Five books every wannabe should read.

[Crazy Talk]

Originally Posted by Steady Hand

Annapolis Book of Seamanship

Sailing Alone Around The World (Joshua Slocum)

Since there were so many recommendations for SAATW I gave it a try. Not an easy book to read....so far very Old Man and the Sea ish without the fish. Maybe it will mean more as I get old. [emoji2]

Annapolis Book of Seamanship is excellent! I've done ASA 101 and a few days on the water, so I know just enough to get myself in trouble. ABS is really taking my understanding of what I've experienced on the water and read here to another level. It's a first five must read IMO.

[Kenatsea]

Thanks for all of the feedback on this topic. Just added several books to my library via Amazon, just pick and click sooo nice.

Regards,
Ken

[thomm225]

Originally Posted by Stu Jackson

6 Single Handed Sailing Richard Henderson (there's the online singlehanded sailing book, too)

I'm not much on non-fiction sailing books, but this old book by Richard Henderson is an enjoyable book and has lots of pictures of the sailors (men and women) that sailed their boats single handed around the world.

It also has lists of needed items for single handers etc

[aquadreams]

One I haven't seen mentioned yet is

How to Read a Nautical Chart, 2nd Edition (Includes ALL of Chart #1): A Complete Guide to Using and Understanding Electronic and Paper Charts

By Nigel Calder
$13.78 at Amazon

I really learned a lot from this one that I don't think you'd find anywhere else.

- Joe

[thomm225]

1. In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick

2. Two Years before the Mast

3. Ship Killer

4. Youth by Josef Conrad

5. Mirror of the Sea By Josef Conrad

[Mirage35]

This has been an interesting thread; among other things I've discovered that there are some Joseph Conrad books that I should read that I haven't.

Since it's hard to go through through such a thread I decided, as a service to the community, to do a summary. It's alphabetical by title as I found them, not ideal but I couldn't think of a better way.

Note that it includes non-fiction and fiction, and note that many posters provided links to on-line versions or Amazon listings, so if a particular title interests you, go back and look. (The Google custom search is your friend.)

A voyage for Madmen,
Adrift, Steven Callahan
American Practical Navigator, Bowditch
Annapolis Book of Seamanship,
Ashley's Book of Knots,
Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual, Nigel Calder
Calder's Manual and Cruising Handbook,
Chapman's Piloting,
Close to the Wind, Pete Goss
Complete Illustrated Sailboat Maintenance Manual, Don Casey
Cruising Handbook, Nigel Calder
Cruising Rigs and Rigging, Ross Norgrove
Dove, Robin Lee Grahm
Dutton's Piloting,
Fastnet Force 10,
God Forsaken Sea,
Heavy Weather Avoidance and Route Design, Chesneau and Li Chent
Heavy Weather Sailing, Adlard Coles
How to Read a Nautical Chart, Nigel Calder
How to Sail Around the World, Hal Roth
Hurricane's Wake, Ray Kauffman
In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrik
Incredible Voyage, Tristan Jones
Living Aboard, The Cruising Sailboat as a Home,
Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad
Maiden Voyage,
Marine Diesel Engines, Nigel Calder
Mariners Weather Handbook, Steve Dashew
Meteorologi og Oceanografi for Skibsofficer, Mette Hundahl
Mirror of the Sea, Joseph Conrad
Modern Marine Weather, David Burch
Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia, Steve Dashew
One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship, Tristan Jones
One Watch at a Time, Skip Novak
Sail and Rig Tuning, Ivar Dedekam
Sail Trim for Cruisers,
Sailing a Serious Ocean, John Kretschmer
Sailing Alone Around the World, Joshua Slocum
Sailing for Dummies,
Seaworthiness, the Forgotten Factor, CA Marchaz
Self Steering for Small Craft, John Letcher
Ship Killer,
Single Handed Sailing, Richard Henderson
Storm Tactics Handbook, Pardeys
Survive the Savage Seas,
Surviving the Storm, Steve Dashew
Ten Easy Steps to Celestial Navigation,
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float, Farley Mowat
The Cruising Life, Ross Norgrove
The Glenans Book of Sailing,
The Long Way, Bernard Moitessier
The Serpent's Coil, Farley Mowat
The Voyager's Handbook, Beth Leonard
This Old Boat, Don Casey
Two on a Big Ocean, Hal Roth
Two Years Before the Mast,
World Cruising Routes, Jimmy Cornell
Your First Sailboat, Daniel Spurr
Youth, Joseph Conrad

[Mirage35]

On review, I believe I have read four of them. And I am surprised that there's nothing by Eric Hiscock on the list. Perhaps it's so old it's obsolete, but I spent much time dreaming while reading "Cruising Under Sail."

[pcmm]

1 any of Calder's Manuals
2 Self Steering for Small Craft - John Letcher
3 A world of my own - Robin Knox -Johnston
4 Voyaging on a small income - Annie Hill
5 Any of the Pardey's books!

[thomm225]

The Joseph Conrad Books are free online. Most written around 1900. End of Tether is another good Conrad story as is Heart of Darkness

The Online Books Page

Youth And Two Other Stories

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1058/1058-h/1058-h.htm

[thomm225]

The Open Boat by Stephen Crane is another good short story.

It's about 4 men in a dinghy after a shipwreck

Free online as well: (copyright 1897)

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45524...-h/45524-h.htm

Also Moby Dick by Melville

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001376004

[KetoNomad]

Originally Posted by Steady Hand

1. Chapman's Piloting. (64th or latest edition)
A bible of boating.

Mr. Steady

I happened to pick up the 61st edition (1994) Chapman's Piloting, what am I missing? I find it kind of annoying to be honest, it mentions some terms with explanations and leaves others alone, no elaboration whatsoever. A good resource, sure but I'm not super impressed. Should I bother with the latest edition? I'll most likely not be buying anything as new as a 1994 cruiser anyway.

[Waretoot]

Every library should include 'Three Men in a Boat' Jerome Klapka

[mhans]

Many on my list have already been posted. One I haven't seen yet: the USCG Navigation Rules and Regulations (COLREGS) aka Rules of the Road. Not only should it be aboard, (boats 12m or greater are *required* to carry copy), the contents should understood by anyone and everyone on the water, whether they are sail, motor, or human powered.

Another handy one: NOAA's Chart #1 - basically a key to all NOAA charts, both paper and electronic. Sailed with some folks the other day and they saw 'SH' on the 'plotter. "SHOAL?" nope. Sea bottom, shells. Good to know this stuff.

We made a little vid of our home library recently. Many have already been listed on this thread. But, may still be a good reference to some of you.

https://youtu.be/5-GR48FD-oU

~Hans

[StuM]

Originally Posted by mhans

Many on my list have already been posted. One I haven't seen yet: the USCG Navigation Rules and Regulations (COLREGS) aka Rules of the Road. Not only should it be aboard, (boats 12m or greater are *required* to carry copy), the contents should understood by anyone and everyone on the water, whether they are sail, motor, or human powered.

A minor correction. There are two separate sets of rules applicable to sailing in US waters, depending on whether you are operating in "inland waters" or outside the "COLREGS Demarcation Lines"

1. US Inland Navigation Rules.(33 CFR 83)
2. International Rules For Prevention of Collisions At Sea (COLREGS)

US sailors on boats =>12m are required to carry a copy of the former when operating in Inland Waters.

Rules for sailing in other parts of the world are different, many countries have their own inland rules.

There is no requirement for anyone to carry COLREGS.

That said, I agree absolutely that everyone on the water, should at least have read and thoroughly understood the appropriate regulations for where they are operating (not necessarily carry copies with them on a SUP though )

[mhans]

Originally Posted by StuM

A minor correction. There are two separate sets of rules applicable to sailing in US waters, depending on whether you are operating in "inland waters" or outside the "COLREGS Demarcation Lines"

1. US Inland Navigation Rules.(33 CFR 83)
2. International Rules For Prevention of Collisions At Sea (COLREGS)

US sailors on boats =>12m are required to carry a copy of the former when operating in Inland Waters.

Rules for sailing in other parts of the world are different, many countries have their own inland rules.

There is no requirement for anyone to carry COLREGS.

That said, I agree absolutely that everyone on the water, should at least have read and thoroughly understood the appropriate regulations for where they are operating (not necessarily carry copies with them on a SUP though )

You are absolutely right. COLREGS is different from the Inland Rules. Though both are in the USGS Nav Rules and Regulations Handbook. And, when I said it was required to have on board, I meant when traveling in US waters. Thanks for that clarification, StuM.