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GREY SEAS UNDER, Farley Mowat, non-fiction. 

THE BOAT THAT WOULDN'T FLOAT, Farley Mowat, non-fiction. 

THE SERPENT'S COIL, Farley Mowat, non-fiction. 

ANGEL DEATH, Patricia Moyes, 1980. 

MUTINY ON THE  BOUNTY, Charles Nordhoff  and James Norman Hall, 
see also In Search of Paradise, about Nordhoff and Hall. 

MEN AGAINST  THE SEA, Charles  Nordhoff and  James Norman Hall, 
1934. 

PITCAIRN'S  ISLAND,  Charles Nordhoff  and  James  Norman Hall, 
1934. 

THE HURRICANE,  Charles Nordhoff  and James  Norman Hall, 1938, 
Tahiti. 

DESOLATION ISLAND, Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey/Maturin no. 5. 

H.M.S. SURPRISE, Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey/Maturin no. 3. 

MAURITIUS COMMAND, Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey/Maturin no. 4. 

NOTE ON O"BRIAN, Patrick O'Brian,  arguably the top novelist of 
life under square sails. 

POST CAPTAIN, Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey/Maturin no. 2. 

THE  AUBREY/MATURIN  SERIES,  Patrick  O'Brian,  British  Naval 
Fiction at its best.  Aubrey is a Captain  in the British Navy, 
Maturin  is the  Ship's surgeon.  Good fight  scenes, excellent 
details on naval  life and almost  anything else ca. 1790-1815. 
The first volume is ``Master and Commander.''. 

THE FAR SIDE OF THE  WORLD, Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey/Maturin no. 
10. 

THE FORTUNE OF WAR, Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey/Maturin no. 6. 

THE IONIAN MISSION, Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey/Maturin no. 8. 

THE LETTER OF MARQUE, Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey/Maturin no. 12. 

THE NUTMEG OF CONSOLATION,  Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey/Maturin no. 
14. 

THE REVERSE OF  THE MEDAL, Patrick  O'Brian, Aubrey/Maturin no. 
11. 

THE SURGEON'S MATE, Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey/Maturin no. 7. 

THE THIRTEEN  GUN SALUTE,  Patrick O'Brian,  Aubrey/Maturin no. 
13. 

THE TRUELOVE, Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey/Maturin no. 15. 

THE UNKNOWN SHORE, Patrick O'Brian. 

TREASON'S HARBOR, Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey/Maturin no. 9. 

THE GOLDEN OCEAN, Patrick O'Brian, 1957. 

MASTER AND COMMANDER, Patrick O'Brian, 1969, Aubrey/Maturin no. 
1. 

THE WINE-DARK  SEA, Patrick  O'Brian, 1993,  Aubrey/Maturin no. 
16. 

A SHORT HISTORY  OF THE ROYAL  NAVY: 1776 -  1816, C. Northcote 
Parkinson. 

THE   LIFE  AND  TIMES  OF  HORATIO  HORNBLOWER,  C.  Northcote 
Parkinson. 

DEVIL TO PAY,  C. Northcote Parkinson,  1973, 1800-period naval 
action: 1794. 

THE FIRESHIP,  C. Northcote Parkinson,  1975, 1800-period naval 
action: 1797. 

TOUCH AND GO,  C. Northcote Parkinson,  1977, 1800-period naval 
action:. 

DEAD RECKONING, C. Northcote Parkinson, 1978, 1800-period naval 
action:. 

STORM FORCE 10, Harry Patterson,  german armed raider trying to 
make it home in WWII. 

BLOOD OF THE ALBATROSS, Ridley Pearson. 

NOTE ON PEASE, Howard Pease, for "young" readers:. 

THE  TATTOOED  MAN,  Howard  Pease,  1926,  a  tale  of strange 
adventures, befalling Tod  Moran, <cuts> upon  his first voyage 
from San Francisco to Genoa, via the Panama canal. 

THE  JINX SHIP,  Howard Pease,  1927,  the dark  adventure that 
befell Tod  Moran when he  shipped as fireman  aboard the tramp 
steamer "Congo", bound out of New York for Caribbean ports. 

SHANGHAI PASSAGE, Howard  Pease, 1929, being  a tale of mystery 
and  adventure  on the  high  seas  in which  Stuart  Ormsby is 
shanghaied aboard the  tramp steamer "Nanking"  bound for ports 
on the China coast. 

SECRET CARGO,  Howard Pease, 1931,  the story  of Larry Mathews 
and his dog Sambo, forcastle mates on the tramp steamer "Creole 
trader" New Orleans to the South seas. 

THE  SHIP  WITHOUT  A CREW,  Howard  Pease,  1934,  the strange 
adventures  of  Tod  Moran, third  mate  of  the  tramp steamer 
"Araby". 

HURRICANE WEATHER, Howard Pease, 1936. 

FOGHORNS,  Howard Pease,  1937, a  story  of the  San Francisco 
water front. 

CAPTAIN BINNACLE, Howard Pease, 1938. 

THE BLACK TANKER, Howard Pease, 1941. 

NIGHT BOAT, AND OTHER TOD MORAN MYSTERIES, Howard Pease, 1942. 

HEART OF  DANGER, Howard  Pease, 1946,  a tale  of adventure on 
land and sea  with Tod Moran,  third mate of  the tramp steamer 
"Araby". 

BOUND FOR SINGAPORE, Howard Pease, 1948. 

WIND IN THE RIGGING, Howard  Pease, 1951, an adventurous voyage 
of Tod Moran on  the tramp steamer "Sumatra"  New York to North 
Africa. 

CAPTAIN  OF  THE ARABY,  Howard  Pease,  1953, the  story  of a 
voyage. 

SHIPWRECK, Howard Pease, 1957,  the strange adventures of Renny 
Mitchum, mess boy of the trading schooner "Samarang.". 

THE BOY, ME, AND  THE CAT, Henry Plummer,  Good writing about a 
long cruise on a catboat. 

THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET, E. A. Poe, ca. 
1840, mutiny and murder. 

ADMIRAL, Dudley Pope. 

DRUMBEAT (RAMAGE AND THE DRUM BEAT), Dudley Pope, Ramage no. 2. 

GOVERNOR RAMAGE, R.N., Dudley Pope, Ramage no. 4. 

NOTE ON POPE,  Dudley Pope, more  Napoleonic naval action. Pope 
has also written some naval history. If someone likes Alexander 
Kent's books,  he/she will no  doubt like  Dudley Pope's Ramage 
series. 

RAMAGE, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. 1. 

RAMAGE AND THE DIDO, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. ? 

RAMAGE AND THE FREEBOOTERS, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. ? 

RAMAGE AND THE GUILLOTINE, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. ? 

RAMAGE AND THE MUTINY, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. ? 

RAMAGE AND THE REBELS, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. 9. 

RAMAGE AND THE RENEGADES, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. 12. 

RAMAGE AND THE SARACENS, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. ? 

RAMAGE AT TRAFALGAR, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. ? 

RAMAGE'S CHALLENGE, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. ? 

RAMAGE'S DEVIL, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. ? 

RAMAGE'S DIAMOND, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. ? 

RAMAGE'S DIAMOND, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. ? 

RAMAGE'S PRIZE, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. 5. 

RAMAGE'S SIGNAL, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. 11. 

RAMAGE'S SIGNAL, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. ? 

RAMAGE'S TRIAL, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. ? 

THE RAMAGE TOUCH, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. 10. 

THE TRITON BRIG, Dudley Pope, Ramage no. 3. 

BUCCANEER, Dudley Pope, 1984. 

CONVOY, Dudley Pope, 1987. 

BAHAMAS BLUE, D.C. Poyer. 

HATTERAS BLUE, D.C. Poyer. 

BOOK OF PIRATES, Howard Pyle, 1921. 

FOREIGN LAND, Justin Rabin, modern cruise around UK. 

HANGMAN'S BEACH, Thomas Head Raddall. 

TIDEFALL, Thomas Head Raddall. 

TUGBOAT   ANNIE,  Norman  Reilly   Raine,  1934,  The  Humorous 
Adventures of the tug Narcissus and her colorful captain in and 
around Puget Sound. 

CAPTAIN KIDD, Norman Reilly Raine, 1945, fiction? 

ALL  WORKS,  Arthur  Ransome,  All  his  books  are  great; the 
swallows and amazons series is  a set of children's books; kids 
seem to like them at about age 7 or 8 to start with. Some of us 
go on reading them forever. ``We  didn't mean to go to sea'' is 
one of  the best.  A note  from (fm)  says ``The  12 Swallows & 
Amazons novels  are best read  in the order  they were written. 
They  are  not all  about  sailing,  but most  are.  Ransome is 
particularly good at the detail of sailing and at capturing the 
capricious changes in wind,  waves, currents, visibility, etc., 
that  help make  sailing so  interesting.''  He also  notes, of 
another Ransome work, that: ``Racundra's First Cruise is a very 
interesting reminiscence of sailing in the Baltic.''. 

BIG SIX, Arthur Ransome. 

COOT CLUB, Arthur Ransome. 

COOTS IN THE NORTH, Arthur Ransome, posthumous; incomplete. 

GREAT NORTHERN, Arthur Ransome. 

MISSEE LEE, Arthur Ransome. 

NOTE 1 ON RANSOME, Arthur  Ransome, There is The Arthur Ransome 
Society TARS, for  the enthusiasts. There  are some non-fiction 
books about all this, too. 

NOTE  2 ON  RANSOME, Arthur  Ransome, nominally  juvenile; will 
appeal to  the traditionalist  and to  those who  like Treasure 
Island. 

PETER DUCK, Arthur Ransome. 

PIGEON POST, Arthur Ransome. 

SECRET WATER, Arthur Ransome. 

SWALLOWDALE, Arthur Ransome. 

THE PICTS AND MARTYRS, Arthur Ransome. 

WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO SEA, Arthur Ransome. 

WINTER HOLIDAY, Arthur Ransome, no boating but part of series. 

SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS, Arthur Ransome, 1930. 

BADGE OF HONOR, Douglas Reeman, about the Royal Marines. 

FIRST TO LAND, Douglas Reeman, about the Royal Marines. 

HIS MAJESTY'S U-BOAT, Douglas Reeman. 

IN DANGER'S HOUR, Douglas Reeman. 

IRON PIRATE, Douglas Reeman. 

NOTE ON REEMAN,  Douglas Reeman, twentieth  century period. see 
also "Alexander Kent". 

A PRAYER FOR THE SHIP, Douglas Reeman. 

PRIDE AND THE ANGUISH, Douglas Reeman. 

RENDEZVOUS SOUTH ATLANTIC, Douglas Reeman. 

SEND A GUNBOAT, Douglas Reeman. 

SURFACE WITH DARING, Douglas Reeman. 

THE GREATEST ENEMY, Douglas Reeman. 

THE HORIZON, Douglas Reeman, about the Royal Marines. 

THE LAST RAIDER, Douglas Reeman. 

THE SHIP THAT DIED OF SHAME, Douglas Reeman, set on an MTB used 
for smuggling. 

LONG  VOYAGE  BACK,  Luke  Rhinehart,  escape  from  a  nuclear 
holocaust in a trimaran. 

TALES OF THE CARIBBEAN, Garland Roark. 

WAKE OF THE RED WITCH, Garland Roark, 1946, also on video. 

THE WRECK OF THE RUNNING GALE, Garland Roark, 1953. 

THE  LIVELY LADY,  Kenneth  Roberts, 1937,  American privateers 
during the War of 1812. 

CAPTAIN  CAUTION,  Kenneth Roberts,  1945,  American privateers 
during the Revolutionary War. 

BOON ISLAND,  Kenneth Roberts, 1956,  Shipwreck on  a tiny rock 
off of the New England colonies. 

THE BEDFORD INCIDENT, Mark  Roscovich, 1963, US destroyer plays 
nuclear chicken with a Soviet sub in the Denmark Strait. 

NOTE ON RUSSELL, Clark Russell, recommended by A. Conan Doyle. 

FLYING DUTCHMAN, OR, THE DEATH SHIP, Clark Russell, 188? 

THE  MYSTERY  OF THE  OCEAN  STAR, Clark  Russell,  1891, short 
stories. 

ROUND THE GALLEY FIRE, Clark Russell, 1893. 

OCEAN FREE LANCE, Clark Russell, 1896. 

THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR, Clark Russell, 1899. 

TALES OF OUR COAST, Clark Russell, 1901. 

THE BLACK SWAN, Rafael Sabatini. 

THE FORTUNES OF CAPTAIN BLOOD, Rafael Sabatini. 

THE SEA HAWK, Rafael Sabatini. 

CAPTAIN BLOOD, Rafael Sabatini, 1922. 

CAPTAIN BLOOD RETURNS, Rafael Sabatini, 1931. 

COLUMBUS, Rafael Sabatini, 1942. 

THE SHIPKILLER, Justin Scott, sailor vs. tanker. 

OVERBOARD, Hank Searls. 

NOTE   ON   SETLOWE,  Richard   Setlowe,  modern  post-cold-war 
thrillers with hi-tech navy. 

THE BRINK, Richard Setlowe. 

THE BLACK  SEA, Richard  Setlowe, 1991,  jihad pirates, Russian 
liner, US Navy force. 

THE TRUSTEE FROM  THE TOOLROOM, Nevil  Shute, machinist goes to 
the South Seas to salvage a yacht and settle an estate. 

LANDFALL: A CHANNEL STORY, Nevil Shute, 1940. 

EYE OF THE TIGER, Wilbur Smith, modern thriller. 

HUNGRY AS THE SEA, Wilbur Smith, modern thriller. 

THE DIAMOND HUNTERS, Wilbur Smith, modern thriller. 

KIDNAPPED, Robert Louis Stevenson. 

THE MASTER  OF BALLANTRAE, Robert  Louis Stevenson,  may be his 
best book, but not so much on the sea. 

TREASURE ISLAND, Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883. 

OUTERBRIDGE REACH,  Robert Stone, 1992,  modern yachtsman tries 
his luck. 

ROUGH CROSSING, Stoppard, drama; liner? 

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, Jonathan Swift, 1726. 

THE SEA LEOPARD,  Craig Thomas, British  nuclear sub with sonar 
"cloaking device". 

THE DEATH  SHIP: THE  STORY OF  AN AMERICAN  SAILOR, B. Traven, 
1934, Black comedy  about the black gang  of a doomed freighter 
by the mysterious author of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. 

KLEBER'S  CONVOY,  Antony Trew,  U-Boats  harry  Murmansk bound 
convoy. 

RUNNING WILD,  Antony Trew, Anti-apartheid  activists escape S. 
Africa in a ketch. 

SEA  FEVER, Antony  Trew, single-handed  round trip  yacht race 
across the N. Atlantic in winter. 

THE ANTONOV PROJECT, Antony Trew, Cold War naval spy story. 

THE MOONRAKER MUTINY,  Antony Trew, crew  mutinies and abandons 
freighter on way to Australia. 

THE ZHUKOV BRIEFING,  Antony Trew, Soviet  sub runs aground off 
Norway. 

THE MANILA GALLEON, F. van Wyck Mason, fiction based on Anson's 
voyage around the world, 1740-44. 

DICK SANDS, THE BOY CAPTAIN, Jules Verne. 

THE BLOCKADE RUNNERS, Jules Verne. 

THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, Jules Verne, desert island story. 

THE VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS, Jules Verne. 

TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, Jules Verne, ca. 1870. 

THE ENGLISH CAPTAIN,  Simon White, 1977,  Napoleonic wars naval 
yarn. 

LEOPARD'S   PREY,  Leonard  Wibberly,   1971,  young  adult;  a 
powderboy and the pirates. 

BELOW THE HORIZON, John Wingate. 

THE SEA ABOVE THEM, John Wingate. 

"1805", Richard  Woodman, Drinkwater  series, 1800-period naval 
action. 

AN  EYE  OF  THE  FLEET,  Richard  Woodman,  Drinkwater series, 
1800-period naval action. 

BALTIC MISSION, Richard Woodman, Drinkwater series, 1800-period 
naval action. 

BOMB  VESSEL, Richard  Woodman, Drinkwater  series, 1800-period 
naval action. 

A BRIG OF WAR,  Richard Woodman, Drinkwater series, 1800-period 
naval action. 

ENDANGERED SPECIES, Richard Woodman. 

IN   DISTANT   WATERS,  Richard   Woodman,  Drinkwater  series, 
1800-period naval action. 

A    KING'S   CUTTER,  Richard   Woodman,   Drinkwater  series, 
1800-period naval action. 

A   PRIVATE   REVENGE,  Richard   Woodman,  Drinkwater  series, 
1800-period naval action. 

TEA CLIPPERS, Richard Woodman. 

THE  CORVETTE  (IN  US:  ARCTIC  TREACHERY),  Richard  Woodman, 
Drinkwater series, 1800-period naval action. 

THE DARKENING SEA, Richard Woodman. 

UNDER   FALSE  COLOURS,  Richard  Woodman,  Drinkwater  series, 
1800-period naval action. 

WAGER, Richard Woodman. 

BLUE WATER GREEN SKIPPER, Stuart Woods, 1977. 

RUN BEFORE THE WIND, Stuart Woods, 1983. 

THE CAINE MUTINY, Herman Wouk, 1951. 


7.6 Design, seaworthiness, arts of the sailor, boatbuilding 

THE ALTERNATIVE KNOT BOOK, Harry  Asher, A book about new knots 
and splices that  are appropriate for  modern fibers and weaves 
of rope. ISBN: 0911378952. (bm). 

ASHLEY'S   BOOK  OF  KNOTS  AND  FANCY  ROPEWORK,  Ashley,  The 
definitive book on the subject. 

ANCHORING,  Don  Bamford,  Anchoring  is  really  a  subtle and 
complex business which isn't given the attention it deserves by 
many people.  While the  chapter in  Hiscock covers  the basics 
quite well, this book does it in depth and detail.(mh). 

SEXTANT  HANDBOOK, Bruce  Bauer, This  is about  the instrument 
itself  and  its  care.  Not  really  necessary,  but  nice  to 
have.(mh). 

VOYAGING  UNDER POWER,  Beebe, About  design and  building plus 
long range voyaging; excellent short  chapter by his wife about 
provisioning and managing the galley.(tl). 

THE PROPER YACHT, Arthur Beiser, Dated  and out of print, but a 
good guide to some of the  older designs which are found on the 
used market.(mh). 

HIGH PERFORMANCE SAILING, Frank Bethwaite,  ISBN 0 87742 419 4. 
International  Marine  is at  PO  Box 220,  Camden,  ME, 04843. 
Elsewhere in the world it uses ISBN 0 07 470 100 2, from McGraw 
Hill Australia  Pty Ltd, 4  Barcoo Street,  Roseville NSW 2069, 
Australia. The  book is about  400 pages with  four sections on 
the  wind, water,  boat development,  and how  to use  what you 
have. I'm up to about page  250 now, and Frank treats all areas 
of the  world, and when  nothing but local  knowledge will help 
you (he speaks  of visiting bars  on the waterfront  to talk to 
freight  ship  captains  rather than  local  sailors  :-). Good 
stuff... (ab) From further discussion  of this book on the net, 
it would appear to  be the very best  on the subject, supported 
by serious research data rather than conjecture. (jfh). 

BOAT CANVAS  FROM COVER  TO COVER, Bob  and Karen  Lipe, A very 
basic  discussion of  canvas work  with  a series  of practical 
projects from simple to complex.(mh). 

100 SMALL  BOAT RIGS,  Philip C.  Bolger, He's  managed to take 
what could be a very boring topic and make it intensely lively. 

TED   BREWER   EXPLAINS  SAILBOAT  DESIGN,   Ted  Brewer,  Good 
introduction  to the  technical aspects  and jargon  of sailing 
yacht design. No math.(mh). 

BACKYARD    BOAT   BUILDING,   George   Buehler,   This   is  a 
no-nonsense(?) book on  building stout seagoing  boats. Most of 
it  deals  with  wood  construction.  Buehler  is  a  designer, 
builder, and  cruiser who lives  in the  Pacific northwest, and 
his designs include  power and sail  cruisers and workboats. It 
includes plans for 8 boats, but  it IS really about building in 
your backyard, in the tradition  of Rable and Chappelle. 320 pg 
paperback, 24.95 IM 158380 (wv). 

PRECISION  CRUISING,  Authur  F. Chace,  A  series  of cruising 
stories which pose various problems in seamanship and piloting, 
along with proposed solutions for those problems. (mh). 

YACHT DESIGNING  AND PLANNING,  Howard Chapelle,  WW Norton and 
Co. New York 1971.  (I don't know if  it's still in print). The 
book to turn  to when you  want lots of  good useful, practical 
advice on yacht  design. Not heavy  on theory but  has years of 
experience behind it.(mp). 

HEAVY WEATHER SAILING, Adlard Coles. 

HANDMADE   HOUSEBOATS  -  INDEPENDENT  LIVING  AFLOAT,  Russell 
Condor, Houseboats in the tradition  of Whole Earth Catalog, so 
read with caution.  Contains photos and  drawings of some good, 
classic floating residences. 230  pg paperback, 19.95 IM 158022 
(wv). 

WORLD CRUISING  ROUTES, Jimmy  Cornell, A  route planning guide 
for world  cruising with  regional weather  patterns, currents, 
etc. Highly recommended.(mh). 

THE YACHT NAVIGATOR'S HANDBOOK, Norman Dahl, A concise and very 
practical coverage of general navigation and piloting, the best 
overall reference on  the subject I have  found. The section on 
celestial is  good enough to  serve as  a self-teaching course, 
although it  probably isn't the  best choice  for that purpose. 
Highly recommended, but appears to be out of print. (mh). 

YACHT NAVIGATOR'S  HANDBOOK, Norman  Dahl, A  good intermediate 
book between Chapman and Bowditch.(mh). 

SAFETY AT SEA, George Day,  Covers everything from yacht design 
to abandon-ship in a broad and general way.(mh). 

THE NATURE OF BOATS, Dave Gerr. 

HOW THINGS FLOAT, E. N. Gilbert, American Mathematical Monthly, 
March 1991 (Vol. 98, No. 3), pp. 201-216. 

SURVIVOR, Michael Greenwald,  The part of it  you don't want to 
think about but must. Mainly  about liferaft survival, but also 
covers many other topics  concerned with safety and emergencies 
including medical procedures.  Highly recommended.(mh) ADVANCED 
FIRST AID AFLOAT by Peter F.  Eastman, MD. Seems to be the best 
all around medical manual.(mh). 

FIBERGLASS BOATBUILDING  FOR AMATEURS,  Ken Hankinson,  You can 
get  it from  Glen-L Marine  (look in  the classifieds  of just 
about any sailing magazine). It  covers pretty much all aspects 
of glass boat building. More technical, covers different resins 
and reinforcements,  vacuum bagging, high  tech as  well as low 
tech, gel coats, laminating, etc. (mp). 

CHOICE  YACHT  DESIGNS,  Richard  Henderson,  See  comments  on 
Beiser, The Proper Yacht. 

SAILING IN  WINDY WEATHER,  Richard Henderson,  A good  book on 
sailing in a half gale, but not a gale or a hurricane. (jfh). 

THE  GOUGEON BROTHERS  ON  BOAT CONSTRUCTION,  Gougeon Brothers 
Inc., Bay City, MI 1983. The  best by far on cold molding. Lots 
of   practical  hints.   Good  safety  (esp.   WRT  epoxy)  and 
general/setup  chapters.  How  to mix  and  use  epoxy,  how to 
engineer wood composite structures. (mp). 

DESIRABLE AND  UNDESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS  OF OFFSHORE YACHTS, 
ed.  John  Rousmaniere,  Technical,  but  required  reading for 
anyone choosing an  offshore boat. This is  a series of reports 
which were  inspired by the  Fastnet race disaster  of 1979 and 
sponsored by the Cruising Club of America.(mh). 

THE SCIENCE OF  YACTS WIND AND  WATER, H. F.  Kay, G. T. Foulis 
and Co Ltd 1971 Has most of the formulas you need, I guess. 

CHAPMAN'S PILOTING, SEAMANSHIP, AND SMALL BOAT HANDLING, Elbert 
S.   Maloney,  The  bible  of   basic  boating.  Tons  of  good 
information,  with  perhaps a  bit  too much  emphasis  on flag 
etiquette, but otherwise  excellent. Kept up  to date by Elbert 
S. Maloney. (jh). 

DUTTON'S NAVIGATION AND PILOTING, Elbert S. Maloneyn, I believe 
this  used to  be published  by the  Navy and  used as  text at 
Annapolis. (wh). 

AERO HYDRODYNAMICS OF SAILING, C. A. Marchaj, Adlard Coles Ltd. 
1979 A complete update of the previous classic text. 

SAILING THEORY AND  PRACTICE, C. A.  Marchaj, Adlard Coles Ltd. 
1964 A scientific analysis  of the aerodynamic and hydrodynamic 
and other design factors wich define the yachts behaviour. 

SEAWORTHINESS:    THE   FORGOTTEN   FACTOR,   C.   A.  Marchaj, 
(International  Marine  Publishing  Company  of  CAMDEN Maine), 
34.95. This is the book on hull design. It is a nice melange of 
the artistic,  political, academic, and  technical, and Marchaj 
has a fine  writing style. For  boaters, all I  can say is that 
most will find  it very controversial.  His precise and tightly 
argued passages on just why  the modern racing yacht is neither 
seakindly  nor seaworthy  will have  some, like  myself, smugly 
nodding, and others, most racers, I guess, hopping mad. 

THE WORLD'S  BEST SAILBOATS,  Ferenc Mate',  Even if  you can't 
afford the boats in  this book, it will  give you some ideas of 
what to  look for.  Coffee-table format,  glorious photography. 
Try not to drool on it.(mh). 

SURVEYING  SMALL  CRAFT,  Ian  Nicholson,  How  to  evaluate  a 
prospective  purchase.  Not  a  substitute  for  a professional 
survey, but very  useful for preliminary  work before making an 
offer.(mh). 

AMERICAN  PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR  (BOWDITCH), The  US Hydrographic 
Office, (2 volumes)  More than you would  ever dream of wanting 
to know  about navigation. Most  of it is  oriented towards big 
ships, but everything  there is, is in  there somewhere. No one 
will take you seriously unless you have Bowditch aboard.(mh). 

BUILD    THE   INSTANT  BOATS,   Hal   Payson,   Simple,  often 
not-very-strong, boats.(jfh) Easy  to build, and  the ones with 
lots of  curvature tend to  be strong  and stiff (paraphrased). 
(wv). 

BUILD THE NEW INSTANT BOATS,  Hal Payson, See notes on previous 
book. 

FASTNET  FORCE  10, John  Rousmaniere,  Fascinating, absolutely 
riveting book. It tells  the story of the  79 Fastnet race from 
the    perspective  of   the  participants,   by  one   of  the 
participants. His story gives a different view than most of the 
general media reports, by somebody who was there.(mp). 

THE ANNAPOLIS BOOK  OF SEAMANSHIP, John  Rousmaniere, Simon and 
Schuster, New York 1989. A complete and thorough guide to every 
aspect of  sailboat handling  by a  leading expert  in offshore 
sailing. Chapters include the boat and her environment, safety, 
navigation, and self-sufficiency.(mp). 

THE CRUISING  NAVIGATOR, Hewett  Schlereth, (4  volumes) A full 
course in basic celestial  navigation plus a complete reference 
work on the subject with perpetual almanacs and sight reduction 
tables. No  other references  are required.  As a self-teaching 
course, it is not  perfect but it is  very good (I learned from 
it). As a working reference, its  only weakness is that it does 
not  include the  moon and  planets (perpetual  almanacs aren't 
practical for these  bodies). Printed on  waterproof paper with 
heavy covers. This set cost 100 and is now out of print. A used 
copy is a major find. Volume ``00'', SIGHT REDUCTION TABLES FOR 
SMALL BOAT NAVIGATION is a find  in itself. This is a much more 
convenient set of tables than any of the standard sets (it is a 
condensed version of HO 229). Highly recommended.(mh). 

SKEENE'S  ELEMENTS OF  YACHT  DESIGN., Norman  Skene,  An early 
classic.  Also originally  called  "Elements of  Yacht Design." 
Dodd, Mead and Co. First edition 1927, many later revisions and 
editions to the early 1950s. Out of print, first editions quite 
rare. A classic in the field. 

OFFSHORE CRUISING ENCYCLOPEDIA, Steve  and Linda Dashew, Not an 
encyclopedia,  but  a tremendous  collection  of  well informed 
opinion on  every subject  imaginable. Oriented  towards larger 
(sail) boats and cost-no-object  cruising, but it has something 
for everybody. Whether it is  worth the tremendous price (about 
70) is another matter.(mh). 

BOATBUILDING MANUAL, Robert  Steward, The most  concise book on 
wooden boat  construction (including  modern methods).  Easy to 
read and understand. A standard reference.(mp). 

KNOTS,  Brion Toss,  A nice  little  basic introduction  to the 
important knots and their use by a good writer.(mh). 

THE  RIGGERS  APPRENTICE, Brion  Toss,  The  more sophisticated 
aspects of rope and lines.(mh). 

BOATBUILDING  ONE-OFFS IN  FIBERGLASS,  Alan Vaitses,  (I think 
it's now out  of print). This  one has so  much wisdom per page 
it's worth looking for. Really  a hands-on book, Vaitses made a 
living building glass boats  for a long time,  so he's made all 
the mistakes and knows what works and what doesn't.(mp). 

THE OCEAN SAILING  YACHT, Donald Street  (2 volumes), The first 
volume is dated  but covers the basics  well. The second volume 
covers most of the same subjects  in a more complete manner and 
from  a more  modern  perspective. The  volumes  complement one 
another.(mh). 

THE  ART  AND  SCIENCE  OF SAILS,  Tom  Whidden,  Not  quite so 
technically  inclined is  ``Sail Power  (The Complete  Guide to 
Sails and Sail Handling)'' by Wallace Ross. 


7.7 Films and videos 

EN PLEIN  SOLEIL, Alain Delon  in romantic trio  on classic med 
sail yacht (?1962) (tl). 

BURDEN OF DREAMS, Film, About the making of Fitzcaraldo. 

FITZCARALDO, Film, Werner Herzog, director. 

SAILING AROUND THE HORN, Captain  Irving Johnson, video This is 
a fantasic videotape. You can  order it from the Mystic Seaport 
bookstore/gift catalog. Here in San Francisco, they have it for 
sale  at the  Maritime Museum  bookstore. Capt.  Johnson's film 
documents  a  rounding  of  the Horn  in  1929  (?)  aboard the 
``Peking'', a 4-masted barque from  the famous Laiesz stable of 
giant square-riggers.  Amazingly, three of  them still survive: 
``Pommern''  at  the  Mariehamn Museum  in  the  Aland Islands, 
``Peking''  at  the  South  Street  Seaport  in  New  York  and 
``Padua''   -  still   afloat  as  the   Soviet  training  ship 
``Kruzenshtern''. 

ANAPOLIS SAILING SCHOOL, John  Rousmaniere, Five or six volumes 
on various aspects  of sailing. A  nice hands-on approach. I've 
only seen a couple  of volumes, but I  learned a *lot* in those 
two hours. 

THE SHAPE OF SPEED,  TRIM FOR SPEED, North  Sails, Very good. I 
believe the latter is the newer one. It is shot on a J-35 which 
I crew. A  number of the  "rock stars" from  North sails are on 
the boat in  a race. There  is dialog between  the crew "Do you 
think we need  a little more halyard  tension?" Then they alter 
the halyard tension  while showing the  sail change shape. They 
go   through  basically  all  the  controls  that  affect  sail 
shape.(cp). 

DRUM, Video, Sail around  the world with the  crew of Drum, the 
hard luck maxi owned in part by rock star Simon Le Bon of Duran 
Duran fame. Great  sailing footage of  the 1986 Whitbread Race, 
good music by Le Bon. One of my favorite sailing videos. (wms). 


7.8 Misc 

THE   OXFORD  COMPANION   TO  SHIPS  AND   THE  SEA,  ships  An 
encyclodepia of nautical history and personalities.(sm). 

THE   OXFORD  BOOK  OF  THE   SEA,  An  anthology  of  maritime 
literature.(sm). 

MEALS ON  KEELS, Bluewater Cruising  Association, Cookbook from 
local cruising ass'n in Vancouver. (dk2). 

THE SAILING YACHT,  Juan Baader, Out  of print but  shows up on 
used book  lists occasionally.  Comprehensive treatment  of all 
aspects of sailing, lavishly illustrated. 

VOYAGING UNDER POWER (3RD EDITION), Robert Beebe, The only book 
I know of about long range cruising in small (50 feet/15 meters 
or  less)  power  yachts. The  author  has  designed  and built 
several such boats and taken them all over the world. (mh). 

SELL UP AND SAIL, Bill and  Laurel Cooper, This book is hard to 
describe. It  begins with the  question of whether  you are cut 
out for long  distance cruising and  then proceeds to  a lot of 
varied topics which aren't  covered very well elsewhere. Laurel 
Cooper's sections on galley work and provisioning are among the 
best  I  have  seen.  Very  British  and  sometimes startlingly 
irreverent. Useful and a good read.(mh). 

MANAGING YOUR ESCAPE,  Katy Burke, How to  arrange your life so 
that  it  does  not  require  your  presence.  Oriented towards 
cruising but applicable  to anyone wanting  to pursue a freedom 
lifestyle.(mh). 

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SAILBOAT  BUYING, The editors of Practical 
Sailor, Two volumes, one covering the general subject of buying 
a  boat,  the  other  reprinting many  of  the  PS  boat review 
articles. The  best general coverage  of the  topic. An earlier 
version called PRACTICAL BOAT BUYING is still in print. This is 
a single paperback volume.(mh) THE COMPLETE LIVE-ABOARD BOOK by 
Katy Burke. Every aspect of living aboard a boat, technical and 
otherwise. This is  also a good  guide to choosing  a boat from 
the livability standpoint. Highly recommended.(mh). 

COOKING ON THE GO, Janet Groene, A complete cookbook which does 
not  require refrigeration.  Includes extensive  information on 
long-term storage of foods, as for a major passage.(mh). 

DAYCRUISING AND  DAYSAILING, Pete  Hodgins, Not  yet published, 
but written  by a  rec.boater; probably  available from  him in 
some pre-print form at aw103@freenet.carleton.ca (jfh). 

SELF-STEERING FOR SAILING CRAFT, John Jr. Letcher, Out of print 
and  hard to  find. Theory  and  practice from  an accomplished 
designer and sailor. 

THE WIND  COMMANDS, Harry  A. Morton,  A history  of sea-faring 
people and vessels from polynesian canoes to clipper ships with 
an  emphasis on  Pacific voyages  and what  was needed  to make 
them.  Morton discusses  pivotal  developments in  ship design, 
navigation, maratime medicine which  enabled ships to cross the 
Pacific, as well as  the culture and lore  of the sea. I didn't 
care for  the writing style  and organization. The  book has an 
excellent bibliography. 

THE  CARE AND  FEEDING OF  THE OFFSHORE  CREW, Lin  Pardey, The 
domestic side  of offshore  boatkeeping. Covers  much more than 
galley  topics  and  tells  a  good  cruising  story  along the 
way.(mh). 

ROYCE'S SAILING ILLUSTRATED, Royce,  A compact little book with 
a lot  of info  in it,  including descriptions  and pictures of 
sloops,  schooners, marconi  rigs,  gaff rigs,  etc.,  in other 
words, a general intro  to the styles of  boats that are around 
(although it doesn't  get into the  distinctions between a brig 
and a bark, etc., but these rarely come up in day-to-day harbor 
scans). 

THE ONE POT MEAL, Hannah G. Scheel., Not intended for boat use, 
but probably  the most  practical boat  or RV  cookbook around. 
I've used  this since my  college days. Probably  out of print, 
but worth looking for.(mh). 

A FIELD GUIDE TO  SAILBOATS, unknown, Or is  it ``a field guide 
to boats''?  This little book  lists about 250  types of boats, 
from Dyer Dhows up  to Columbia 50s. They  are mostly ones that 
are in current production,  and some of them  are so painful to 
the eye  that you  want to  know their  names only  in order to 
avoid them. Each page gives a  drawing of the boat, with arrows 
pointing to distinctive features, and  a long paragraph of text 
describing the boat. There's also basic info like tankage, sail 
area,  displacement,  length  overall,  waterline  length, etc. 
(jfh). 

THE YACHTING COOKBOOK, Elizabeth  Wheeler and Jennifer Trainer, 
The only coffee-table cookbook I  know of. Contains some of the 
best recipes I have found anywhere,  all easy to prepare. I use 
it at home more than on the boat. This is for coastal cruising, 
based   on  regional  ingredients.  Wheeler  is  a  charterboat 
cook.(mh).