Books for Xmas

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If you could choose only 1 book to recommend for each catagory which would it be, my try is as follows:-

Yachtsman: 'The complete yachtmaster' - Tom Cunliffe

Begginer: 'Complete Sailing manual' - Steve Sleight

Dreamer/Liverboard: Sell up & Sail' - Bill & Laurel Cooper

Most used onboard: (apart from pilots etc) Golf My Way: Jack Nicklaus



Poter

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Sailing in a week by Wendy Fitzpatric. got me sailing in my mid forties never set foot on a sail boat before, first time was single handed on a wayfarer, this is a story in it's own!!!!

Wishbone
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Any of the Hiscock "Wanderer" books.

Mind you, if you had a category for Forum users, I suppose I'ld have to say "The Collision Regulations" or the RYA booklet on "Flags and Signals"

Joe
 
Got to be 'Shipshape - The Art of Sailboat Maintenance' by Ferenc Mate.

Not a new book, so not up with all the latest tech, but packed full of useful stuff, totally irreverant and absolutely hilarious. His passion and love for boats really comes across with his gruff, no-nonsense writing and he doesn't really seem to care too much if he offends with his limited use of expletives. Some of the photo captions are great. For example when discussing hauling out he has a photo of boat in a shed all tarped up - the caption reads:

How to spoil a boat rotten. Put her inside a warm shed for the winter and cover her with poly. Might as well bring her a hot toddy; then sing the little bitch a lullaby.

I think this is one you'd either love or hate but for me it's a great mixture of real advice and entertainment. Go get it. Och, go on go on go on...

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Joshua Slocum's Sailing Alone Around the World - classic stuff.

Pete Goss' 'Close to the Wind' - not so much for the half of the book about his Vendee Globe race (although its excellent - especially his Southern Ocean rescue of Rapheal Dinelli), more the first half on how he got to the start line. Absolutely inspirational 'if you really want to do it, you can' stuff. I pity his long-suffering wife though - especially when they end up selling the house to make payments on the boat build when a sponsor falls through...



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Just finished Griff Rhyss Jones' book 'To the Baltic with Bob'. Good to read how a lot of half-a-heads can carry out a long trip like that. Gives me a bit of confidence! I would also recomment Pete Goss, and that woman who did it, McArthur, although the impression I got was, she was a bit mental!

Tom Cunliffe's coastal navigation is quite good to, for those who, like me, have completed the day skipper theory but never actually use the navigation bit and have forgotten it all.


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Trawler - just out by Redmond O'Hanlon for learning about people who don't go to sea for fun. One of the trawlerman casually talks about being in great demand for doing roofing work in his spare time, in the worst possible weather because "we're not scared of a bit of rain or hail, and it's easy for us on a roof - it doesn't move!"

The books not perfect and does go a bit waffly when everyone on board is short of sleep and can't stop talking, but does make you feel like you're there with them.

Cruising - by Claude Worth for the ultimate escapist exploring new places by boat, especially as most of the places new to him are so familiar to us now.



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In the Wake of Drake please

this is out of print, written by pat patterson who designed the heavenly twins.

I can't find a copy anywhere.

I would even appreciate just a lend, hint hint /forums/images/icons/smile.gif



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How about a bit of Christmas humour to counteract all these worthy and serious books ? Try "To the Baltic with Bob" byGryff Rhys Jones or Des Sleightholme's follow up to "It's a funny old life". I think it's called "It's a funny old sail".

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i have been ordered mr slocum's book
i have tom cunliffe
i also have ordered heavy weather sailing

i would recommend the art of coarse sailing book
author michael geen very funny

i personally was inspired by the claire francis books as a child

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