Ok. Somebody has to mention "The Incredible Voyage" by Tristan Jones. It's
such a good blend of a lifetime of accurate cruising observations and a wee
bit of imagination that few know where one leaves off and the other begins.
It launched me into reading all of his books. One can smell the sea and
shore in some passages.



"Larry Tate" wrote in message
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What's your favorite Sailing book

Mine's Sopranino by Patrick Ellam and Colin Mudie
It's a narrative about a 20 footer crossing the atlantic

How about yours???

Very easily 'Riddle of the Sands', by Erskine Childers. It's about a chap
sailing around the Baltic with a college friend who uncover a sinister
German plot. Aside from being a great sailing narrative, written around
1900, it is also credited as being one of the precursors to the modern
espionage thrillers.

--LT