4.15 avg rating — 11,177 ratings

"Slocum was the first solo circumnavigator and his book, a classic published in 1900 tells the story about his voyage in his hand-built sloop 'Spray'"

4.03 avg rating — 14,589 ratings

"Published in 1840, Dana describes both the life of a common sailor at sea and early life in California missions treating hides in the 1830's. Like White jacket, it is an American classic."

3.68 avg rating — 1,111 ratings

"London wrote many adventure classics, including several seafaring novels. This lesser known work published in 1911 is about his own cruise of the Pacific in the early 1900's."

4.10 avg rating — 1,354 ratings

"Sir Francis Chichester made the fastest solo sailboat circumnavigation in 226 days in 1967 when he was 65 years old and diagnosed with terminal cancer. His book about his voyage has become a classic"

4.11 avg rating — 2,452 ratings

"A very funny Canadian classic by a much-loved author."

4.15 avg rating — 441 ratings

"A funny, inspiring memoir about a couple who must learn to sail and overcome additional challenges to achieve their dream of sailing to the Caribbean."

4.26 avg rating — 535 ratings

"A more serious book by Canada's Farley Mowat"

3.84 avg rating — 6,579 ratings

"Not one of Steinbeck's better know works, this is a short summary of a brief trip in 1951 in the Gulf of California collecting specimens with his friend who was the model for 'Doc' in Steinbeck's 'Cannery Row'."

4.12 avg rating — 118,925 ratings

"A modern classic. You may have seen the movie."

4.15 avg rating — 20,798 ratings

"The reason bluewater yachtsmen carry life rafts but don't ever want to have to use them"

4.34 avg rating — 6,407 ratings

"Only one man finished the Golden Globe nonstop around the world race held in 1968."

4.17 avg rating — 1,212 ratings

"Another harrowing story of an around the world single-handed race. This one is the 1996 Vended Globe race."

4.19 avg rating — 1,003 ratings

"Another disastrous race, this one occurs in English/Irish seas when 303 sailboats are struck by a storm and only 85 finish the race"

4.26 avg rating — 3,278 ratings

"A well-written French classic"

4.18 avg rating — 695 ratings

"Another disastrous race, this one off Australia in 1998"

4.17 avg rating — 118,651 ratings

"After a whaleboat sinks in the Pacific in 1820, the crew tries to survive in whaleboats until rescued."

4.16 avg rating — 25,061 ratings

"Extremely well-written, inspiring, classic sailing adventure that proves the author's theory that Polynesia was first populated by a Peruvian tribe that floated by raft across the Pacific."

3.87 avg rating — 15,519 ratings

"An American classic written by a man who wrote about rafting the Mississippi in 'Huckleberry Finn'. He spoke from experience because he himself was a riverboat captain. Here he describes his experiences becoming a captain and then years later after a flood on the Mississippi."

4.19 avg rating — 19,007 ratings

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"It's true, well-written, always interesting and sometimes funny or educational"

4.29 avg rating — 25,680 ratings

"An all-time favorite"

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