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A Sail of Two Idiots: 100+ Lessons and Laughs from a Non-Sailor Who Quit the Rat Race, Took the Helm, and Sailed to a New Life in the Caribbean“It was the best of dreams, it was the worst of dreams, it was an age of consulting the nautical experts, it was the age of landlubber foolishness, it was the epoch of determination, it was the epoch of despair, it was the season of hurricanes, it was a spring of beachcombing…” If you dream about ch...$12.33$22.00
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The Long WayThe Long Way is Bernard Moitessier's own incredible story of his participation in the first Golden Globe Race, a solo, non-stop circumnavigation rounding the three great Capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin, and the Horn. For seven months, the veteran seafarer battled storms, doldrums, gear-failures, knock-d...$11.94$16.50
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The Gentleman's Guide to Passages South: The Thornless Path to WindwardThis is the Tenth and last Edition of the popular directions for sailing south to the Bahamas and the Caribbean.For more than twenty years Van Sant repeatedly surveyed nearly 200 anchorages between Florida and South America. He racked up well over 80,000 sea miles doing it, mostly single-handed. Why...$27.80$29.95
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The Complete Sailor, Second EditionThis is not just an instructional book---it's an insight into a sailor's approach to the sea, boats, and the ever-changing dynamic of wind on the water "A learn-to-sail book with heart."--WoodenBoat "A real winner...a masterful blend of straightforward text with delightful and instructive illustrat...$9.76$19.00
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Sailing Alone Around the World"The classic of its kind." —Travel World"One of the most readable books in the whole library of adventure." —Sports Illustrated"The finest single-handed adventure story yet written." —SeafarerChallenged by an expert who said it couldn't be done, Joshua Slocum, an indomitable New England sea captain,...$6.93$9.95
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Buy, Outfit, Sail: How To Inexpensively and Safely Buy, Outfit, and Sail a Small Vessel Around the WorldOverview: The primary aim is to assist the frugal, safety-conscious sailor in the purchase and repair of a modest sailboat capable of circumnavigating. The core premise: there is little correlation between dollars spent and pleasure received when it comes to cruising offshore. Cheaper boats can be f...$24.95$24.99
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High Performance Sailing: Faster Racing TechniquesThe groundbreaking reference on high speed racing techniques--the bible for racing sailors of all levels and abilities from dinghies to the America's Cup.High Performance Sailing has become the standard reference work on high speed racing techniques. Groundbreaking in its thinking on boat speed, str...$38.42$55.00
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Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern SailingIn August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest coast of England to Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast and back. It began in fine weather, then suddenly became a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixty-knot storm swept across the North Atlantic with a s...$10.00$17.95
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Tales of the Intracoastal Waterway: An Account of a Passage from the Florida Keys to Cape Cod on a Seventeen Foot CatboatTALES OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY is the lyrical account of a small boat sailor from Maine and Florida who decided to celebrate his 70th birthday by traversing the waters in between. He conscripted his wife and a few friends, each of whom took a leg on the passage from Key Largo to Cape Cod. A thir...$15.00$15.00
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High Performance SailingBased on 25 years of research and Olympic coaching, High Performance Sailing reinvents the strategies of sailboat racing. It presents revolutionary explanations of wind prediction and boat design, a fundamental rethinking of how to sail a boat fast--literally faster than the wind. Bethwaite's theori...$72.49$34.95
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Self Sufficient SailorThis book is what the title says. It is the distillation of what the Pardey's have learned in 150,000 miles of sailing on board their two cutters, Seraffyn and Taleisin, and on scores of other boats they have delivered or raced. Lin and Larry tell how they have sailed in comfort and safety without l...$78.78$29.95
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Championship Tactics: How Anyone Can Sail Faster, Smarter, and Win RacesChampionship Tactics is the tactical manual for the racing sailor. This comprehensive volume contains lessons from decades of world-class competition.Gary Jobson was a collegiate champion and raced in three America's Cup campaigns, twice as Ted Turner's tactician and once with Tom Blackaller. Tom Wh...$69.72$35.00