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Old 01-09-2017, 10:14   #1
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I've started! Book suggestions!

So I posted a while back about starting out with sailing and took everyone's advice as much as possible.
I joined Blue Circle sailing club who sadly are shutting this year in Kent. They have been amazing with some bits of free tuition but only been out about four times. Apparently I'm quite a natural!
I've read sailing for dummies which is actually quite good. I'm going on holiday Monday and due to where I'm travelling have some layovers etc so need a couple of ideas for more books to read on the plane. Looking at other posts I've got coming Sailing Alone around the world by Joshua Slocum. Maybe one more to read ?

Hopefully next season I'll either find another club or just have my own little boat to keep practicing !

Thanks again for the advice everyone.
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Old 01-09-2017, 10:28   #2
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Hi Ali, another really good book is "A World of my own" by Robin knox Johnson. It is his story of the first solo round the world race, which he won. Hope you have a great holiday.
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Thanks I'll have a look at that !
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So I posted a while back about starting out with sailing and took everyone's advice as much as possible.
I joined Blue Circle sailing club who sadly are shutting this year in Kent. They have been amazing with some bits of free tuition but only been out about four times. Apparently I'm quite a natural!
I've read sailing for dummies which is actually quite good. I'm going on holiday Monday and due to where I'm travelling have some layovers etc so need a couple of ideas for more books to read on the plane. Looking at other posts I've got coming Sailing Alone around the world by Joshua Slocum. Maybe one more to read ?

Hopefully next season I'll either find another club or just have my own little boat to keep practicing !

Thanks again for the advice everyone.
See the many suggestions found in these threads or discussions:

https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=011403...oks&gsc.page=1
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Old 01-09-2017, 10:52   #5
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Thanks ! I did have a look through some and now have my choices ! I'll let you all get back to your sailing [emoji16]
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Thanks ! I did have a look through some and now have my choices ! I'll let you all get back to your sailing [emoji16]
Seeing as you are in the UK, I would alternate being on a club-level race team and taking RYA courses to increase your sailing skills. I would also get a few reference works for engine and fibreglass repair; go on any decent sailor's boat and you'll see a bunch of well-thumbed (and often grease-stained) tomes of this sort.
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Try voyage for madmen its about around the world race Back in the 60s I think based on a true story
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On of my favorites is Sterling Haydens 'Voyage'. Usually there is a library not too far from the water...and the previous posters suggestions about books on maintenance and upkeep...great idea...saved us many times.
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Ali, I recently finished a book"Reaching Port" by Keith Jones. It is a story of Keith from Montana who built his own sailboat in Montana and then sailed around the world with his wife in 1970. No very instructional but one of the most exciting books I have read in a long time. Keith was truly a little crazy and very lucky. A great read.
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Thanks for the extra suggestions ! I'm kind of looking for stories as well as instructional so that's all good. As sad as it is I've been addicted to Clive Cussler, dirk pitt novels. I have a feeling he's to blame for the scuba diving and now sailing !
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Red sky in mourning, by Tami Oldham Ashcraft

True Spirit, by Jessica Watson

Peter the Whaler, by WHG Kingston

Two years before the mast, by Henry Dana
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Blue Water, Green Skipper by Stuart Woods

awesome memoir from a good author about his beginnings in sailing, from racing dinghies to entering himself in a transatlantic race back in the 60's. very good read.
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Bookmaking for Sailors is always popular.
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Seeing as you are in the UK, I would alternate being on a club-level race team and taking RYA courses to increase your sailing skills. I would also get a few reference works for engine and fibreglass repair; go on any decent sailor's boat and you'll see a bunch of well-thumbed (and often grease-stained) tomes of this sort.
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I enjoyed reading the book reviews written by ALCHEMY. See his link in his signature, at the bottom of his post above.

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You asked for novels.

I recently enjoyed reading "The Boat Who Would Not Float" by Farley Mowat. It is a popular funny partially autobiographical story.

Also, the "possibly true yarns" or books by Tristan Jones will likely stimulate anyone's taste for adventures while sailing. I enjoyed reading them years ago.
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My fav's Skip Novak's One Watch at a Time: Around the World With Drum on the Whitbread Race
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