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knewlin



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For a different take on survival on a lift raft try The Life of Pi.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shouldn't we be talking about "spring reading" soon? Winter is almost (thankfully) over! Wink
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just finished reading "Beautiful Swimmers" as was recommended at the beginning of this post. Fascinating book if you are interested in the life of Watermen especially crabbing. I think a trip to Crisfield Maryland for the annual Labor Day National Hard Crab Derby would be a fun time.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:54 pm    Post subject: reading Reply with quote

BEATIFUL SWIMMERS is considered a classic here...even the watermen like it.
Glad you liked it.

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marvin4239



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just bringing this back to the top so Bob's recent post could get entered.

Bob's post

Today's Wall Street Journal had a book review on "Roads to Quoz" by William Least Heat Moon (William Trogdon--English, Irish, Osage Native American Descent). River Horse (when he took a C Dory 22 coast to Coast with minimal portaging) endeared him to the C Brats, and Blue Highways was a rambling about some of America's byways.

This new book covers travels in 4 sections: North East, North West, South East and South West, but starts in Arkansas and follows the Ouachita River, Over 3 years the narritative follows 16,000 miles of byways, and only ventures into one city: Baltimore MD. As usual there are colorful narritatives and interesting people.

It sounds like a good read. I'll order it, and then pass it along to other members.

If you own a C Dory and have not read "River Horse", it is a must. My Copy went with my C Dory 22 to Jeff.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was just cruising this thread the other day thinking I’ve got to get off the computer, back-off on NetFlix and pick up a good nautical book.
Its going to be long winter up here........

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm currently reading "Pirates of the Chesapeake" by Donald Shomette. It begins in 1609 and gives a really detailed account of how the Pirate activity shaped the development along the NE coastline. It's a very detailed book that a lot of research went into it not your typical pirate novel.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you're going to the Broughton Islands any time soon, Totem Poles and Tea is a great read. The author, Hughina Harold, signs on for a year at the First Nation village of Mamililacula as a school teacher and despite harrowing adventures, signs up for another year.

Wonderful stories of the area that you'll cruise on your trip to the Broughton Archipelago. Available at Amazon.com, under $20.

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Rick from Maine



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:48 am    Post subject: The Rescue of the Bounty Reply with quote

Last night I went to a talk by Michael Tougias a co-author of "The Rescue of the Bounty". Although the book does discuss the captains reason for his actions, the focus is on the Coast Guard rescue. It is amazing what the heroic Coast Guard people did to rescue 14 of the 16 Bounty crew during Superstorm Sandy. If you saw a movie of their efforts, you'd think it was fiction.

I'm going to read the book as soon as our library gets it. One of his earlier books about a Coast Guard rescue, "Their Finest Hour", has been made into a Disney IMax 3D movie to be released in January. I can't wait because the book was so good at describing the harrowing rescue efforts.

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Larry Patrick



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since I purchased an I-Pad a year ago started buying books on Kindle. Read about 5 sailing stories,prefer true stories. Never sailed ,but always would have liked to,guess that's the reason for choosing these books. Listened to Coast to Coast the other day,it was about near death expierences,was interesting hearing from doctors and scientists that now believe in an afterlife. So I ordered a couple books on the subject,not much time for reading since im working ,but look forward to winter time reading.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 1:09 pm    Post subject: books Reply with quote

Try "The Ship of Gold" by I forget. It is a two part story. The first is the sinking of a paddle wheeler, laden with 49er gold headed from Panama to the east coast . The second is the modern day race to find and salvage the gazillion dollars in its hold. It was a best seller for quite a while.

Just ordered "The Boat That Wouldn't Float". Sounds like a hoot.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chuckpacific wrote:
My Old Man and the Sea by David Hays....this is an excellent book about a father/son journey around Cape Horn in a 25 foot sailboat.


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Larry Patrick



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My Old Man and the Sea sounds good ,also The ship of gold. Enjoyed Mel Fishers Biographies,and search for gold.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just finished this thread and actually found a couple that I hadn't read. I worked at Captain's Nautical Supplies on 2nd Ave. in Seattle, later at Fisherman's Terminal, so I got to read lots and lots of these books (and then put them back on the shelves to be sold).

I don't think that I saw Sailing Around the World Alone listed above, which I consider a must read for any boater. A book that still gives me the willies, and a must read for those who single-hand, is The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst. I've read it twice, gave it away twice, and would read it again.

It is so easy to open up a "used book" window, search for the titles listed in this thread, and have them shipped. I've got 4 books on the way. Thanks, everybody.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 2:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bringing this thread back to active:

Just recently received a the book, "Crossing the Wake" by Tanya Binford, from MCP Books. It is the story of "one woman's great loop adventure". She did the Loop single handing, on a Ranger 25, in about 6 months. Easy, fun read, and educational. It is not a travel log, although it is a chronological account.

It came from a C-BRAT friend and was a real surprise, and a really perfect gift. It addressed my illusions about "running in a ditch" and has certainly peeked my interest in the Loop and particularly the Trent Severn and Canadian waterways.

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