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Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 171 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,498 ratings — published 1899
The Long Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,417 ratings — published 1971
A Voyage for Madmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 6,757 ratings — published
Maiden Voyage (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,396 ratings — published 1989
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,850 ratings — published 1840
Sailing a Serious Ocean (CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT)
by (shelved 63 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,050 ratings — published 2013
Dove: An Extraordinary Around-the-World Adventure―The Solo Voyage of Five Years and 33,000 Miles (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.25 — 4,463 ratings — published 1972
World of My Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,234 ratings — published 1969
Gipsy Moth Circles the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,375 ratings — published 1967
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.06 — 65,572 ratings — published 1969
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.45 — 430 ratings — published
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.15 — 21,414 ratings — published 1986
Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,025 ratings — published 1980
The Voyager's Handbook: The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.43 — 251 ratings — published 1998
World Cruising Routes, 5th Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.32 — 169 ratings — published
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.46 — 177,852 ratings — published 1959
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 122,637 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 235,596 ratings — published 2023
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.57 — 632,346 ratings — published 1851
Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.51 — 329 ratings — published 1990
Heavy Weather Sailing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 235 ratings — published 1981
New Complete Sailing Manual (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.32 — 254 ratings — published 1999
Godforsaken Sea: The True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous Waters (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,255 ratings — published 1998
An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.97 — 5,776 ratings — published 2003
The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 409 ratings — published 1995
Sailing Fundamentals (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.93 — 281 ratings — published 1987
Storm Tactics: Modern Methods of Heaving-to for Survival in Extreme Conditions (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 37 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 333 ratings — published 2013
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 705 ratings — published 1999
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,365,685 ratings — published 1952
How to Sail Around the World : Advice and Ideas for Voyaging Under Sail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.06 — 237 ratings — published 2003
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.79 — 70,748 ratings — published 2024
Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.77 — 6,295 ratings — published 1998
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,721 ratings — published 1948
Get Real, Get Gone: How to Become a Modern Sea Gypsy and Sail Away Forever (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 32 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,087 ratings — published 2015
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.99 — 77,812 ratings — published 1995
Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.02 — 33,149 ratings — published 1930
The Proving Ground : The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,293 ratings — published 2001
Close to the Wind: An Extraordinary Story of Triumph Over Adversity (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 621 ratings — published 1998
True Spirit: The Aussie girl who took on the world (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,871 ratings — published 2010
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.12 — 120,517 ratings — published 1997
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.85 — 553,258 ratings — published 1882
Cape Horn to Starboard (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.22 — 547 ratings — published 1986
The Riddle of the Sands (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.62 — 7,860 ratings — published 1903
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 26,125 ratings — published 1972
Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.38 — 2,757 ratings — published 2018
Sailing Made Easy (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 402 ratings — published 2010
Sailing to the Edge of Time: The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.39 — 521 ratings — published
Once Is Enough: A Classic Non-Fiction Adventure of Sailing, Survival, and Wanderlust (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 405 ratings — published 1959
Cape Horn : The Logical Route (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.29 — 231 ratings — published 1967
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.42 — 22,134 ratings — published 1973
“A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.”
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“With this idea, being a man with long experience of the sea (and they certainly have a great advantage over other men in any sort of task)...”
― Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru, Part One
― Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru, Part One
