What are some good true sailing travel books, travelogs, real life adventure while cruising on a sailboat?

Question

I'm looking for some non-fiction sailing books about cruising on a sailboat. Please remember non-fiction means they are true and not made up. Sail, sailboat, cruising, travel.

Answer 1

i have meet linda and larry pardey and highly recommend there books, the capable cruiser,self sufficient sailor and cruising in seraffyn. i would also suggest the books, log of the mahina and mahina tiare, by john neal. and finally, the sea is for sailing written by peter pye.

Answer 2

Search Lynn and Larry Pardy, Steve Dashew

Tania Abei...."Cruising under Sail", etc...

Answer 3

I just finished reading "A Voyage for Madmen" by Peter Nichols.

A very entertaining book about nine sailors that in 1968 set off to become the first man to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop.

It might not be exactly what you're asking for, but still... A good book!

Answer 4

Oh my ... I wish I was in my own house right now because I could go to my bookshelf and give you a list.  Unfortunately I am on the road .... and I can rarely remember names of books or even authors ... I read a lot.

The one I have with me and am reading right now is By the Grace of the Sea by Patricia (Pat) Henry.  It is about her solo sailing odyssey around the world when she was in her 50's.  It is a good book.

There are so many others.  If you live close to a marine store such as West Marine go in and browse through their book selection and you will find many others.

There are a couple of books with the words "Women Aboard" in the titles.  They make good reading and give a lot of ideas about cruising.

Another book is called something like "Your Home Afloat".  It is an older book, but still good with many good ideas.

Look for Nigel Calder's books for repair and maintenance ideas.

Chapman Piloting and Seamanship is a must for all crusiers.  The most recent edition is of course always the best one to have, but it is usually very expensive.  You can often find an older edition for much less.

Browse second hand bookstores in areas where there are marinas and live aboards and most likely you will find a few good books.  If you are in an area where there is a marina there is often a "free table" somewhere and you can sometimes find good books there.

I hope that someday on a bookshelf somewhere you will find a really good book by me about the real life adventures my husband and I had while living aboard and cruising.

Enjoy your travels, whether they be real ones or vicarious ones.  Here are a few good links.

Answer 5

You might focus on geographical areas of interest. Nigel Calder, well known with books on boat maintenance, wrote a very nice study of THE ENGLISH CHANNEL (the title) describing the environment  and history while cruising the French and English coasts.

Answer 6

the pardeys have write a few books on travelling by sailboat and cruising.  web chiles wrote if his adventures in a 18 foot drascombe lugger.  steve callahan wrote a book detailing when his sailboat got hit by whale and sunk and he spent some 70 days (i think) in a life raft.  

AIRBORNE by william buckley describes an atlantic crossing with his friends and his son.

God, i read a ton of these types of book as a younger man, too bad i forgot the names and authers of so many.  Good luck!

Answer 7

Try :   Voyage of Commitment -  RAYMOND F TRIPLETT

           Maiden Voyage - Tanya Aebi

Check out the book lists in Cruising Magazine.