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Boating Education
Overview:
Since the age of 13 when I read Sir Francis Chichester's - Gypsy Moth Circles the World, I have enjoyed the fine art of armchair sailing. There are currently 3 shelves of boating related books in my office.
Formal Boating Education:
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Coast Guard - Advanced Coastal Navigation - 2001 |
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Coast Guard - Boating Skills and Seamanship - 1989 |
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ASA - Basic Keelboat Certification - 1994 |
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Top 10 Books on Sailing and Seamanship
Current Magazine subscriptions include, Ocean Navigator, Blue Water Sailing, Cruising World, Good Old Boat, Sailing, Offshore, Soundings. Probably too much to read in a given month, but I seem to get through them all, and wouldn't know which one to cancel
Some of my favorite books bought from Amazon.com :
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Cruising Handbook - Calder - A complete, logical, and thorough review of all things cruising from the perspective of a sailor that bought a 40' customized Pacific Seacraft for his own use. |
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The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat - Vigor - A detailed description of the characteristics a sailboat should have to safely travel offshore. |
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Used Boat Notebook - Kretschmer - Reviews of 40 great used boats from Sail Magazine and 10 great boats to sail around the world. |
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This Old Boat - Casey - Lots of tips on boat maintenance a repair that will probably get a lot more use when I buy my own "old boat" |
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Complete Book of Anchoring and Mooring - Hinz - I'm an anchoring fanatic and this book is the best I've found - FWIW I use a 16.5# Bruce on my 20' Grady. |
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Heavy Weather Sailing - Coles - A thorough review of what can happen in weather and that there are still no absolute truths in regards to what will work |
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Weather Predicting Simplified - Carr - This is the book I want to learn to avoid having to use the previous book. It's a pretty dry read for me though, and I'm going to give it another shot |
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Instant Weather Forecasting - Watts - A great photo book of clouds which gives even the weather neophyte a chance of predicting short term weather. |
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Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual - Calder - An extremely thorough tutorial of the systems maintenance and repair in the modern vessel. |
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Marine Diesel Engines - Calder - Yes, another Calder but with detailed and clear writing specializing on the proper care and feeding of the "iron sail" |
I've got a large assortment of sailing and boating travelogue books, to vicariously cruise throughout the world. However, if you're reading this you probably already have a personal collection and don't need any further encouragement to get out on the water.
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