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Hi, all--
About this time of year, with the boats mostly out of the water and
the weather bad, potterers on the net start getting punchy. Tis the
time for recommending books...
Here are some good ones.
Allyn, Oliver. _Dreams of a Landlocked Boatman---Adventures on the
Connecticut River_. J. N. Townsend Publishing, 12 Greenleaf Drive,
Exeter, N. H. 03833, 1998. ISBN 1-880158-18-3.
Bailey, Anthony. _The Thousand Dollar Yacht_. Sheridan House
Publishing, 1967. ISBN 1-57409-011-9.
Bree, Marlin. _Call of the North Wind_. Marlor Press, St. Paul,
Minnesota. ISBN 0-943400-90-2.
This is the tale of Bree's second third of his sail around Lake
Superior.
Bree, Marlin._In the Teeth of the Northeaster_. Marlor Press, 1993,
ISBN 0-943400-72-4.
This book describes the first third of the author's sail around
Lake Superior.
Childers, Erskine. _The Riddle of the Sands_. First published 1903,
reprinted variously, later.
Fiction--generally considered to be the first espionage novel, and
also one of the best about sailing.
Dye, Frank and Margaret. _Ocean-Crossing Wayfarer_. David and
Charles, 1977. ISBN 0-7153-7371-4.
The legendary Frank Dye, sailing an open 16 ft Wayfarer from England
to Norway, and England to Iceland.
Ellam, Patrick and Colin Mudie. _Sopranino_. Rupert Hart-Davis,
Ltd., 1954, Grafton Books, 1986. ISBN 0-246-12943-3.
Sailing a 20 ft light displacement ocean racer across the Atlantic.
Griffiths, Maurice. _The Magic of the Swatchways_. Nautical
Books,1986 (first published 1932). Distributed by Sheridan Books.
ISBN 0-85177-385-0.
Sails along the Channel coast of England, in the tidal waters of the
Thames estuary. One of the great classics of small boat sailing.
Hookham, Dan. _The Simplistic Sailboat A Family Cruise in a $600
Boat_. Still Water Books, P O Box 773, Bellingham, WA 98227-0773,
1998. ISBN 0-9655954-4-7.
I just bought this one, and haven't read it yet. Looks good,
though.
Hume, David D. _Blueberry_. J. N. Townsend Publishing, 1994. ISBN
1-880158-02-7.
Hume's story of desinging , building, and cruising a 20 ft gaff
cutter. Very good.
More latter--
Tom Grimes
P-14 #363 Far Horizon
Muncie, Indiana
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