it's class, but arguably the best)

[Meerkat]

Thanks everybody!

The deed is done! Kind of a mix:

"Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity"
David Allen

"Swirly World: The Solo Voyages"
Andrew Fagan

"Freebsd 5.3"
CD-ROM (needed for a project)

"Inspiration 7.6"
(also for a project - most excellent mind mapping/brain storming software - least expensive in it's class, but arguably the best)

[Meerkat]

Thanks everybody!

The deed is done! Kind of a mix:

"Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity"
David Allen

"Swirly World: The Solo Voyages"
Andrew Fagan

"Freebsd 5.3"
CD-ROM (needed for a project)

"Inspiration 7.6"
(also for a project - most excellent mind mapping/brain storming software - least expensive in it's class, but arguably the best)

[Stu Fyfe]

OK Ross. On your recommendation I just ordered The Nature of Boats.

[Stu Fyfe]

OK Ross. On your recommendation I just ordered The Nature of Boats.

[Stu Fyfe]

OK Ross. On your recommendation I just ordered The Nature of Boats.

[Ross M]

;)

[Ross M]

;)

[Ross M]

;)

[Alan D. Hyde]

Two books---

Eric Hiscock's Cruising Under Sail

http://www.glen-l.com/books/479cruising.jpg

Here's a link---

http://www.glen-l.com/books/479cruising.html

http://www.bluemoment.com/pix/hiscocks.jpg Eric & Susan Hiscock

Here's a good article on the Hiscocks---

http://www.bluemoment.com/hiscocks.html

And, the Dashew's Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia comes well-recommended, although I have not read it myself.

Here's a link to their table of contents---

http://www.setsail.com/products/oce/tocframe.html

***

Alan

[ 06-30-2005, 12:37 PM: Message edited by: Alan D. Hyde ]

[Alan D. Hyde]

Two books---

Eric Hiscock's Cruising Under Sail

http://www.glen-l.com/books/479cruising.jpg

Here's a link---

http://www.glen-l.com/books/479cruising.html

http://www.bluemoment.com/pix/hiscocks.jpg Eric & Susan Hiscock

Here's a good article on the Hiscocks---

http://www.bluemoment.com/hiscocks.html

And, the Dashew's Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia comes well-recommended, although I have not read it myself.

Here's a link to their table of contents---

http://www.setsail.com/products/oce/tocframe.html

***

Alan

[ 06-30-2005, 12:37 PM: Message edited by: Alan D. Hyde ]

[Alan D. Hyde]

Two books---

Eric Hiscock's Cruising Under Sail

http://www.glen-l.com/books/479cruising.jpg

Here's a link---

http://www.glen-l.com/books/479cruising.html

http://www.bluemoment.com/pix/hiscocks.jpg Eric & Susan Hiscock

Here's a good article on the Hiscocks---

http://www.bluemoment.com/hiscocks.html

And, the Dashew's Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia comes well-recommended, although I have not read it myself.

Here's a link to their table of contents---

http://www.setsail.com/products/oce/tocframe.html

***

Alan

[ 06-30-2005, 12:37 PM: Message edited by: Alan D. Hyde ]

[Meerkat]

I've read the Dashew's Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia. Might be Ok if you're into their kind of boating - maxi ULDB racer/cruisers with ALL the amenities and a price tag to match.

[Meerkat]

I've read the Dashew's Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia. Might be Ok if you're into their kind of boating - maxi ULDB racer/cruisers with ALL the amenities and a price tag to match.

[Meerkat]

I've read the Dashew's Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia. Might be Ok if you're into their kind of boating - maxi ULDB racer/cruisers with ALL the amenities and a price tag to match.

[Alan D. Hyde]

Well then, you may like the Hiscock's.

Very thrifty and businesslike, and supported themselves pretty much thru their writing and photography...

Have you read Cruising Under Sail ?

If not, you've missed a gem.

Very practical, but not boring or pedestrian.

Alan

[Alan D. Hyde]

Well then, you may like the Hiscock's.

Very thrifty and businesslike, and supported themselves pretty much thru their writing and photography...

Have you read Cruising Under Sail ?

If not, you've missed a gem.

Very practical, but not boring or pedestrian.

Alan

[Alan D. Hyde]

Well then, you may like the Hiscock's.

Very thrifty and businesslike, and supported themselves pretty much thru their writing and photography...

Have you read Cruising Under Sail ?

If not, you've missed a gem.

Very practical, but not boring or pedestrian.

Alan

[Meerkat]

Yup, I've read Cruising Under Sail a few times - starting when I was about 15 smile.gif (Actually, maybe it was one of the separate books I read before the trilogy was condensed into ...)

Don Street's "The Ocean Sailing Yacht" Vols. 1 & 2 is also excellent. Only available used these days AFAIK.

[Meerkat]

Yup, I've read Cruising Under Sail a few times - starting when I was about 15 smile.gif (Actually, maybe it was one of the separate books I read before the trilogy was condensed into ...)

Don Street's "The Ocean Sailing Yacht" Vols. 1 & 2 is also excellent. Only available used these days AFAIK.

[Meerkat]

Yup, I've read Cruising Under Sail a few times - starting when I was about 15 smile.gif (Actually, maybe it was one of the separate books I read before the trilogy was condensed into ...)

Don Street's "The Ocean Sailing Yacht" Vols. 1 & 2 is also excellent. Only available used these days AFAIK.

[Joe Dupere]

Howzabout Roger Stouff's book, 'Native Waters : A Few Moments In A Small Wooden Boat", Amazon's got it for $21.95.

Joe

[Joe Dupere]

Howzabout Roger Stouff's book, 'Native Waters : A Few Moments In A Small Wooden Boat", Amazon's got it for $21.95.

Joe

[Joe Dupere]

Howzabout Roger Stouff's book, 'Native Waters : A Few Moments In A Small Wooden Boat", Amazon's got it for $21.95.

Joe

[Leon m]

"The Cruising Multihull" by Chris White. tongue.gif

[Leon m]

"The Cruising Multihull" by Chris White. tongue.gif

[Leon m]

"The Cruising Multihull" by Chris White. tongue.gif

[RodB]

Steve Dashew's first book "The Circumnavigator's Handbook" was really good and he was in a more normal sized boat sailing with his family for several years. Its a pretty good read and offers lots of good info on extended cruising.

Also the Gougeon Brothers book is supposed to have a new edition comming out about now, if you buy this book be sure to get the latest edition...supposed to have some great new material in it.

I don't think its available on Amazon but "The Commodore's Story" is available from The Museum of Southern Florida for about $14.95 and is a great read on Commodore Munroe and his boats.

My most favorite new acquisitions... Both Albert Strange books...

RB

[ 06-30-2005, 10:41 PM: Message edited by: RodB ]

[RodB]

Steve Dashew's first book "The Circumnavigator's Handbook" was really good and he was in a more normal sized boat sailing with his family for several years. Its a pretty good read and offers lots of good info on extended cruising.

Also the Gougeon Brothers book is supposed to have a new edition comming out about now, if you buy this book be sure to get the latest edition...supposed to have some great new material in it.

I don't think its available on Amazon but "The Commodore's Story" is available from The Museum of Southern Florida for about $14.95 and is a great read on Commodore Munroe and his boats.

My most favorite new acquisitions... Both Albert Strange books...

RB

[ 06-30-2005, 10:41 PM: Message edited by: RodB ]

[RodB]

Steve Dashew's first book "The Circumnavigator's Handbook" was really good and he was in a more normal sized boat sailing with his family for several years. Its a pretty good read and offers lots of good info on extended cruising.

Also the Gougeon Brothers book is supposed to have a new edition comming out about now, if you buy this book be sure to get the latest edition...supposed to have some great new material in it.

I don't think its available on Amazon but "The Commodore's Story" is available from The Museum of Southern Florida for about $14.95 and is a great read on Commodore Munroe and his boats.

My most favorite new acquisitions... Both Albert Strange books...

RB

[ 06-30-2005, 10:41 PM: Message edited by: RodB ]