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Sailing Books
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Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 169 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,358 ratings — published 1899
The Long Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,359 ratings — published 1971
A Voyage for Madmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 6,593 ratings — published 1997
Maiden Voyage (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,360 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 — 14,742 ratings — published 1840
Sailing a Serious Ocean (CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT)
by (shelved 63 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,032 ratings — published 2013
World of My Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,213 ratings — published 1969
Dove: An Extraordinary Around-the-World Adventure―The Solo Voyage of Five Years and 33,000 Miles (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.25 — 4,366 ratings — published 1972
Gipsy Moth Circles the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,365 ratings — published 1967
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.07 — 64,605 ratings — published 1969
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.45 — 429 ratings — published
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.15 — 21,141 ratings — published 1986
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
Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,014 ratings — published 1980
World Cruising Routes, 5th Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 166 ratings — published
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.46 — 172,709 ratings — published 1959
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 120,923 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 223,541 ratings — published 2023
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.57 — 624,898 ratings — published 1851
Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.51 — 330 ratings — published 1990
Heavy Weather Sailing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 234 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 38 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,240 ratings — published 1998
An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,735 ratings — published 2003
The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 405 ratings — published 1995
Sailing Fundamentals (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.93 — 280 ratings — published 1987
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 690 ratings — published 1999
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,341,329 ratings — published 1952
Storm Tactics: Modern Methods of Heaving-to for Survival in Extreme Conditions (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.33 — 331 ratings — published 2013
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
Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.76 — 6,202 ratings — published 1998
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,449 ratings — published 1948
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 — 77,155 ratings — published 1995
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.82 — 55,363 ratings — published 2024
Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.02 — 32,972 ratings — published 1930
Get Real, Get Gone: How to Become a Modern Sea Gypsy and Sail Away Forever (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 30 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,078 ratings — published 2015
The Proving Ground : The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,285 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 — 611 ratings — published 1998
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.12 — 119,863 ratings — published 1997
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.85 — 547,890 ratings — published 1882
Cape Horn to Starboard (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.23 — 533 ratings — published 1986
True Spirit: The Aussie girl who took on the world (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,843 ratings — published 2010
The Riddle of the Sands (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.63 — 7,768 ratings — published 1903
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,728 ratings — published 1972
Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.38 — 2,713 ratings — published 2018
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 — 508 ratings — published
Sailing Made Easy (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 393 ratings — published 2010
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 — 400 ratings — published 1959
Cape Horn : The Logical Route (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.28 — 228 ratings — published 1967
Left for Dead: Surviving the Deadliest Storm in Modern Sailing History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 883 ratings — published 2007
“The hair of his face, on the contrary, carroty and flaming, resembled a growth of copper wire clipped short to the line of the lip; while, no matter how close he shaved, fiery metallic gleams passed, when he moved his head, over the surface of his cheeks.”
― Tales of the Sea
― Tales of the Sea
“That's what sailing is, a dance, and your partner is the sea. And with the sea you never take liberties. You ask her, you don't tell her. You have to remember always that she's the leader, not you. You and your boat are dancing to her tune.”
― Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
― Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
