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Sailing Bibliography

 


 
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Sailing Bibliography

Courtesy of Stephen J. Bouscaren, Ph.D.


BOOKS ON SAILING/BOATS

Chapman, Charles F.
1976 Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling (52nd edition). New York: The Hearst Corporation.

Constable, George (ed.)
1976 Racing. New York: Time-Life Books.

Dodds, Don
1995 Modern Seamanship: A Comprehensive, Ready-Reference Guide for All Recreational Boaters. Guilford: The Lyons Press.

Fales, Dan (ed.)
1994 Chapman Piloting: Seamanship & Boat Handling (63rd edition). New York: Hearst Marine Books.

Förthmann, Peter Christian
1998 Self-Steering Under Sail: Autopilots and Wind-steering Systems. Camden, Maine: International Marine.

Henderson, Richard
1987 Sailing at Night. Camden, Maine: International Marine Publishing Company.

Hiscock, Eric
1981 Cruising Under Sail Incorporating Voyaging Under Sail (third edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Isler, J.J., and Peter Isler
2006 Sailing for Dummies (second edition). Indianapolis: Wiley Publishing, Inc.

Moitessier, Bernard
1998 A Sea Vagabond’s World. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Sheridan House. (first published in 1995 by Editions Arthaud; translated into English 1998 by William Rodarmor)

Pardey, Lin, and Larry Pardey
1995 Storm Tactics Handbook: Modern Methods of Heaving-To for Survival in Extreme Conditions. Arcata (?): Pardey Books.
Roth, Hal
2004 How To Sail Around The World: Advice and Ideas for Voyaging Under Sail. Camden, Maine: International Marine (a Division of McGraw-Hill).

Rousmaniere, John
1999 The Annapolis Book of Seamanship (third revised edition). New York: Simon & Schuster.

Rousmaniere, John (ed.)
1985 Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts By the Technical Committee of the Cruising Club of America. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Seidman, David
1994 The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing. Camden, MN: International Marine (a Division of McGraw-Hill). Formerly published as “On the Wind: Mastering the Art of Sailing”

Sleight, Steve
2001 K.I.S.S Guide to Sailing. London: DK Publishing Company.

US Sailing
1998 Basic Cruising: The national standard for quality sailing instruction. Portsmouth, RI: United States Sailing Association.

1998 Basic Keelboat: The national standard for quality sailing instruction. Portsmouth, RI: United States Sailing Association.

1996 Bareboat Cruising: The national standard for quality sailing instruction. Portsmouth, RI: United States Sailing Association.

United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
n.d. Boating Skills & Seamanship (twelfth edition): Lessons 1-13.

Whidden, Tom, and Michael Levitt
1990 The Art and Science of Sails: A guide to Modern Materials, Construction, Aerodynamics, Upkeep, and Use. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

SAILING TERMS

Beard, Henry, and Roy McKie
2001 sail-ing: a lubber’s dictionary. New York: Workman Publishing.

Beavis,Bill, and Richard G. McCloskey
1995 Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Sheridan House Inc. (first printed in Great Britain, 1983).

Dear, Ian, and Peter Kemp (eds.)
1987 An A-Z of Sailing Terms. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

TIPS ON SAILING BOATS

Roberts, John, and Susan Roberts
1996 Why Didn’t I Think of That: 1,198 tips from 222 sailors on 120 boats from 9 countries. Camden, MN: International Marine.

Sail Magazine
1994 Sail’s Things That Work: More Than 100 Sea-Tested Improvements for Your Boat. Camden, MN: International Marine/McGraw-Hill.

CRUISING/CRUISING GUIDES/CHARTERING/VOYAGING

Bowler, Ed, and Claudia Bowler
2002 Cruising Guide to San Diego Bay. Arcata: Paradise Cay Publications, Inc.

Cooper, Bill, and Laurel Cooper
1998 Sell Up and Sail: Taking the Ulysses Option (third edition). Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan House, Inc. (first published in 1986 by Stanford Marine)

Fagan, Brian M.
2002 The Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California: Golden Gate to Ensenada, Mexico, including the Offshore Islands. Camden, MN: International Marine/McGraw-Hill.

Hill, Annie
2001 Voyaging On A Small Income (second edition). St. Michaels, MD: Tiller Publishing.

Smith, Robert H.
1986 The Complete guide to Harbors, Anchorages and Marinas: Southern California Edition (revised). Del Mar, CA: Cartographic Enterprises. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service
2000 United States Coast Pilot 7: Pacific Coast: California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii (33rd edition). Washington, D.C.: National Ocean Service.

Vann, David
2005 A Mile Down: The True Story Of A Disastrous Career At Sea. New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press.

Watterson, Stephen Wright
2000 A Year In Paradise: How We Lived Our Dream. Cleveland: Eagle Cliff Press.

CRUISING STORIES/AT SEA STORIES

Caldwell, John (excellent reading)
1991 Desperate Voyage. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Sheridan House, Inc. (first published in 1949)

Callahan, Steven (good reading)
1986 Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost At Sea. New York: Ballantine Books.

Caswell, Christopher (ed.)
2002 The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press.

Chichester, Sir Francis
1968 Gipsy Moth Circles the World. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc. (first published in 1967 by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.)

Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.
1964 Two Years Before the Mast. New York: A Signet Classic.

Dumas, Vito (good reading)
2001 Alone Through the Roaring Forties. Camden, Maine: International Marine. Originally published by Adlard Coles Ltd. 1960)

Hays, David, & Daniel Hays
1996 My Old Man And The Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. (originally published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1995)

Hiscock, Eric (my favorites—all are excellent reading)
1984 Two Yachts, Two Voyages: The last cruise of Wanderer IV and the trials, tribulations, and final triumphs on the maiden voyage of Wanderer V. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.

1978 Come Aboard. London: Oxford University Press.

1973 Sou’west in Wanderer IV. London: Oxford University Press.

1963 Beyond the West Horizon. London: Oxford University Press.

1956 Around the World in Wanderer III. London: Oxford University Press.

Jason, Ray
2001 Tales of a Sea Gypsy. Arcata: Paradise Cay Publications.

Knecht, G. Bruce
2001 The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.

Knox-Johnston, Robin (good reading)
1969 A World of My Own. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.

Lewis, David (excellent reading)
2002 Ice Bird. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan House, Inc. (first published in 1975 by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.)

Longyard, William H.
2003 A Speck On The Sea: Epic Voyages in the Most Improbable Vessels. Camden, ME: International Marine.

Moitessier, Bernard (excellent reading)
2003 Cape Horn: The Logical Route. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Sheridan House. (first published in 1967 by Editions Arthaud; English translation in 1969)

1995 The Long Way. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Sheridan House. (first published in 1971 by Editions Arthaud; translated 1973 by William Rodarmor)

Mowat, Farley (very good reading)
1958 The Grey Seas Under: The Perilous Rescue Missions of a North Atlantic Salvage Tug. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press.

1969 The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float. Canada: McClelland and Stewart Limited.

2001 The Serpent’s Coil: An Incredible Story of Hurricane Battered Ships and the Heroic Men Who Fought to Save Them. New York: The Lyons Press (originally printed 1961, Little, Brown & Company, Inc.)

Nichols, Peter (very good reading)
2001 A Voyage for Madmen. New York: HarperCollings Publishers, Inc.

Parrott, Daniel S. (very good reading)
2003 Tall Ships Down: The Last Voyages of the Pamir, Albatross, Marques, Pride of Baltimore, and Maria Asumpta. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies.

Phillbrick, Nathaniel (interesting reading)
1998 In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. New York: Penguin Putnam, Inc.

Robertson, Dougal (very good reading)
1994 Survive the Savage Sea. Dobbs Ferry, New York: Sheridan House, Inc. (first published in 1973 by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

Roth, Hal (very good reading)
1972 Two On A Big Ocean: The personal account of a man and woman who circumnavigated the Pacific—alone in a thirty-five-foot sailboat. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.

Rousmaniere, John
2001 After the Storm: True Stories or Disaster and Recovery At Sea. Camden, MN: International Marine/McGraw-Hill.

1992 Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. (first published in 1980) (very good reading)

Sigler, George
2002 Experiment in Survival. Vero Beach, FL: Vero Technical Support.

Simon, Alvah (good reading)
1999 North To The Night: A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic. New York: Broadway Books. (originally published by International Marine, Camden, Maine, 1998)

Slocum, Captain Joshua (excellent reading)
1956 Sailing Alone Around the World. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. (first published in 1900 by the Century Company)

Smeeton, Miles (very good reading)
2001 Once Is Enough. Camden: MN: International Marine. (first published by Hart-Davis, London, 1959)

1987 Sunrise to Windward. London: Grafton Books. (first published in 1966 by Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd.)

1986 The Sea Was Our Village. London: Grafton Books. (first published in 1973 by Nautical Books)

Willis, Clint (ed.)
1999 Rough Water: Stories of Survival from the Sea. New York: Balliett & Fitzgerald Inc., and Thunders Mouth Press.

 
 

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