Best Sailing Books For Kindle

[dewent]

I have exhausted my excellent 2nd hand local book stores stock of sailing books which have given me several years of great reading.

I have recently inherited a kindle from my wife who has upgraded to a newer version.

Does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations for good sailing stories I can download?

 

[7htas]

Escape to the sea - Fred Rebell - If it's on there.... and of course if you haven't already read it.
The Long Way - Bernard Motessier - Delightfully philosophical; but you'd expect that from a Frenchman.

Recounting the pacific crossings by a 60/70 year old William Willis; aboard his home made rafts!
The Epic Voyage of the Seven little Sisters - William Willis
An angel on each shoulder - William Willis

The unlikely voyage of Jack De Crow - A J Mackinnon - Fantastically written; about a guy setting off from Staffordshire, and ended up in the Black Sea - all on a mirror dingy!

 

[Salty John]

Not a classic by any means but you could download my ebook, all proceeds go to Leukaemia research:
http://tinyurl.com/brcmaxt

 

[Quandary]

On offer this week, The last of the Puffermen, Keith McGinn
On offer recently, Phoenix from the Ashes Justin Ruthven Tyers (house burns down, builds a pilot cutter and lives aboard) these about £2
Team Spirit, Brendan Hall another cheapie about a round the world race, at the price if you do not take to them just delete.

All of the Patrick O'Brien Aubrey/Maturin series (about 15 novels, best read in order as they are sequential, very well written and accurate)
Silver Darlings, Neil M. Gunn, about herring fishing after the clearances, one of Scotlands best writers but a socialist Nat. so maybe not to an English taste.
and my favourite -
The Mess we are in: Why Politicians Cant fix Financial Crises, Guy Sampson Taylor, not a novel but a horror story none the less.

 

[Kelpie]

I've looked for Moitessier on the Kindle store, haven't been able to find him.

One of my favourites so far has been 'South' by Shackleton- absolutely gripping. And free!
Roger Taylor also publishes on Kindle.

 

[AMCD300]

This is free:

Yachting on the Cheap.....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yachting-on-the-Cheap-ebook/dp/B008FY2SB2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375558045&sr=1-1&keywords=sailing

 

[CoVianna]

This is free:

Yachting on the Cheap.....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yachting-on-the-Cheap-ebook/dp/B008FY2SB2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375558045&sr=1-1&keywords=sailing

Hmm. I downloaded it.

And I agree with this comment on Amazon.

"I didn't find much of value in this book. There's not much else to say. I got about as much out of it as I paid for it."

 

[7htas]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Long-Wa...75559608&sr=1-1&keywords=the+long+way+bernard

£10 though!

 

[macd]

One of my favourites so far has been 'South' by Shackleton- absolutely gripping. And free!

yes, compelling stuff. There's more Shackleton out there, including his account of his two other Antarctic expeditions.
Other free historical stuff: Cook, Magellan. Amundsen, Slocum, of course. And if you want a 'must-read', try a Donald Thomas' biog of Admiral Cochrane. You'll have to pay for it, but it's riveting and puts any Flashman/Russell Crowe nonsense utterly in the shade. (In fact this thread has just cost me a fiver since I decided it really ought to be on my Kindle...

 

[AMCD300]

Hmm. I downloaded it.

And I agree with this comment on Amazon.

"I didn't find much of value in this book. There's not much else to say. I got about as much out of it as I paid for it."

Just read it -I fully agree...........

 

[alan_d]

All of the Patrick O'Brien Aubrey/Maturin series (about 15 novels, best read in order as they are sequential, very well written and accurate)

Twenty complete and one unfinished, so yes, about 15.

 

[2nd_apprentice]

This is free:

Yachting on the Cheap.....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yachting-on-the-Cheap-ebook/dp/B008FY2SB2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375558045&sr=1-1&keywords=sailing

This one made me chuckle:

Basically find someone with a boat, and sponge off them. I believe I have met a few people that have read this book. They can't even come up with a six pack of soda for the exchange of sailing all day.

 

[hartcjhart]

I am sorry but if people read the forum correctly they will see the 'book club' section,there are many books for free and also low charge

 

[Quandary]

Twenty complete and one unfinished, so yes, about 15.

Pedant, did you expect me to go and count them, get a life!

 

[Burnham Bob]

Not sailing books but a great source of free kindle books a little out of the ordinary

http://arthursbookshelf.com/index.html

 

[Boreades]

Donald Thomas' biog of Admiral Cochrane. You'll have to pay for it, but it's riveting and puts any Flashman/Russell Crowe nonsense utterly in the shade. (In fact this thread has just cost me a fiver since I decided it really ought to be on my Kindle...

+1

 

[CoVianna]

Not sailing books but a great source of free kindle books a little out of the ordinary

http://arthursbookshelf.com/index.html

Great site!

Only question is how do I get them onto my Kindle Fire HD as they need to be downloaded to my PC?

 

[oldharry]

Great site!

Only question is how do I get them onto my Kindle Fire HD as they need to be downloaded to my PC?

Download and install the free Ebook manager Calibre to your PC: http://calibre-ebook.com/ Download your books, load them in to Calibre, connect your Reader, and sync it to Calibre. Kindle Fire will even do this wirelessly apparently.

 

[gregmlucas]

Just finished The Voyage of Storm Petrel (parts 1 and 2) by Clarissa Vincent - both quite a good read.

Agree with other reviews of yachting on the cheap - reads like a couple of blog posts stuck together.

 

[vyv_cox]

Download and install the free Ebook manager Calibre to your PC: http://calibre-ebook.com/ Download your books, load them in to Calibre, connect your Reader, and sync it to Calibre. Kindle Fire will even do this wirelessly apparently.

Excellent, thanks a lot. I was given a large number of titles by e-mail, had no idea how to get them to the Kindle. Have downloaded Calibre and transferred a couple of books, no problems at all.