A list of the most influential literary cruising sailors...

[Kukri]

A different sort of list - a list of people who have, by writing about it, encouraged others to try cruising..

Erskine Childers
Alain Gerbault
Erling Tambs
Arthur Ransome
Maurice Griffiths
L Francis Herreshoff
Bernard Moitessier
JD Sleightholme
Peter Heaton
John Leather...

 

[Tradewinds]

Peter Pye
Eric Hiscock

 

[CoVianna]

A different sort of list - a list of people who have, by writing about it, encouraged others to try cruising..

Erskine Childers
Alain Gerbault
Erling Tambs
Arthur Ransome
Maurice Griffiths
L Francis Herreshoff
Bernard Moitessier
JD Sleightholme
Peter Heaton
John Leather...

A C Stock?

 

[TQA]

Shane Acton [ Essential reading for those moments when you ask yourself "Do I have enough boat/equipement/experience?"]

 

[Tradewinds]

Hal Roth - like Hiscock he wrote both 'handbooks' & tales of his (& his wife's) voyages.

 

[Gerry]

Lynne and Larry Pardey have got to be right at the top surely!

I don't think they have the literary talented of Hal Roth but they sure impart a huge amount of valuable cruising knowledge to the masses.

 

[ffiill]

Alard Coles and personally William Dampier

 

[toad_oftoadhall]

A different sort of list - a list of people who have, by writing about it, encouraged others to try cruising..

Erskine Childers
Alain Gerbault
Erling Tambs
Arthur Ransome
Maurice Griffiths
L Francis Herreshoff
Bernard Moitessier
JD Sleightholme
Peter Heaton
John Leather...

Good idea for a thread.

If Dampier is allowed then I'll add Eric Newby.

Roger Taylor. He writes brilliantly IMHO.

 

[Seajet]

Sir Francis Chichester

Sir Alec Rose

Sir Robin Knox Johnston

Chay Blythe

David Blagden

R.T. McMullen

K.Adlard Coles

 

[wadget]

Frank dye??

 

[pwc51]

Bill Tilman has to be there for some of us!

 

[Grumpybear]

Miles Smeeton, surely!

 

[Wansworth]

"Sopranino," and "The wind calls the tune," dont recall the authors.

 

[Tradewinds]

Miles Smeeton, surely!

IMO absolutely - missed him from my post & I've just read 2 of his books!

Much under-rated writer (not seaman).

 

[Grumpybear]

IMO absolutely - missed him from my post & I've just read 2 of his books!

Much under-rated writer (not seaman).

that may be in part down to his modesty. he was certainly a superlative navigator: 130,000 miles in 20 years with no electronic aids apart from a transistor radio, and many of them a very long way off the beaten track e.g. The Aleutians

 

[Pete7]

Clare Francis

Rosie Swale - spelling corrected thanks Sybarite

 

[Sybarite]

Joseph Conrad

 

[Sybarite]

Clare Francis

Josie Swales

Do you mean Rosie?

 

[ukmctc]

Me....lol

 

[wadget]

Eric Newby.

Not a great sailor but influential.