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Old 10-10-2020, 18:26   #16
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Re: Suggestions for good sailing fiction

Passage to Juneau, Jonathon Raban. Non-fiction but a literary odyssey.
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'Tales of the South Pacific' by jack london

an oldie but a goodie...

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FYI Jack London books are available on Project Gutenberg as a (legally) free download.
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Read this a few years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it....

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Re: Suggestions for good sailing fiction

Before the Wind by Jim Lynch is a good one and covers all the sailboat crazies at a boatyard in Seattle and a sailing family that used to build boats and race them

Many of the stories are similar to those we see on CF with folks totally new to sailing with plans to sail around the would on the wrong type boat and others


https://www.amazon.com/Before-Wind-N.../dp/0307949354
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That was an awesome book to read when I sailed from Hamburg (D) to Harlingen (NL).

Great story to read and even better than the movies.

All happened right where I was sailing through the "Waddenzee".
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Awesome cover too!
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I have just finished reading "The Scoop" by Terence J Quinn. It's an excellent modern sailing yarn. The author seems to have a fair idea about boats.
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I have just finished reading "The Scoop" by Terence J Quinn. It's an excellent modern sailing yarn. The author seems to have a fair idea about boats.
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hmmm...i've just found another of his on kindle - "Dead in the Water". only $0.71 so i'm not very hopeful but i'll let you know what i think after reading it

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I love the classics. Robinson Crusoe is one of my favorite.
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ChrisR The Scoop has a definite Aussie feel to it. I paid $3 for it in an op shop which was well worth it.
The Shoestring sailors by Ross Norgrove is my all time favourite fiction book. Teenagers restoring an old yacht, sailing, drinking, partying and chasing Sheila's what's not to love about that yarn. I loved that book so much I emulated my whole teenage years on it
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Awesome cover too!
It’s what nightmares are made of when offshore. It is truly an awesome cover.
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I woud get books set in the desert or jungle or outer space for mind variety. lol
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