On 25 Jan 2006 01:57:45 -0800, "purple_stars"
wrote:

haha thanks rhys

hey, i was wondering something too ... could you recommend some good
books to read ? you mentioned some magazines in your post that you
like but i'd like some books, i'm betting you know practical no
non-sense stuff i'd like. so far i've liked "how to sail around the
world" by hal roth, i've read that one a lot. and also the book, well,
i can't remember the title now, but it was by tania aebi, a young lady
who sailed around the world, that book was awesome. actually it was so
good i'm going to get the title in case someone else wants to read it.
ok, it was "maiden voyage". i've read some other ones but those really
stand out as ones i loved. know of any others ? anybody else know any
other good ones ?

thanks in advance.

I like the older cruiser books and guides, because they did it without
GPS, refrigeration, current charts or even Dacron sails in some cases.
Consequently, you learn how to run the boat with your eyes,
ears,pencils bits of string and well-applied muscle, instead of
chartplotters, power winches and SeaTow.

Check out old hardcovers by the Smeetons, by Eric Hiscock and if you
like philosophy, The Long Way by Moitessier.

There's a ton of "guides" out there. The Complete Yachtmaster by Tom
Cunliffe is good. The Annapolis Guide to Seamanship by John Rosmaniere
is standard, if basic, and Heavy Weather Sailing (the current edition)
is essential for going offshore. If you like technical, "Desirable and
Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts" is great, and if you
like chatty but practical, the Pardeys and Don Street's Caribbean
guides plus The Ocean Going Yacht are good.

For recreation, you'll want all 20 of the Aubrey-Maturin books by
Patrick O'Brian.

That's a start.

R.