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square-rigged sail by an Australian shipmaster. (sm).

MASTER OF THE MOVING SEA, Gladys Gowlland, The memoirs of Peter
Mathieson, ship captain, compiled by his daughter-in-law. (sm).

DOVE, Robin Lee Graham, Graham set off at the age of 16 to sail
around the world alone  in a 24 foot  Ranger sloop. He returned
several years later as  a young married man  in a Luders 33. He
and his wife then dropped out, built a lean-to in the mountains
somewhere and raised a son named Quimby (no kidding). His story
was also chronicled in a series of National Geographic articles
in  the  late 60's  that  fueled  a good  many  of  my youthful
fantasies.(wms).

THE  SEA  GETS  BLUER,  Peter Heaton,  1965  A  good  survey of
cruising and circumnavigation literature.

CRUISING  UNDER  SAIL, Eric  Hiscock,  (3rd  edition, including
``Voyaging Under Sail''). Still the ``Bible'' even though it is
now  dated.  This book  has  more useful  information  on every
possible aspect of cruising and voyaging than any other source.
It  could  also come  under  several other  categories  in this
listing  as  it covers  everything  from basic  boat  design to
celestial navigation. A book I wouldn't sail without.

AT   ONE  WITH  THE  SEA,  Naomi  James,  1978  A  young  woman
single-handing a rather large  boat while her husband skippered
in  the Whitbread.  Naomi  James was  the  first woman  to sail
single-handed around the world via  Cape Horn. The voyage began
from Dartmouth in September 1977, and ended in June 1978 (after
272 days). Her book  of the voyage is  ``At One with the Sea'',
published in NZ by Hutchison (ISBN  0 09 138440 0). The book is
a damn good read. I strongly recommend it.

NO PARTICULAR TITLE, Tristan Jones, All his books are good.

ONE HAND  FOR YOURSELF,  ONE FOR  THE SHIP,  Tristan Jones, The
best book on singlehanding.  Jones is opinionated and eccentric
to say the least, and old fashioned  as well. He is a sailor of
vast experience, however, and has many good ideas.

TITLE UNKNOWN, Robin Knox-Johnson.

NO PARTICULAR TITLE,  Larry and Lin Pardey,  All of their books
are pretty informative.

ALL IN THE  SAME BOAT AND  STILL IN THE  SAME BOAT, Paul Howard
Fiona  McCall,  late 80's  Excellent  story of  family  of four
circumnavigating in a 30' steel junk-rigged boat.

SHACKELTON'S BOAT JOURNEY, E.F.  Middleton, The most remarkable
small-boat journey you'll ever  read about. Understated writing
style emphasizes the enormity of the trip.

THE LAST GRAIN RACE,  Eric Newby, Story of  a Cape Horn passage
aboard the giant  four-masted barque Moshulu  in 1938. Recently
reprinted by International Marine.(sm).

ONE WATCH  AT A  TIME, Skip Novack,  Novack was  the skipper of
Drum during the 1986 Whitbread and this is the whole story from
the time the boat was bought by  rock star Simon Le Bon and his
managers to the fitting out, the Fastnet Race disaster in which
Drum lost her keel and  capsized, the Whitbread where she began
to  fall  apart  during a  storm,  and  ultimate  third overall
finish. A good read with lots of color photographs. (wms).

PASSAGEMAKING  HANDBOOK, John  Rains  and Patricia  Miller, The
nuts and bolts of preparing for a long passage. Oriented toward
delivery work but applicable to  any kind of offshore cruising,
especially that first trip. Highly recommended.

SURVIVE THE SAVAGE SEA, Dougal Robertson.

SAILING ALONE  AROUND THE  WORLD, Joshua  Slocum, 1899  A great
classic,   beautifully  written.  (Make   sure  it's  the  full
version).

JOSHUA SLOCUM, Walter Teller,  1956,1971 Biography of Slocum. I
think it illuminates and enriches one's reading of the above.

THE MYSTERIOUS LAST  VOYAGE OF DONALD  CROWHURST,, unknown, The
style is  not particularly riveting,  but the story  is. It all
starts  with  the  discovery  of  the  ``Teignmouth Electron,''
Crowhurst's boat, in the North Sea,  with no one aboard. He had
set  out  in the  boat  some  time earlier  in  a single-handed
round-the-world  race.  The book  details  a  reasonable theory
about  what might  have happened,  and  it makes  a fascinating
story.

BY  WAY  OF CAPE  HORN,  Alan  Villiers, A  tragic  voyage from
Australia to England  in the fully-rigged  ship Grace Harwar in
1929.  All  of  Villiers'  books  can  be  safely  recommended,
especially his autobiography "The Set of the Sails". (sm).


7.3 Sailboat Racing

PAUL ELVSTROM EXPLAINS  THE YACHT RACING  RULES, Paul Elvstrom,
An  explanation  of  racing  rules,  with  examples  of  common
situations. It is  supposed to be  very useful for non-experts,
especially for preparing for protest hearings. (sc).

SMALL BOAT, DINGHY, AND YACHT  RACING, Paul Elvstrom, ...now (I
think)  out  of print,  but  available in  libraries.  It's not
"Elvstrom Speaks on Yacht Racing,"  which is also good, but not
what you want.  Written in the  60's, it's a  bit dated in some
ways and  timeless in the  things that count.  And the pictures
are great! Anyway, it  has a lot on  basic boat handling skills
which doesn't  get said in  other places. It's  where I learned
things like  speeding up to  gybe, rather than  wimping out and
slowing  down. I  used to  look at  the book,  then take  my OK
Dinghy out and try what he  suggested, and I usually found that
it worked. (gb1).

SPEED SAILING, Gary Jobson and Mike Toppa.

SAILING SMART, Buddy Melges.

DAVE PERRY'S RULE BOOK, Dave Perry.

WINNING IN ONE DESIGNS, Dave Perry.

INTERNATIONAL  YACHT  RACING  RULES,  US  Sailing,  Updated and
published every  four years in  the US by  US Sailing. Provided
free to US Sailing members.  Both full editions and an abridged
competitors edition are available from US Sailing.(sc).

FAST COURSE, SMART COURSE, North Sails, Tips on how to go FAST,
and racing tactics.  North also has a  companion video which is
execlent. Best video choice are the J World tapes.

DINGHY   TEAM   RACING,  Eric  Twiname,   ISBN  =  8129-0235-1.
Quadrangle books, Chicago, 1971. Twiname  is one of my favorite
writers on small  boat racing, it  was a real  loss when he was
killed in a car crash some 15  (?) years ago. Don't know if the
book is still in print.(pk).

EXPERT DINGHY AND KEELBOAT RACING, unknown, (wh).

ADVANCED  RACING  TACTICS,  Stuart  Walker,  Norton  1976  ISBN
0-393-30333-0 Described as ``the one book to read'' but also as
``ponderous and dry''.

CHAMPIONSHIP TACTICS, Whidden and  Jobson, An excellent choice.
You can buy a copy from your local North Loft.


7.4 Maintenance

PRACTICAL YACHT JOINERY, Fred P.  Bingham, How to butcher wood,
whether you  have only hand  tools, portable power  tools, or a
full shop.(mh).

UPGRADING AND REFURBISHING THE  OLDER FIBERGLASS SAILBOAT, W.D.
Booth., A good general discussion of the topic with many useful
ideas.

SHIPSHAPE  AND  BRISTOL  FASHION,  L.R.  Borland,  Some  of the
slickest little boat project ideas I've ever seen. Out of print
but worth looking for.

BOATOWNER'S MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL MANUAL, Nigel Calder, The
most comprehensive and practical  repair manual available. This
book has been a lifesaver for  me in overhauling an older boat.
One of the books I would not sail without.(mh).

MARINE DIESEL ENGINES, Nigel  Calder, A good basic introduction
to diesels, although much of it concerns powerboats.(mh).

REFRIGERATION  FOR  PLEASURE BOATS,  Nigel  Calder,  A complete
discussion   of   marine  refrigeration   systems,  theory  and
practice. This is for the person who wants to build one up from
components.(mh).

THIS   OLD  BOAT,   Don  Casey,  Some   of  the  most  detailed
instructions  I've  seen for  basic  restoration  and upgrading
procedures, including  hand painting  with Polyurethane paints.
Assumes you know nothing.(mh).

PROPELLER HANDBOOK,  Dave Gerr,  Covers the  arcane business of
choosing the right  propeller for your  boat. Gerr demonstrates
two different approaches to predicting propeller performance, a
simple method suitable for boat  owners and a much more complex
approach  more  suitable to  naval  architects.  Requires basic
algebra.(mh).

BOATOWNER'S ENERGY PLANNER, Kevin and Nan Jeffrey, A very basic
introduction   to  electrical  systems  with  a  lot  of  solid
information  about various  options, including  some brand-name
comparisons. Assumes you know nothing about electricity.(mh).

THE FINELY FITTED YACHT, Farenc Mate', Another large collection
of nice improve-your-boat projects, mostly involving the living
accommodations.(mh).

COMFORT  IN THE  CRUISING YACHT  CUSTOMIZING YOUR  BOAT IMPROVE
YOUR OWN BOAT, Ian Nicolson, Bunches of nifty project ideas for
improving a boat.(mh).

FIBERGLASS REPAIRS, Paul J. Petrick,  This book is really good.
Back in  the 60's  I sold  fiberglassing materials  and advised
people how  to use  them (I  did do  *some* work  myself) and I
think Petrick really knows what he is talking about.(bs).

CRUISING IN COMFORT, James  Skoog, Cost-no-object approach, but
many good ideas.

LIVING  ON 12  VOLTS,  David Smead  and  Ruth Ishihara,  A very
detailed analysis of 12 volt electrical systems and components.
It also  contains much  useful information  about refrigeration
systems  as well.  Best if  you  already know  basic electrical
theory and construction.(mh).

SPURR'S BOAT BOOK, Dan Spurr, Lots of ideas, illustrated by the
upgrading of a Pearson  Vanguard. Includes repowering, which is
intriguing. (jfh).

UPGRADING THE CRUISING SAILBOAT, Daniel Spurr, Very good advice
on overhauling an older boat. Spurr did extensive upgrades on a
Triton and a  Vanguard, two good low  priced boats for offshore
cruising,  and also  has many  other good  project suggestions.
(mh).

MODERN BOAT MAINTENANCE,  Bo Streiffert, A  large collection of
project and  explanatory articles  with more  illustration than
text. It  covers a remarkable  range of topics  and some rather
complex projects.  Good for  the person  who already  knows the
basic   techniques.   This  appears  to   have  been  published
originally in Sweden.(mh).

MACHINIST'S HANDBOOK, unknown.

PIPEFITTER'S HANDBOOK, unknown.


7.5 Fiction

SPARTINA, John Casey, Only partly  about boats. Very much about
people who work with boats for a living.

RIDDLE OF THE SANDS, Erskine Childers, No list of fiction would
be complete without  mentioning that first  and greatest of all
spy tales,  Erskine Childers'  RIDDLE OF  THE SANDS  (which was
also made  into an excellent  film available on  video. Lots of
sailing...). Erskine Childers  was later himself  shot as a spy
in Ireland and his son  became Ireland's second President after
Eamonn de Valera. (fm.

HORNBLOWER BOOKS, E.M. Forester, The beginning of British Naval
Fiction. Pale stuff in  comparison to Aubrey/Maturin, according
to some, but still pretty good.

THE     WRECK   OF   THE   MARY   DEARE,   Hammond   Innes,   A
freighter,apparently unmanned,  nearly runs down  a sailboat in
the Englishchannel with a gale  rising; that's in the first two
pages.Remarkable descriptions of the  Minquiers, a reef off the
coast of France.

THE  AUBREY/MATURIN  SERIES,  Patrick  O'Brian,  British  Naval
Fiction at its best.  Aubrey is a Captain  in the British Navy,
Maturin  is the  Ship's surgeon.  Good fight  scenes, excellent
details on naval  life and almost  anything else ca. 1790-1815.
The first volume is ``Master and Commander.''.

THE BOY, ME, AND  THE CAT, Henry Plummer,  Good writing about a
long cruise on a catboat.

ALL  WORKS,  Arthur  Ransome,  All  his  books  are  great; the
swallows and amazons series is  a set of children's books; kids
seem to like them at about age 7 or 8 to start with. Some of us
go on reading them forever. ``We  didn't mean to go to sea'' is
one of  the best.  A note  from (fm)  says ``The  12 Swallows &
Amazons novels  are best read  in the order  they were written.
They  are  not all  about  sailing,  but most  are.  Ransome is
particularly good at the detail of sailing and at capturing the
capricious changes in wind,  waves, currents, visibility, etc.,
that  help make  sailing so  interesting.''  He also  notes, of
another Ransome work, that: ``Racundra's First Cruise is a very
interesting reminiscence of sailing in the Baltic.''.


7.6 Design, seaworthiness, arts of the sailor, boatbuilding

THE ALTERNATIVE KNOT BOOK, Harry  Asher, A book about new knots
and splices that  are appropriate for  modern fibers and weaves
of rope. ISBN: 0911378952. (bm).

ASHLEY'S   BOOK  OF  KNOTS  AND  FANCY  ROPEWORK,  Ashley,  The
definitive book on the subject.

ANCHORING,  Don  Bamford,  Anchoring  is  really  a  subtle and
complex business which isn't given the attention it deserves by
many people.  While the  chapter in  Hiscock covers  the basics
quite well, this book does it in depth and detail.(mh).

SEXTANT  HANDBOOK, Bruce  Bauer, This  is about  the instrument
itself  and  its  care.  Not  really  necessary,  but  nice  to
have.(mh).

THE PROPER YACHT, Arthur Beiser, Dated  and out of print, but a
good guide to some of the  older designs which are found on the
used market.(mh).

HIGH PERFORMANCE SAILING, Frank Bethwaite,  ISBN 0 87742 419 4.
International  Marine  is at  PO  Box 220,  Camden,  ME, 04843.
Elsewhere in the world it uses ISBN 0 07 470 100 2, from McGraw
Hill Australia  Pty Ltd, 4  Barcoo Street,  Roseville NSW 2069,
Australia. The  book is about  400 pages with  four sections on
the  wind, water,  boat development,  and how  to use  what you
have. I'm up to about page  250 now, and Frank treats all areas
of the  world, and when  nothing but local  knowledge will help
you (he speaks  of visiting bars  on the waterfront  to talk to
freight  ship  captains  rather than  local  sailors  :-). Good
stuff... (ab) From further discussion  of this book on the net,
it would appear to  be the very best  on the subject, supported
by serious research data rather than conjecture. (jfh).

BOAT CANVAS  FROM COVER  TO COVER, Bob  and Karen  Lipe, A very
basic  discussion of  canvas work  with  a series  of practical
projects from simple to complex.(mh).

100 SMALL  BOAT RIGS,  Philip C.  Bolger, He's  managed to take
what could be a very boring topic and make it intensely lively.

TED   BREWER   EXPLAINS  SAILBOAT  DESIGN,   Ted  Brewer,  Good
introduction  to the  technical aspects  and jargon  of sailing
yacht design. No math.(mh).

BACKYARD BOAT BUILDING, George Buehler.

PRECISION  CRUISING,  Authur  F. Chace,  A  series  of cruising
stories which pose various problems in seamanship and piloting,
along with proposed solutions for those problems. (mh).

YACHT DESIGNING  AND PLANNING,  Howard Chapelle,  WW Norton and
Co. New York 1971.  (I don't know if  it's still in print). The
book to turn  to when you  want lots of  good useful, practical
advice on yacht  design. Not heavy  on theory but  has years of
experience behind it.(mp).

HEAVY WEATHER SAILING, Adlard Coles.

WORLD CRUISING  ROUTES, Jimmy  Cornell, A  route planning guide
for world  cruising with  regional weather  patterns, currents,
etc. Highly recommended.(mh).

THE YACHT NAVIGATOR'S HANDBOOK, Norman Dahl, A concise and very
practical coverage of general navigation and piloting, the best
overall reference on  the subject I have  found. The section on
celestial is  good enough to  serve as  a self-teaching course,
although it  probably isn't the  best choice  for that purpose.
Highly recommended, but appears to be out of print. (mh).

YACHT NAVIGATOR'S  HANDBOOK, Norman  Dahl, A  good intermediate
book between Chapman and Bowditch.(mh).

SAFETY AT SEA, George Day,  Covers everything from yacht design
to abandon-ship in a broad and general way.(mh).

THE NATURE OF BOATS, Dave Gerr.

HOW THINGS FLOAT, E. N. Gilbert, American Mathematical Monthly,
March 1991 (Vol. 98, No. 3), pp. 201-216.

SURVIVOR, Michael Greenwald,  The part of it  you don't want to
think about but must. Mainly  about liferaft survival, but also
covers many other topics  concerned with safety and emergencies
including medical procedures.  Highly recommended.(mh) ADVANCED
FIRST AID AFLOAT by Peter F.  Eastman, MD. Seems to be the best
all around medical manual.(mh).

FIBERGLASS BOATBUILDING  FOR AMATEURS,  Ken Hankinson,  You can
get  it from  Glen-L Marine  (look in  the classifieds  of just
about any sailing magazine). It  covers pretty much all aspects
of glass boat building. More technical, covers different resins
and reinforcements,  vacuum bagging, high  tech as  well as low
tech, gel coats, laminating, etc. (mp).

CHOICE  YACHT  DESIGNS,  Richard  Henderson,  See  comments  on
Beiser, The Proper Yacht.

SAILING IN  WINDY WEATHER,  Richard Henderson,  A good  book on
sailing in a half gale, but not a gale or a hurricane. (jfh).

THE  GOUGEON BROTHERS  ON  BOAT CONSTRUCTION,  Gougeon Brothers
Inc., Bay City, MI 1983. The  best by far on cold molding. Lots
of   practical  hints.   Good  safety  (esp.   WRT  epoxy)  and
general/setup  chapters.  How  to mix  and  use  epoxy,  how to
engineer wood composite structures. (mp).

DESIRABLE AND  UNDESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS  OF OFFSHORE YACHTS,
ed.  John  Rousmaniere,  Technical,  but  required  reading for
anyone choosing an  offshore boat. This is  a series of reports
which were  inspired by the  Fastnet race disaster  of 1979 and
sponsored by the Cruising Club of America.(mh).

THE SCIENCE OF  YACTS WIND AND  WATER, H. F.  Kay, G. T. Foulis
and Co Ltd 1971 Has most of the formulas you need, I guess.

CHAPMAN'S PILOTING, SEAMANSHIP, AND SMALL BOAT HANDLING, Elbert
S.   Maloney,  The  bible  of   basic  boating.  Tons  of  good
information,  with  perhaps a  bit  too much  emphasis  on flag
etiquette, but otherwise  excellent. Kept up  to date by Elbert
S. Maloney. (jh).

AERO HYDRODYNAMICS OF SAILING, C. A. Marchaj, Adlard Coles Ltd.
1979 A complete update of the previous classic text.

SAILING THEORY AND  PRACTICE, C. A.  Marchaj, Adlard Coles Ltd.
1964 A scientific analysis  of the aerodynamic and hydrodynamic
and other design factors wich define the yachts behaviour.

SEAWORTHINESS:    THE   FORGOTTEN   FACTOR,   C.   A.  Marchaj,
(International  Marine  Publishing  Company  of  CAMDEN Maine),
34.95. This is the book on hull design. It is a nice melange of
the artistic,  political, academic, and  technical, and Marchaj
has a fine  writing style. For  boaters, all I  can say is that
most will find  it very controversial.  His precise and tightly
argued passages on just why  the modern racing yacht is neither
seakindly  nor seaworthy  will have  some, like  myself, smugly
nodding, and others, most racers, I guess, hopping mad.

THE WORLD'S  BEST SAILBOATS,  Ferenc Mate',  Even if  you can't
afford the boats in  this book, it will  give you some ideas of
what to  look for.  Coffee-table format,  glorious photography.
Try not to drool on it.(mh).

SURVEYING  SMALL  CRAFT,  Ian  Nicholson,  How  to  evaluate  a
prospective  purchase.  Not  a  substitute  for  a professional
survey, but very  useful for preliminary  work before making an
offer.(mh).

AMERICAN  PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR  (BOWDITCH), The  US Hydrographic
Office, (2 volumes)  More than you would  ever dream of wanting
to know  about navigation. Most  of it is  oriented towards big
ships, but everything  there is, is in  there somewhere. No one
will take you seriously unless you have Bowditch aboard.(mh).

BUILD    THE   INSTANT  BOATS,   Hal   Payson,   Simple,  often
not-very-strong, boats.(jfh) Easy  to build, and  the ones with
lots of  curvature tend to  be strong  and stiff (paraphrased).
(wv).

BUILD THE NEW INSTANT BOATS,  Hal Payson, See notes on previous
book.

FASTNET  FORCE  10, John  Rousmaniere,  Fascinating, absolutely
riveting book. It tells  the story of the  79 Fastnet race from
the    perspective  of   the  participants,   by  one   of  the
participants. His story gives a different view than most of the
general media reports, by somebody who was there.(mp).

THE ANNAPOLIS BOOK  OF SEAMANSHIP, John  Rousmaniere, Simon and
Schuster, New York 1989. A complete and thorough guide to every
aspect of  sailboat handling  by a  leading expert  in offshore
sailing. Chapters include the boat and her environment, safety,
navigation, and self-sufficiency.(mp).

THE CRUISING  NAVIGATOR, Hewett  Schlereth, (4  volumes) A full
course in basic celestial  navigation plus a complete reference
work on the subject with perpetual almanacs and sight reduction
tables. No  other references  are required.  As a self-teaching
course, it is not  perfect but it is  very good (I learned from
it). As a working reference, its  only weakness is that it does
not  include the  moon and  planets (perpetual  almanacs aren't
practical for these  bodies). Printed on  waterproof paper with
heavy covers. This set cost 100 and is now out of print. A used
copy is a major find. Volume ``00'', SIGHT REDUCTION TABLES FOR
SMALL BOAT NAVIGATION is a find  in itself. This is a much more
convenient set of tables than any of the standard sets (it is a
condensed version of HO 229). Highly recommended.(mh).

OFFSHORE CRUISING ENCYCLOPEDIA, Steve  and Linda Dashew, Not an
encyclopedia,  but  a tremendous  collection  of  well informed
opinion on  every subject  imaginable. Oriented  towards larger
(sail) boats and cost-no-object  cruising, but it has something
for everybody. Whether it is  worth the tremendous price (about
70) is another matter.(mh).

BOATBUILDING MANUAL, Robert  Steward, The most  concise book on
wooden boat  construction (including  modern methods).  Easy to
read and understand. A standard reference.(mp).

KNOTS,  Brion Toss,  A nice  little  basic introduction  to the
important knots and their use by a good writer.(mh).

THE  RIGGERS  APPRENTICE, Brion  Toss,  The  more sophisticated
aspects of rope and lines.(mh).

SKEENE'S ELEMENTS OF YACHT DESIGN., unknown, An early classic.

BOATBUILDING  ONE-OFFS IN  FIBERGLASS,  Alan Vaitses,  (I think
it's now out  of print). This  one has so  much wisdom per page
it's worth looking for. Really  a hands-on book, Vaitses made a
living building glass boats  for a long time,  so he's made all
the mistakes and knows what works and what doesn't.(mp).

THE OCEAN SAILING  YACHT, Donald Street  (2 volumes), The first
volume is dated  but covers the basics  well. The second volume
covers most of the same subjects  in a more complete manner and
from  a more  modern  perspective. The  volumes  complement one
another.(mh).

THE  ART  AND  SCIENCE  OF SAILS,  Tom  Whidden,  Not  quite so
technically  inclined is  ``Sail Power  (The Complete  Guide to
Sails and Sail Handling)'' by Wallace Ross.


7.7 Films and videos

BURDEN OF DREAMS, Film, About the making of Fitzcaraldo.

FITZCARALDO, Film, Werner Herzog, director.

SAILING AROUND THE HORN, Captain  Irving Johnson, video This is
a fantasic videotape. You can  order it from the Mystic Seaport
bookstore/gift catalog. Here in San Francisco, they have it for
sale  at the  Maritime Museum  bookstore. Capt.  Johnson's film
documents  a  rounding  of  the Horn  in  1929  (?)  aboard the
``Peking'', a 4-masted barque from  the famous Laiesz stable of
giant square-riggers.  Amazingly, three of  them still survive:
``Pommern''  at  the  Mariehamn Museum  in  the  Aland Islands,
``Peking''  at  the  South  Street  Seaport  in  New  York  and
``Padua''   -  still   afloat  as  the   Soviet  training  ship
``Kruzenshtern''.

ANAPOLIS SAILING SCHOOL, John  Rousmaniere, Five or six volumes
on various aspects  of sailing. A  nice hands-on approach. I've
only seen a couple  of volumes, but I  learned a *lot* in those
two hours.

DRUM, Video, Sail around  the world with the  crew of Drum, the
hard luck maxi owned in part by rock star Simon Le Bon of Duran
Duran fame. Great  sailing footage of  the 1986 Whitbread Race,
good music by Le Bon. One of my favorite sailing videos. (wms).


7.8 Misc

THE   OXFORD  COMPANION   TO  SHIPS  AND   THE  SEA,  ships  An
encyclodepia of nautical history and personalities.(sm).

THE   OXFORD  BOOK  OF  THE   SEA,  An  anthology  of  maritime
literature.(sm).

MEALS ON  KEELS, Bluewater Cruising  Association, Cookbook from
local cruising ass'n in Vancouver. (dk2).

VOYAGING UNDER POWER (3RD EDITION), Robert Beebe, The only book
I know of about long range cruising in small (50 feet/15 meters
or  less)  power  yachts. The  author  has  designed  and built
several such boats and taken them all over the world. (mh).

SELL UP AND SAIL, Bill and  Laurel Cooper, This book is hard to
describe. It  begins with the  question of whether  you are cut
out for long  distance cruising and  then proceeds to  a lot of
varied topics which aren't  covered very well elsewhere. Laurel
Cooper's sections on galley work and provisioning are among the
best  I  have  seen.  Very  British  and  sometimes startlingly
irreverent. Useful and a good read.(mh).

MANAGING YOUR ESCAPE,  Katy Burke, How to  arrange your life so
that  it  does  not  require  your  presence.  Oriented towards
cruising but applicable  to anyone wanting  to pursue a freedom
lifestyle.(mh).

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SAILBOAT  BUYING, The editors of Practical
Sailor, Two volumes, one covering the general subject of buying
a  boat,  the  other  reprinting many  of  the  PS  boat review
articles. The  best general coverage  of the  topic. An earlier
version called PRACTICAL BOAT BUYING is still in print. This is
a single paperback volume.(mh) THE COMPLETE LIVE-ABOARD BOOK by
Katy Burke. Every aspect of living aboard a boat, technical and
otherwise. This is  also a good  guide to choosing  a boat from
the livability standpoint. Highly recommended.(mh).

COOKING ON THE GO, Janet Groene, A complete cookbook which does
not  require refrigeration.  Includes extensive  information on
long-term storage of foods, as for a major passage.(mh).

THE WIND  COMMANDS, Harry  A. Morton,  A history  of sea-faring
people and vessels from polynesian canoes to clipper ships with
an  emphasis on  Pacific voyages  and what  was needed  to make
them.  Morton discusses  pivotal  developments in  ship design,
navigation, maratime medicine which  enabled ships to cross the
Pacific, as well as  the culture and lore  of the sea. I didn't
care for  the writing style  and organization. The  book has an
excellent bibliography.

THE  CARE AND  FEEDING OF  THE OFFSHORE  CREW, Lin  Pardey, The
domestic side  of offshore  boatkeeping. Covers  much more than
galley  topics  and  tells  a  good  cruising  story  along the
way.(mh).

ROYCE'S SAILING ILLUSTRATED, Royce,  A compact little book with
a lot  of info  in it,  including descriptions  and pictures of
sloops,  schooners, marconi  rigs,  gaff rigs,  etc.,  in other
words, a general intro  to the styles of  boats that are around
(although it doesn't  get into the  distinctions between a brig
and a bark, etc., but these rarely come up in day-to-day harbor
scans).

THE ONE POT MEAL, Hannah G. Scheel., Not intended for boat use,
but probably  the most  practical boat  or RV  cookbook around.
I've used  this since my  college days. Probably  out of print,
but worth looking for.(mh).

A FIELD GUIDE TO  SAILBOATS, unknown, Or is  it ``a field guide
to boats''?  This little book  lists about 250  types of boats,
from Dyer Dhows up  to Columbia 50s. They  are mostly ones that
are in current production,  and some of them  are so painful to
the eye  that you  want to  know their  names only  in order to
avoid them. Each page gives a  drawing of the boat, with arrows
pointing to distinctive features, and  a long paragraph of text
describing the boat. There's also basic info like tankage, sail
area,  displacement,  length  overall,  waterline  length, etc.
(jfh).

THE YACHTING COOKBOOK, Elizabeth  Wheeler and Jennifer Trainer,
The only coffee-table cookbook I  know of. Contains some of the
best recipes I have found anywhere,  all easy to prepare. I use
it at home more than on the boat. This is for coastal cruising,
based   on  regional  ingredients.  Wheeler  is  a  charterboat
cook.(mh).