Recommendations for Yachty Kindle/EBooks to Read Please

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Having just finished reading Dee Caffari's biog I am now on the lookout for some inspiration on what to read next. Ideally biographical or at a push contemporary fiction (I've read most of Sam Llewelyn's stuff), I'm saving the Hornblower's of this world for later life.

What I was really looking forward to reading was a biography of Sir Peter Blake but couldn't find anything. I'm only really interested in ebooks as I can just shove my Kindle in a rucksack without tearing the jacket or making it dog-eared.

Any suggestions gratefully received. :)
 
Fatal Storm by Rob Mundle is a good read about events on the Sidney to Hobart Race.
If you're into autobiographies:
Stephan Fry's (Moab is my washpot and The Fry Chronicles) is worth a read,
Dawn French's, Dear Fatty is also rather good.
Salty John's collected blog posts are available on kindle and very entertaining
 
The accounts of Captain Cook's voyages, Joshua Slocum and Shackleton's "South" are all free downloads. I think "Venturesome Voyages" by Voss is also free.

Worth having a browse on the Gutenberg Project web-site. Lots of classic stuff free there.
 
AntarcticPilot said:
The accounts of Captain Cook's voyages, Joshua Slocum and Shackleton's "South" are all free downloads. I think "Venturesome Voyages" by Voss is also free.

Worth having a browse on the Gutenberg Project web-site. Lots of classic stuff free there.
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'Two years before the mast' is free and excellent. Next time you read an article about re-proofing oilies using a product in an aerosol can, think about how they did it in the good old days, as described here.
 
You could read my book... The trouble is I still haven't written it but I assure you it is the best book out there.
In the meantime you could read our blog... it is really good for insomniacs with marbles in the bed.

www.cygnus3.com
 
To the Baltic with Bob. Gryff Rhys Jones.
Michael Macintyres autobiography. Kept me awake and laughing on a 14 hour overnight watch once. Better really as an audiobook though as it's full of jokes, and his voice and phrasing improves them.

If you have a kindle you probably have a smartphone. I can really recommend audiobooks for sailing. Good company, like crew without the dissent.
 
"Riddle of the sands"
& the follow up cannot remember exact title but I think it was " the shimmering sands"
I am sure someone will correct me
R Knox Johnsons story about his round the world trip is very good
Some of the older books such as " the voyage of the seven little sisters" was a really good read when I was in later teens
 
breath of angels

robmcg said:
One of my favourite sailing reads is Breath of Angels by John Beattie. I have a hardback copy and must have read it loads of times in the last 4 years or so. It's written with humour and compassion and follows the novice Author's journey from North Yorkshire to the Caribbean in a Warrior 35. Thoroughly recommended.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Breath-Ange...d=1385210290&sr=8-1&keywords=breath+of+angels
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another vote for this. He was the inspiration for my journey.
 
I don't know if they are available on kindle but I enjoyed reading Bill Tillman’s adventures. a long time ago.

If you like autobiographical books.

I would suggest

"The boat who wouldn't float" by Farley Mowat.

I toughly enjoyed this book when I was a youngster. So much so I bought it again recently and re read on my boat..

Its about buying and living aboard an old Fishing Schooner around the coast of Newfoundland in the fifties and sixties. I found it to be a humorous and respectful look at life in Newfound Land. Not all Newfound Landers agree.

He is probably not well known in the UK as a writer or as a sailor.
He is one of Canada’s best known writers mainly of autobiographical, environmental, books. Many of his books created a bit of controversy at the time.

Last I heard he was accused of terrorism by the Americans he apparently made a reference to taking pot shots at low flying jets from his porch with a 22.

I had the opportunity to talk to him about 40 years ago. I asked if all the things in his book’s had really happened. He laughed and told me while they were all true a good writer should never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

It is quite cheep on kindle.
 
claymore said:
Martin Edge has 3 books out - look for Zophiel
Bobbing across to the baltic
Celtic fringe
Skaggerak and back
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I enjoyed the Martin Edge books too, he has a very dry wit, the Colin Jarman books are an amusing light read on Kindle, I think that Flotilla is the first one. My favourite on Kindle though was the Slocum book, a really great read altogether.
 
Anyone interested in sailboat design would enjoy Robert Perry's book "Yacht Design According to Perry: My Boats and What Shaped Them". The book is more than just a catalog of Robert Perry's designs. He intersperses chapters about various boat designs with chapters on the design of keels, rudders, bows, sterns, and how the various pieces come together in a balanced design.

http://www.amazon.com/Yacht-Design-...swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-5&qid=1385934924
 
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