Member Map Go to the Home Page Portal Cruisers & Sailing Forum Cruisers & Sailing Photo Gallery Manage Your Profile! Member Directory Search past discussions! Frequently Asked Questions Community Policies & Posting Rules Register Today, Its FREE!

Go Back   Cruisers & Sailing Forums > Scuttlebutt > The Library





Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 25-07-2008, 04:07   #46
Registered User
 
GordMay's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: C.L.O.D. (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 12,575
Mighty Merry Tooavailable at:
bookstore.selfpublishing.com/viewdetails.php?bid=620
BOOKSTORE.SELFPUBLISHING.COM - Mighty Merry Too

"Mighty Merry Too" is the small boat that our very own Mary McCollum sailed solo across the Pacific Ocean after celebrating her 60th birthday. Much more than a sailing book she tells you how she followed her dream and hopes her adventures will inspire you to follow yours too.

Mary McCollum’s (our sailorm) http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...lorm-7738.html) website is located at:
merrypublishing.com/index.php
Welcome

And her blog is at:
antiquesailor.blogspot.com/2007/08/down-memory-lane.html
Antique Sailor: Down Memory Lane

__________________
Gord May
~~_/)_~~ (Gord & Maggie - "Southbound")
"If you didn't have time/$ to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
GordMay is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25-07-2008, 05:16   #47
Registered User
 
bobnlesley's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Boat: Albin Vega - 27 feet
Posts: 35
Whilst I too have enjoyed (amongst others) the Tristan Jones books, be aware that they are not true. TJ was something of a stranger to the truth - apparently there's some animosity regarding his claimed war-time naval service from those and the decendents of those who really were there, but hey, the shall we call them exaggerations certainly spiced up the books which no doubt helped the sales figures.
bobnlesley is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2008, 21:13   #48
Registered User
 
Rascus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Hawaii
Boat: Sabre 426 in the future?
Posts: 18
Send a message via AIM to Rascus Send a message via Yahoo to Rascus
I just finished up reading "A voyage for madman" I believe is the name
Rascus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 22-12-2008, 15:13   #49
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: ontario canada
Boat: grampian 26
Posts: 168
The classic 'Two Years Before The Mast" and i enjoyed "The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake"
perchance is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 22-12-2008, 16:01   #50
Registered User
 
Christian Van H's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Princeton, NJ
Boat: Challenger Anacapa 42
Posts: 1,202
My all time fav is definitely "Sailing Alone around the World" by Joshua Slocum, which was previously mentioned. It should be near the top of your list! I can whole heartedly recommend two more to start; "You cant blow home again", by Herb Payson, and "Northern Light", by Bjelke & Shapiro. These three are among the best there is...
__________________
Here's to swimmin' with bowlegged women!

"There's nothing . . . absolutely nothing . . . half so much worth doing as simply throwing money at a boat."
Christian Van H is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 22-12-2008, 16:44   #51
Registered User
 
Tempest245's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Boat: 34 Sabre Tempest
Posts: 478
Rascus, Yes, it's " A Voyage for Madmen" by Peter Nichol. I just purchased it yesterday..looking forward to reading it.

While I'm here I'll add...." Close to the Wind" by Pete Goss.

He's the guy who turned around in the Vendee Globe and sailed back into a Hurricane to rescue a fellow competitor! an incredible story.

Tempest
Tempest245 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 22-12-2008, 17:23   #52
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Jupiter, FL
Boat: I sail other people's boats ;>)
Posts: 81
Has anyone read "first you have to row a little boat" by Richard Bode? It is one the the best books ever! Not really an adventure book but a great read.
I starts out " When I was a young man I made a solemn vow. I swore I would teach my children to sail. It was a promise never kept.
The exigencies of life-money, work, location, and health-kept me from passing on to my children this legacy which I deem to be the essence of myself. I feel as if I have left something unsaid which I ought to have said, something undone which I learned as a boy, and I failed to pass it on to my sons and daughters, who will now fail to pass it on to theirs."
Well anyway, I'm tempted to read it again, just after reading the first paragraphs. I highly recommend this well written book!
Brian
amarinesurveyor is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 22-12-2008, 17:55   #53
Registered User
 
Christian Van H's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Princeton, NJ
Boat: Challenger Anacapa 42
Posts: 1,202
Thanks Amarine...ya just made me spend $3.00 on half.com! They have a TON of them for .75 cents plus shipping...:-)
__________________
Here's to swimmin' with bowlegged women!

"There's nothing . . . absolutely nothing . . . half so much worth doing as simply throwing money at a boat."
Christian Van H is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-12-2008, 08:01   #54
Registered User
 
orion1's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Slidell, Louisiana, USA
Boat: William Atkin Cutter, 35', "ROSA"
Posts: 127
BY THE WIND - Richard Baum. My favorite. Engineless cruise through the Caribbean tropics.

DESPERATE VOYAGE - John Caldwell.

Both true stories of real seamanship under sail alone.
__________________
"Sure You Can Trust Our Government, Just Ask Any Indian"
orion1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-12-2008, 08:54   #55
Registered User
 
clausont's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Pacific NorthWest
Boat: Ingrid 38
Posts: 425
One that we found in my grandfathers estate that was written many years ago called, Giff ans Stiff in the South Seas" I will have to look up the author and I don't know if it is available any more.
Scratch this comment if it has already been mentioned.
__________________
A wife. Five kids. And a now an Ingrid 38! We are sailing

clausont is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-12-2008, 10:22   #56
Registered User
 
nautical62's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Iowa
Boat: Beneteau 32 - Aurora
Posts: 774
My favorites have been:

Maiden Voyage

In the Heart of the Sea: The story of the whale ship Essex which was sunk by a whale and inspired Moby Dick

Dove

The Perfect Storm (Maybe not a voyaging book, but nautical in nature)

Endurance: Shackelton's great adventure


One of the absolutely most fascinating accounts I've ever read was an article published on the web about about the second boat on the famous Shackelton expedition. While Shackelton's adventure is largely known, what is almost always left out is the second boat. The expedition consisted not only of the Endurance dropping off Shackelton's men, but a second boat, the Aurora which made it's way to the opposite side of Antartica to pick them up after their trans-continential journey. In addition to picking up Shackelton, these men were to lay supply caches for them on that side. Not knowing that Shackelton and his men were stuck in the ice, these men fought horrible conditions trying to lay these caches and in the process many died. I named my boat "Aurora" as a tribute to these brave and largely forgotten men. I'm afraid I don't have the link handy, but will come back and post it if I can find it.
nautical62 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-12-2008, 10:36   #57
Registered User
 
nautical62's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Iowa
Boat: Beneteau 32 - Aurora
Posts: 774
A few more recommendations - some of which are non-nautical, but interesting:

"Into Thin Air" by John Krakaur. Tragedy on Everest.

"Savage Arena" : Joe Tasker (also mountaineering)

"Sailing Promise": An account of circumnavigating in a catamaran written by a woman who was a bit paranoid about sailing. It give some interesting insights about looking at real and perceived fears. by Alayne Main

"Hudson's Bay Company" by Andra-Warner - Short interesting, easy to read tales of the Hudson's Bay Company. The fur trade is a huge part of north american history and exploration that is often overlooked.

"Tracks" by Robyn Davidson: She leaves the coast to learn about camels and trek across the australian desert to the sea.
nautical62 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-12-2008, 11:26   #58
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 238
"The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst" was said to be the only book to be called "A Masterpiece" by the New Yorker when it was published. Not a light read. The Washington Post said ""One of the most moving and disturbing books I have ever read. I don't think I shall ever forget it." The book is about the same race as "A Voyage for Madman" but it focuses solely on Crowhurst and his terrifying descent into madness during the race.

Also "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea" Not quite a sailing book but the exhaustively researched tale of the sinking and later treasure recovery of the sailing steamer Central America that sank off the Carolinas in 1857. She went down with enough California gold to cause a recession in the US. The book's descriptions of the crew and passenger's 3 day struggle to save the ship during a hurricane makes the Titanic story seem mild. As the ship wallowed in tremendous waves, 500 men bailed through an entire night in long bucket lines as their wives and children brought them bread and drinking water.

Carl
CarlF is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-12-2008, 11:59   #59
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: ontario canada
Boat: grampian 26
Posts: 168
"Race for Madmen". These guys had cojones considering some of the vessels they were using at the time. I was particularly fascinated by the ascetic Mottesier. He appears to have had the same mindset that drives mountaineers and other extremophiles. I must try find some of his books to try and see inside his head.
perchance is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23-12-2008, 12:00   #60
Registered User
 
bmartinsen's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Grand Cayman
Boat: Lavranos 39 S/v Continental Drift
Posts: 76
"Survive the Savage Sea by Dougal Robertson" my farvorite and any of Nigel Calder's since fixing boat stuff is always an adventure
bmartinsen is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Sailing / Adventure Books for Kids? Franco The Library 13 11-06-2009 03:12
zen buddhist ashram sailing adventure for those serious about not only the physica absolution Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 14 07-05-2009 09:30
Sailing Books Gudsteinn The Library 3 22-01-2006 16:26


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 01:02.


Other Social Knowledge forum communities:
Cooking Forum - Sailing Forum - Early Retirement - Airstream Trailer - Aquarium Forum - Royal Forum - Book Forum - Volkswagen Touareg Forum - Jeep Wrangler Forum - Whitewater Kayaking & Rafting Forum - Fiberglass RV Forum - RV Forum - Truck Conversion - U2 Music Forum
Social Knowledge Networks
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO 3.3.0
© copyright 2002-2009 Social Knowledge, LLC All Rights Reserved.