Sailing to the Edge of Time: The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging
By: John Kretschmer
4.39
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
John Kretschmer is sailing's practical philosopher – as much a doer as a thinker. And that is the o…
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1. Left for Dead: Surviving the Deadliest Storm in Modern Sailing History
By: Nick Ward , Nick Ward
4.15
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In August of 1979, Nick Ward began the 600-mile course of the UK's Fastnet Race with perfect weathe… read more
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2. Sailing Alone around the World
By: Joshua Slocum
4.15
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
The classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas—the first man to circumnavigate the world… read more
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"I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books w…"-Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone around the World
3. The Next Port: 40,000 miles, 43 countries, 87 islands and countless adventures (Sailing Adventures Book 1)
By: Heyward Coleman
4.10
Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition
The Next Port is the true story of how a midlife crisis led to an around the world sailing adventur… read more
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4. Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing
By: John Rousmaniere , None
4.19
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest… read more
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5. A Voyage for Madmen
By: Peter Nichols
3.61
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate … read more
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6. The Long Way
By: Bernard Moitessier
5.00
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The Long Way is Bernard Moitessier's own incredible story of his participation in the first Golden … read more
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7. Close to the Wind
By: Pete Goss
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
On November 3, 1996, former Royal Marine Pete Goss embarked on the most grueling competition in his… read more
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8. Team Spirit: Life and leadership on one of the world's toughest yacht races
By: Brendan Hall
2.77
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is the ultimate long distance challenge - a 35,000-mile circ… read more
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9. Get Real, Get Gone: How to Become a Modern Sea Gypsy and Sail Away Forever
By: Rick Page , Jasna Tuta
3.81
Format: 234 pages,
The idea that you have to be rich to travel the world on your own yacht is so universal that it goe… read more
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10. Dove
By: Derek L.T. Gill , None
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In 1965, 16-year-old Robin Lee Graham began a solo around-the-world voyage from San Pedro, Californ… read more
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11. Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper
By: John Kretschmer
3.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Over the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has… read more
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12. Maiden Voyage
By: Tania Aebi , Bernadette Brennan
4.43
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
Tania Aebe was an eighteen-year-old dropout and barfly. She was going nowhere until her father offe… read more
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13. Godforsaken Sea: The True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous Waters
By: Derek Lundy
3.51
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
"The best book ever written about the terrifying business of single-handed sailing--. Lundy tells a… read more
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14. 2034: A Novel of the Next World War
By: Elliot Ackerman
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Il 12 marzo 2034 il commodoro della Marina militare degli Stati Uniti – Sarah Hunt – si trova sul p… read more
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15. Wavewalker: Breaking Free
By: Suzanne Heywood
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
‘A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing… read more
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"Do you want to hear a secret?' I asked him, leaning closer. 'I don't want to be different — I want to be normal. I don't want to be stuck out at sea away from my friends. I know Mum and Dad would lau…"-Suzanne Heywood, Wavewalker: Breaking Free
16. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
By: Eric Jay Dolin
3.77
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, B… read more
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17. Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
By: Eric Jay Dolin
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale of… read more
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18. Crossing Pirate Waters (Escape Series Book 2)
By: Julie Bradley
4.59
Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition
You don’t have to know a spinnaker from a mainsail to enjoy this adventure book. Join Glen and Juli… read more
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19. Old Man Sailing: Some dreams take a lifetime (Oldmansailing Book 1)
By: John Passmore
4.29
Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition
When COVID-19 struck the UK, the government advised the over-70’s to “shield” while the country wen… read more
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20. World of My Own
By: Robin Knox-Johnston
4.36
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
On Friday 14 June 1968 Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almost unnoticed out of Falmouth harbour stee… read more
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21. Sailing to the Edge of Time: The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging
By: John Kretschmer
4.39
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
John Kretschmer is sailing's practical philosopher – as much a doer as a thinker. And that is the o… read more
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22. Quest in the Caribbean: A True Caribbean Sailing Adventure (Quest and Crew Book 4)
By: David Beaupre
4.32
Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition
The final book in the Quest series is ‘Quest in the Caribbean’. Wendy and I have become full time s… read more
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23. Voyage To Crusoe
By: Leif Beiley
4.42
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
VOYAGE TO CRUSOE, is the spellbinding story of Cliff Demont, whose comfortable, suburban middle-cla… read more
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24. Where the Wind Blows: A Family’s One Year Escape from Routine Life to A Sailing Adventure in the Mediterranean (Sailing Adventures Book 2)
By: Heyward Coleman
4.30
Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition
Squeezed out of his company in mid-career, Heyward finds himself unsure of what to do next.Put the … read more
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25. The Log of Lone Eagle: The Two Year, 14,000 Mile Epic Voyage of Lone Eagle
By: Robert G. Bugge
4.43
Format: 511 pages, Kindle Edition
Featured in Cruising Helmsman May 2020 and Nautilus Marine June 2020. What if the stars were both … read more
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26. Chasing the Nomadic Dream
By: Paul Trammell
3.97
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Step into the life of the author as he chases his dream of ditching his life on land and embracing … read more
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27. Singlehanded Sailing: Thoughts, Tips, Techniques & Tactics
By: Andrew Evans
4.08
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
"It takes thousands of hours of sailing to get the kind of knowledge contained in this book." -- fr… read more
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28. Sailing to Newfoundland: A Solo Exploration of the South Coast Fjords
By: Paul Trammell
4.14
Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition
"one of the best cruising accounts I have read in a long time." John KretschmerSailing to Newfoundl… read more
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29. Journey to the Ragged Islands: Sailing Solo Through The Bahamas
By: Paul Trammell
4.12
Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition
From the author of Becoming a Sailor, Chasing the Nomadic Dream, Sailing to Newfoundland, and The G… read more
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30. Becoming a Sailor: A Singlehand Sailing Adventure
By: Paul Trammell
3.98
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
From the author of Journey to the Ragged Islands, The Gold Box, Chasing the Nomadic Dream, and Sail… read more
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31. Sea Fever
By: Meg Clothier
3.89
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Distinguishing a boat from a ship, understanding tides, mastering the art of navigation, overcoming… read more
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