The Why Book of Sailing: The Curious Sailor's Guide to ...
 Great book!: This book has more than the basics..... it includes the science behind various aspects of sailing, in understandable terms. A great book, simple to read. Knowledge is power, and this book made me more comfortable about sailing. Both science [... more]
$16.95
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The Making of a Sailor or Sea Life Aboard a Yankee ...
A wonderful story of life at sea: This is the best description of the hard life of an American sailor in the 1870s. Harlow, from New England, describes his first coastal voyage on a schooner, down the coast and up the Chesapeake and the Potomac. Then he [... more]
$10.95
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The Seven Seas 2009: The Sailor's Calendar
Great Sailing Pictures: These calendars have beautiful pictures of sailboats in exotic locations and on the page where the calendar grid is there is a nautical chart visible behind the grid. Apparently "sailing people" are very fond of charts [... more]
$14.95
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Sailors Guide to the Windward Islands
Too many adverts: Doyle's info was very good and the color arial photos and mini charts are very usefull. The book is 9 inches by 6 inches and has 400 pages, however if you were to remove the advertizments and touristy photos you would probably end up [... more]
$29.95
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Voice From The Main Deck-Softbound (Sailor's Tales)
A Voice from the Main Deck: Anyone who enjoys Patrick O'Brian's novels, the Hornblower series, or the like, will be fascinated by this true-life autobiography that reads like a novel. Leech joined the Royal Navy at age 12, and was in the crew of the [... more]
$22.95
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Once is Enough (The Sailor's Classics #6)
Ship of fools.: The first half of this book is an enjoyable read, even if like me, you feel that the Smeeton's goal to round Cape Horn in a yacht is foolhardy. And sure enough, the Southern Ocean serves up the house specialty for them right on cue, [... more]
$19.95
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The Seven Seas 2007 Calendar: The Sailor's Calendar
Annual Gift: I give this calndar every year to a colleague who is an avid sailor here in New England. I enjoy stopping by his office to see another beautiful and remote location each month. Spectacular photography. love this calendar: One of the reasons [... more]
$14.95
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Sailors' Secrets: Advice from the Masters
Excellent tips for novice or experienced sailor: I thought I knew a lot about sailing but this book is so jam packed with good ideas and tips that I've read it from cover to cover. The style is simple and the range of ideas comprehensive. If you have a [... more]
$29.95
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Royce's Sailing Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Sailors Bible ...
The ONLY book you need on a sailboat: I have shelf after shelf of books on sailing and boating, but only Royce's Sailing Illustrated is essentially worn out. This and the accompanying workbook are the only books of which I have two copies; one set at [... more]
$15.00
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Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor
Worth Every Penny: Note to Editor, I meant to put 5 stars! Please fix that. Twice in 10 years I've downloaded and read the PDF manuscript from the author's website. To my great surprise, when I went back to download it for the third time, I saw that it [... more]
$16.50
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The Mind of the Sailor: An Exploration of the Human ...
Captain Blight could have done with this book: More voyages have been brought to an abrupt end by friction among the crew than by any other problem. In spite of that, there are hundreds of books dealing with every single aspect of sailing, but, as far as [... more]
$22.70
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The Marlinspike Sailor.
Fun to read but not a how-to book: Pros: It's well written and fun to read. It's full of historic information and anecdotes. The illustrations represent a wide variety of interesting projects . Cons: The book is very uneven. Some projects are explained [... more]
$15.00
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