Any good cruising catamaran books?

[hmm]

Anyone know of any?
Thanks

 

[Searush]

Off the top of my head;
Children of cape horn, Rosie Swale
I think Dr David Lewis's Rehu Moana was also about a voyage on a cat. There's another one about a family cruising the W. Coast of Scotland too but I don't remeber the name of the boat or writer, but I think he also wrote magazine articles. There's also one about a cat that capsized & the crew lived inside it for several weeks (?) until rescued.

I may come back with more info on some of these later.

 

[hmm]

Thanks

Thanks.
Still reading David Lewis' "Ice Bird" - quite a chap eh?

 

[Bajansailor]

Here are a couple of good catamaran websites - www.whiteadmiral.com is about a Norwegian couple sailing around the world slowly on their 44' sailing cat, while www.sailingcatamarans.com has some good links on it including this one about cruising on a 28' Wood Gypsy - http://www.time-for-a-catamaran-adventure.com/index.html

 

[hmm]

Thanks

Some superb websites there.

 

[Noddy]

Re: Thanks

On my bookshelf:

The Cruising Multihull (Chris White)
Multihull Voyaging (? Frith)
Multihull Seamanship (?)
The Wharram Design Book (Wharram)
Multihulls Offshore (Rob James)
Catamaran Sailing (Kelsall)

As well as a few How to sail a racy little beach cat type books.

Let me know if you want ISBN numbers and I'll post them.

 

[Mirelle]

Re: Thanks

"Multihull Seamanship" was written by Colin McMullen, a year or two before he, and his Newick trimaran "Three Cheers" were lost in the 1974 OSTAR

 

[Noddy]

Re: Thanks

My version was written by someone called LeSeur. Large softback, I think there are some on ebay at the moment.

I have not read McMullen's book. Are you starting an 'are multihulls safe?' conversation - Please Don't.

 

[hmm]

Re: Thanks

Thanks for that.
I've bought a few and they are excellent.
The designs by White I especially like.

 

[snowleopard]

The books about Rehu Moana were:

-The ship would not travel due west
-Daughters of the wind
-Children of three oceans

Wharram's book was Two Girls Two Catamarans