by the American Sailing Association (ASA)
The superbly produced textbook, which will serve as the new official textbook for the ASA's Basic Keelboat course, is the perfect tool for learning the basics of sailing. Learning to sail is primarily a visual process, and Sailing Made Easy gets it right with high-quality, detailed illustrations and photographs.
Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road
by Craig H. Allen
Professional mariners, military and civilian, will find this book to be an invaluable reference in understanding the rules of the road and the role these rules play in managing the risk of collision. The author provides a thorough commentary on the rules and an analysis of collision cases involving abuse of the rules. Maritime attorneys and judges will find the book continues to be an indispensable reference on collision law as Craig Allen provides a mariner's insight into how the rules apply in context and their application by the courts and administrative tribunals.
Cruising
Fundamentals
by Harry Munns, Hal Sutphen (Editor)
Sail
"It picks up where the beginner's book leave off... Everything needed
to make the first weeklong liveaboard cruise in safety and comfort is
here."
The
Annapolis Book of Seamanship
by John Rousmaniere, Mark Smith (Illustrator)
Amazon.com
First launched in 1983, Annapolis remains the sailor's bible, a chapter
and verse guide to all aspects of seamanship from the simplest ABC's to
the most advanced skills and latest electronics. Rousmaniere still emphasizes
the importance of mastering sailing's fundamentals.
Chapman
Piloting : Seamanship & Boat Handling
by Elbert S. Maloney, Charles Frederic Chapman
Accessible to the beginner, Chapman Piloting is an essential reference for even the most experienced sailor - a complete curriculum of nautical knowledge, from knots to navigation, docking to distress calls, plus etiquette, protocol, and terminology for powerboaters and sailors alike.
Illustrated
Sail & Rig Tuning
by Ivar Dedekam
The best-illustrated manual ever on tuning the sails and rigs of a yacht or small keelboat features 152 color diagrams and a brilliantly concise text. Separate sections offer a logical approach to the topics of trimming the genoa and mainsail, trimming spinnakers and gennakers, and setting up masts and stays.
Storm Tactics Handbook: Modern Methods of Heaving-To for Survival in Extreme
Conditions
by Lin and Larry Pardey
Modern methods of heaving-to for survival in extreme conditions. Trysail and para-anchor technology for all types of boats and sailors. Lin and Larry Pardey have voyaged together for over 26 years, covering the equivalent of 5 circumnavigations on board their own self-built cutters, Seraffyn and Taleisin.
CHARACTERISTICS OF SAILING CRAFT
Understanding
Boat Design
by Ted Brewer, Edward S. Brewer
The Ensign
"Brewer provides as good a basic introduction to small craft design
as you could ever hope to find. If more people read this book before buying
a boat, they'd likely make a much better choice and be a lot happier."
Seaworthy
Offshore Sailboat: A Guide to Essential Features, Handling, and Gear
by John Vigor
Cruising World
Here is the book that answer the sailor's fundamental question--"Can
my boat take me offshore safely?"--then shows how to make it happen.
Twenty Small Sailboats to Take You Anywhere
by John Vigor
John Vigor offers sailors a collection of 20 boats capable of taking you anywhere perhaps not in the comfort and style touted by new boat product literature but insafely and with dignity. John has raced, crossed oceans, and cruised coasts. His views are fresh and insightful. He has the credentials to know a boat for what it is. Readers will be rewarded with valuable information that is more timeless than trendy. Lurking behind it all is Johns wry humor that steps in at just the right moment to remind us that logic has its limits and owning and sailing these vessels is meant to be fun.
Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of the Offshore Yachts
by John Rousmaniere (Editor) & Stephen L. Davis
The authority on the features and equipment that belong on a cruising sailboat. Together, the authors have been sailing for 850 years, have covered more than 750,000 miles offshore, and have owned 43 cruising sailboats. They cover just about every aspect of preparing to go to sea: characteristics of safe boats for blue-water cruising; construction and sails; dimensions of proper sea-going bunks, chart tables and cockpits; lists of sails, emergency gear, and electronic instruments for different types of boats and sailing; checklists of gear and medical equipment...and much more.
The Complete Guide to Choosing a Cruising Sailboat
by Roger Marshall
Leading boat designer Roger Marshall walks you through the process of choosing the perfect boat for your sailing lifestyle. Along the way, you will acquire a deep understanding of the many factors that go into a boat's performance, comfort, and seaworthiness, and learn how to choose among them to meet your requirements and preferences. Marshall conceives and develops five prototype sailboats with widely varying design objectives: a Weekender, a Cruiser, a Voyager, a Single-Hander, and a Cruiser/Racer. 200 illustrations "take you aboard," showing you clearly how the choices and compromises of boat design are made and what they mean to performance.
MAINTENANCE
This
Old Boat
by Don Casey
Southern Boating
"Casey's intelligent, practical advice covers just about everything,
and his style is just what the doctor ordered for anyone daft enough to
want to fix up an old boat."
Understanding
Rigs and Rigging
by Richard Henderson, Ted Brewer
Soundings
"Details specific enough to guide sailboat owners in assessments
of their own rigs are the strength of this survey."
Surveying
Fiberglass Sailboats: A Step-by-Step Guide for Buyers and Owners
by Henry C. Mustin
Practical Sailor
"... one book we'd recommend to anyone looking at used boats (or
new, for that matter)... [Mustin's] book shows you what and where to look
for signs of trouble."
Marine
Diesel Engines: Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repair
by Nigel Calder
Ocean Navigator
"This is one of the best-illustrated engine books ever, Calder explains
basic concepts in a thoroughly enjoyable way."
Boatowner's
Mechanical & Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair, and Improve
Your Boat's Essential Systems
by Nigel Calder
Professional Boat Builder
"Several feet of shelf space in our technical library is devoted
to material published in recent years on marine systems. But the single
most frequently reached for reference in this collection is this book.
CRUISING
Cruising
the Chesapeake: A Gunkholer's Guide
by William H. Shellenberger
Eastern-Southeast Boating
"A copy should be in the hands of the fleet captains of every yacht club
as well as in the library of every cruising yachtsman. It should be consulted
each step of a cruise in much the same manner one checks his charts before
getting underway."
Guide
to Cruising Chesapeake Bay
by Chesapeake Bay Magazine
Personal guide to cruising more than 300 secluded anchorages, popular cruising spots and historic ports of call. The 2003 edition includes a current listing of 438 marina services & Facilities as well as over 275 waterfront restaurants. Walking tours of 28 favorite ports, a navigator's section & tide tables, planning & distance charts and a 2003 calendar of events is also included.
The
Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager
by Jim Trefethen
The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager, Jim Trefethen. The funniest, drollest, wisest book on the shelf for the would-be cruiser. Trefethen pulls no punches when he tells you just what will be involved if you and your family decide to "let slip the surly bonds of earth" and set sail. How to get ready, how to finance the voyage, how to live on your boat with maximum peace of mind and minimum hassle, and what equipment you do and don't need. (What you don't need may surprise you.)
International
Marine's Weather Predicting Simplified: How to Read Weather Charts and
Satellite Images
by Michael William Carr
Weather Predicting Simplified is the first book that shows the reader, with many sample satellite photos and weather maps, how to predict the weather easily and accurately - without having to wait for hours for NOAA updates.
World
Cruising Routes
by Jimmy Cornell
World Cruising Routes is a comprehensive guide to nearly 1000 sailing routes covering all the oceans of the world, from the tropical South Seas to the high latitudes of the Arctic and Antarctic. The book is geared specifically to the needs of cruising sailors and contains essential information on winds, currents, regional and seasonal weather as well as valuable suggestions concerning optimum times for individual routes.
THE LITERATURE
Chesapeake
by James A. Michener
Associated Press
"Once again James A. Michener brings history to life with this 400-year
saga of America's great bay and its Eastern Shore. Following Edmund Steed
and his remarkable family, who parallel the settling and forming of the
nation, CHESAPEAKE sweeps readers from the unspoiled world of the Native
Americans to the voyages of Captain John Smith, the Revolutionary War,
and right up to modern times."
Fastnet,
Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing, New Edition
by John Rousmaniere
Gary Jobson, ESPN commentator
"John Rousmaniere's gripping account of that calamitous race is a
must read for anyone thinking about sailing offshore. This richly detailed
account provides inspiration for all sailors to thoroughly prepare and
use good sense at sea."
Fatal Storm: The Inside Story of the Tragic Sydney-Hobart Race
by Rob Mundle
On Christmas Day, 1998, the 115 boats at the starting line of the annual Sydney-to-Hobart Race had been warned that low-pressure weather systems were conspiring to guarantee a wild and chancy race. Yet few sailors anticipated the ferocity of the storm that descended around two o'clock the next morning, whipping up gale-force winds and waves tall enough to send 25-ton yachts "spearing into midair," then "plunging down into the trough ..." The race quickly devolved into the worst sailing disaster in memory. Journalist Rob Mundle follows the dramatic struggles in Fatal Storm, skillfully re-creating from firsthand accounts the stories of bravery, luck, and folly that left a handful of sailors convinced they'd never go near the Hobart again.
Godforsaken Sea: The True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous
Waters
by Derek Lundy
The Godforsaken Sea is the story of the 1996-1997 Vendee Globe. a round-the-world, single-handed sailing race of the most extreme kind--no stopping, no assistance--requiring each lone sailor to spend half the total race distance (roughly 13,000 miles) fighting the Southern Ocean. Fourteen men and two women began the race in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. Six officially finished; three were wrecked and rescued; one sailor performed emergency surgery on himself mid-race; one perished. Lundy weaves a superior fabric of psychology and physics, action and reflection. Even the utter novice will emerge understanding the architecture of racing vessels, the evolution of storms, the physical and psychological courage required to survive five-and-a half months battling the ocean alone.