Early Books on Cruising under Sail?

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Narrow Boats are the ones on canals. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
AWBs have me fooled all weather boat? all White boat? a wan****s boat? I don't know. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Plakies and Tupperware, Smellys and stink bombs, 10,000+ toners I know, been on most at some time.
Probably been on more than one AWB as well. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Average White boat, so you were very close. Of course, one person's AWB is anothers MAB and for somebody else a classic in the making. (Mouldy Auld Boat).
 
I suuggest that you try www.nmmc.co.uk and go to the link for the Bartlett Library. The National maritime Museum Cornwall is the museum containing the national Small Boat Collection, most of which has been/is being supplied by the National maritime Museum at Greenwhich.

The Bartlett Library contains some 15,000 books to date, many of which are within the subject area of interest to you. The library is a research library, not a lending library, but those who operate it give a very good Q & A service.

On-line book catalogue accessible through link on main museum website. questions on any aspect of small-boats (and other maritime topics) e-mail library@nmmc.co.uk

If you have an interest in Falmouth Quay Punts, I can put a few titles to you straight away. Good hunting!
 
Thanks - Twisterowner, will look out for it.

No one has mentioned Childers (in)famous "Riddle of the Sands" yet. Yes I know its been made into a film etc, but it was written 100 years ago, so qualifies here. Seems that people either love it or hate it.

Also "Sailing to freedom" by Voldemar Veedam and Carl Wall - a fascinating true account of Finnish post war refugees fleeing the Russians doing a transat in an ancient 37 foot cutter with 16 men women and children aboard living mainly on potatoes, originally published by Phoenix House Ltd circa 1950.
 
Great book, I agree - Estonians if I remember rightly, which did make me wonder a bit about their possible friendly relations with the Germans during the war - not really mentioned in the book. I must have a root around to see if I've still got it.

I wonder how their book would be seen now if written by Cubans going to Florida, Africans to the Canaries, or Indonesians to Australia?
 
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