7 must-read travel books like Half Fast: (mis) Adventures in Slowly Sailing around (on) the World by Randy Baker

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Half Fast: (mis) Adventures in Slowly Sailing around (on) the World

By: Randy Baker

4.46

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Ever thought of ditching your conventional life to buy a sailboat and go traveling the world as a m…

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Cover of The Next Port: 40,000 miles, 43 countries, 87 islands and countless adventures (Sailing Adventures Book 1) by Heyward Coleman

1. 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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  • travel
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2. 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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  • travel
  • nonfiction

3. 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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4. Drafted!: My Year in Vietnam

By: Morgan Miller

4.56

Format: 543 pages, Kindle Edition

2024 IBPA Gold Ben Franklin Award Winner • 2024 Foreword Review INDIES FinalistMorgan and I both se… read more

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5. Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

By: Joan M. Griffin

4.44

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

"Lace up your hiking boots! Let Griffin guide you over granite mountains, through thunderstorms, an… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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6. 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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  • nonfiction
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7. Orca: Sailing Around the World (Five Oceans)

By: John A. Pennington

4.63

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

The inspiring and hilarious true story of an unworldly twenty-two year old California surf punk and… read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. Moving On: A Memoir of Life at Sea (Paid to Live the Dream Book 2)

By: Anthony Edwards

4.23

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

What do you do when your world comes crashing down around you? It could be a chance to move on.....… read more

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9. The Backside of Normal: A Sailing Life of Adventure

By: Roger Olson

4.08

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

He needed a home, so he was saddled with a mortgage. He needed cars to get to and from work, and of… read more

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10. Come Sail With Me

By: Wendy Leo-Smith

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

The woman who took a chance At 42 and living alone in Spain, Wendy's life really did begin again… read more

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11. 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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  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of Sailing Into Oblivion: The Solo Non-stop Voyage of the Mighty Sparrow by Jerome Rand

12. Sailing Into Oblivion: The Solo Non-stop Voyage of the Mighty Sparrow

By: Jerome Rand

4.36

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

The true account of the 2017-2018 solo non-stop circumnavigation by Jerome Rand aboard the Westsail… read more

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Cover of Thicker Than Ice: A Sailing Family Finds Their Place at the Edge (Five Oceans) by John A Pennington

13. Thicker Than Ice: A Sailing Family Finds Their Place at the Edge (Five Oceans)

By: John A Pennington

4.71

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A true story of poor judgment and questionable parenting, but also of friendship and adventure. A … read more

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14. Escape from the Ordinary (Escape Series Book 1)

By: Julie Bradley

4.30

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Retire early, sell everything, buy a boat 4,000 miles away and sail around the world.  What could g… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of Quest in the Caribbean: A True Caribbean Sailing Adventure (Quest and Crew Book 4) by David Beaupre

15. 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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16. 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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Cover of 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

17. 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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Cover of Half Fast: (mis) Adventures in Slowly Sailing around (on) the World by Randy Baker

18. Half Fast: (mis) Adventures in Slowly Sailing around (on) the World

By: Randy Baker

4.46

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Ever thought of ditching your conventional life to buy a sailboat and go traveling the world as a m… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Log of Lone Eagle: The Two Year, 14,000 Mile Epic Voyage of Lone Eagle by Robert G. Bugge

19. 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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20. First Voyage: A Circumnavigation in the 1970s

By: Bruce Macdonald

4.45

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

Forty years ago, Bruce and Liz MacDonald along with their young son, Jeff, set off in a 31-foot boa… read more

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Cover of Quest and Crew (Quest and Crew #1) by David Beaupre

21. Quest and Crew (Quest and Crew #1)

By: David Beaupre

4.17

Format: 248 pages, None

How many people have dreamed about sailing away and leaving it all behind? Here’s how it happened. … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
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22. 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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23. Uncharted

By: Janet Howle

4.25

Format: 538 pages, Kindle Edition

Carter McDowell is a broken man. Guilt and grief haunt him as he struggles to keep the only thing h… read more

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Cover of Sailing Adventures Aboard The Mighty Zircon: How it all began by Lizzy Bolan

24. Sailing Adventures Aboard The Mighty Zircon: How it all began

By: Lizzy Bolan

4.17

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

A couple who met in their 40’s, have a big dream - one day they are going to quit their jobs and sa… read more

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Cover of A Smuggler's Guide to Good Manners: A True Story Of Terrifying Seas, Double-Dealing, And Love Across Three Oceans (The Smuggler's Guide Series Book 1) by Kenny Ranen

25. A Smuggler's Guide to Good Manners: A True Story Of Terrifying Seas, Double-Dealing, And Love Across Three Oceans (The Smuggler's Guide Series Book 1)

By: Kenny Ranen

4.33

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

A Smuggler’s Guide to Good Manners is a true story of wild seas, double dealing, and love across th… read more

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"I prefer female crew because a woman will pull the trigger and a man will take that crucial moment to think about it."

-Kenny Ranen, A Smuggler's Guide to Good Manners: A True Story Of Terrifying Seas, Double-Dealing, And Love Across Three Oceans (The Smuggler's Guide Series Book 1)

Cover of Caribbean (Aidan Grifford Sailing Adventure Series Book 11) by J. M. Hartwig

26. Caribbean (Aidan Grifford Sailing Adventure Series Book 11)

By: J. M. Hartwig

4.31

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

Book 11 in the Aidan Grifford Sailing Adventure Series - the Sequel to "Fastnet"Crossing the finish… read more

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27. Quest on the Thorny Path (Quest and Crew #2)

By: David Beaupre

4.24

Format: 234 pages, None

Not all trips to paradise are smooth sailing. ‘Quest on the Thorny Path’ is the second book of the … read more

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Cover of Quest for the Virgins: A True Caribbean Sailing Adventure by David Beaupre

28. Quest for the Virgins: A True Caribbean Sailing Adventure

By: David Beaupre

4.18

Format: 248 pages, None

Find our crew poised and ready to venture into the dreaded Mona Passage between Hispaniola and Puer… read more

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29. A Drop in the Ocean

By: Jasna Tuta

4.32

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

Tales of great heroism and daring at sea are all well and good. But this isn’t one of them. Totally… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Becoming a Sailor: A Singlehand Sailing Adventure by Paul Trammell

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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Cover of The Mighty Zircon Navigates The French Canals (Sailing Adventures Aboard The Mighty Zircon Book 2) by Lizzy Bolan

31. The Mighty Zircon Navigates The French Canals (Sailing Adventures Aboard The Mighty Zircon Book 2)

By: Lizzy Bolan

4.58

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

A couple who met in their 40’s, have a big dream - one day they would quit their jobs and sail to t… read more

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9 best-selling nonfiction books like Half Fast: (mis) Adventures in Slowly Sailing around (on) the World by Randy Baker

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Bernard Moitessier

5.00

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Joan M. Griffin

4.44

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Julie Bradley

4.59

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Orca: Sailing Around the World (Five Oceans)

John A. Pennington

4.63

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Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

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Ethan Gallogly

4.31

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Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

Joan M. Griffin

4.44

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David Smart

4.32

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