Books on extnded cruising / liveaboard

[JonAL]

Apologies if this has been asked already, if so, please could someone point me to the thread.

Would anyone care to recommend any good books (sort of warts 'n all style) on extended cruising / liveaboards.

A chandlery recommended me Cruising Under Sail by Eric Hiscock, but since they didn't have a copy in, I was going to try Amazon. Just wondered if there were any others worth reading as well.

Thanks a lot,
Jon

 

[Stingo]

Cost Conscious Cruiser by Lin & Larry Pardy
Voyaging on a small income by Annie Hill

 

[Stingo]

Click here for a copy of Cruising Under Sail by Eric Hiscock

 

[Talbot]

Sell Up and Sail by Bill and Laurie Cooper
World Cruising Routes by Jimmy Cornell
Hiscock books - Voyaging under sail ( a bit old fashioned but the passage planning section is very good.

 

[rivalranger]

I have just sold my copy of Cruising under Sail as I found the information quite dated and couldn't justify its shelf space.

Books I have found useful and are still on the shelf

Voyaging on a small income, A very good book that may change your life !

Sell up & Sail by Bill & Laurel Cooper

Boatowner’s Practical and Technical Cruising Manual by Nigel Calder, which covers pretty much everything in 'Cruising under sail' but is a much better book in my view.

When you do take the plunge, which is almost a certainty if you read 'Voyaging on a small income', then you will need Nigel Calder's other book 'Boatowner's Mechnical and Electrical Manual'. This book alone must have save me a fortune in mechanics fees

 

[Sadlermike]

'Blue Water Countdown' by Geoff Pack. Getting a bit dated now but down to earth and captures the spirit of extended cruising better than other books I have read.

 

[snowleopard]

all eric hiscock's books are very dated now. the best i've come across lately is beth leonard's voyager's handbook

 

[absit_omen]

The real 'Rolls Royce' is Steve Dashew's 'Cruising Encyclopaedia' , very USA biased but some incredibly detailed information on just about any topic you care to raise - about 80 quid though!

 

[ed_uk]

ive just brought the books,, sell up and sail by bill and laurel cooper and the book voyaging on a small income by annie hill , ive not had the chance to read them cover to cover but they do look like they have a lot to offer.

 

[Anonymous]

Have a look at "Cruising for Cowards" by Liza Copeland.

 

[giraffehappy]

Have just been reading everything I can find over last 18mths, prior to moving aboard with family (next month!!). The MOST useful book to date has been 'All in the Same Boat' Living aboard and cruising, by Tom Neale.
Lots of practical stuff, from engines to cooking to family psychology. Some of it a bit annoying, like if you can't strip down a tenders outboard by the time you are twelve you don't deserve to be sailing etc. but lots very funny, so you forgive him for being a bit pompous. Loads of very brilliant advice.

 

[JonAL]

Thank you everybody for the feedback and suggestions, I'd better get reading! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[CharlesM]

I dont have anything to add about the good books (Voyagers handbook, Sell up and sail, cruising on a small income..) but what I found dry and boring and difficult to get into is Cruising under Sail by Eric Hiscock. (You can get this regularly on ebay for a few quid (beware postage charges...)

Later
Charles
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[npf1]

Sell Up and Sail needs a 'wallet warning' as it'll convince you to take the plunge, buy a cruising boat, etc etc!!!

 

[Abigail]

Any of the Pardey books, definitely Annie Hill and Beth Leonard.

Also tristan Jones - one hand for the Boat is great fun and very inspiring for those long watches when you are effectively alone.

Depends a little on your concerns - eg technical vs how you are all still speaking after a few days at sea. Also whether your family are coming with you and if so are they really convinced or just following along? If so, the Cruising Woman's Adviser is good - a bit American but like Sell Up and Sail a good book for sorting your thoughts out!

Best of luck

 

[snowleopard]

hiscock

at the time, eric hiscock's books were a revelation - the idea of an ordinary couple going to these extraordinary places. today these are well-trodden paths and re-reading the books is deadly dull. voyaging/cruising under sail have lost a lot of their relevance as the types of boats used today are so different. there are still a few useful bits, like passage planning.

 

[Vonasi]

Re: hiscock

Annie Hills 'Voyaging on a Small Income' was so inspiring that we bought a boat and renamed her 'VONASI' (V oyaging ON A S mall I ncome). We leave for a slow crawl to the Med at the end of April. That's what can happen when you chance upon a book in the local library! Like all books it becomes a bit out of date very quickly, but 'Voyaging on a Small Income' (to me) was more about adapting myself to liveaboard, rather than adapting a boat.

 

[Sea Devil]

Re: hiscock

My DVD Blue Water Cruising does look at some of the issues - equipment and what it is really like.....
via my web site