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Books to Get Started


This list of books came from the  SV Delos site and is connected to Amazon, so if you click on a link and buy a book you contribute a few coins to their beer fund.
Practical Sailing Books
  • ​The Voyagers Handbook- Beth A. Leonard
  • Voyaging With Kids– Behan Gifford
  • World Cruising Routes– Jimmy Cornell
  • Coral Reef Fishes– Ewald Lieske, Robert Meyers
  • Sport Fish Of the Pacific– Vic Dunaway
  • Illustrated Sail and Rig Tuning– Ivan Dedekam
  • Man Vs. Weather– Dennis Diclaudio
  • Marine Diesel Engines- Nigel Calder
  • Boat Owners Mechanical and Electrical Systems- Nigel Calder
  • The Cruisers Handbook of Fishing– Scott Banneroy, Wendy Banneroy
  • Modern Marine Weather– David Burch
  • South Pacific Anchorages– Warwick Clay
  • Landfalls of Paradise– Earl Hinz, Jim Howard
  • Advanced First Aid Afloat- Peter Eastman
  • Storm Tactics– Lin and Larry Pardey

The following is copied from Zero to Cruising /Research. Please follow the link to that page for updates and additions.
Sailing / Skills:
  • Your First Sailboat : How to Find and Sail the Right Boat for You
  • US Sailing: Basic Keelboat
  • US Sailing: Basic Cruising
  • US Sailing: Bareboat Cruising
  • US Sailing: Start Sailing Right
  • Fast Track to Cruising
  • Fundamentals of Sailing, Cruising, and Racing
  • The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing
  • Sailing For Dummies
  • More to come
Cruising Chronicles:
  • 9 Years on the 7 Seas
  • Wanderer
  • An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude
  • The Voyage of the Northern Magic: A Family Odyssey
  • In Pursuit of Adventure & Freedom
  • The Spice Necklace
  • More to come
Multihulls:
  • Catamarans: The Complete Guide for Cruising Sailors
  • The Cruising Multihull
  • Multihull Seamanship
  • More to come
Maintenance / Gear / Electronics:
  • How Boat Things Work: An Illustrated Guide
  • Troubleshooting Marine Diesels
  • The 12 Volt Doctor’s Practical Handbook
  • Sailboat Electrics Simplified
  • Ham Radio Study Guide
  • Marine SSB Radio for “Idi-Yachts”
  • Nigel Calder’s Cruising Handbook
  • Sail and Rig Tuning
  • The Complete Rigger’s Apprentice
  • Pocket Guide to Knots
  • Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual
  • More to come
Navigation / First Aid:
  • GPS for Mariners
  • The Weekend Navigator
  • NOLS Wilderness First Aid
  • SAS Survival Handbook
  • Chart No. 1 Nautical Chart Symbols Abbreviations and Terms
  • Wilderness Wayfinding: How to Survive in the Wilderness as You Travel
  • Compact Atlas of the World
  • More to come
Living Aboard / Cruising / Galley:
  • The Cost Conscious Cruiser
  • The Care And Feeding of the Sailing Crew
  • Tropical Cruising Handbook
  • The Cruiser’s Handbook of Fishing
  • The Essentials of Living Aboard a Boat
  • The Intricate Art of Living Afloat
  • Why Didn’t I Think of That
  • Cruising Cookery
  • The Galley Gourmet
  • Perfect Sushi
  • The Two Burner Gourmet: The Cookbook for Cooking Far from Home
  • How to Sail Around the World
  • Cruising for Cowards
  • More to come
Other:
  • Multiple Streams of Income
  • Multiple Streams of Internet Income
  • Brazilian Portuguese: A Complete Guide for Beginners
  • Frommer’s Portable Rio de Janeiro
  • Bahama Islands: A Boatman’s Guide to the Land and the Water
  • Boater’s Pocket Reference
  • More to come
Cruising Guides:

  • Cuba: A Cruising Guide
  • A Cruising Guide to Puerto Rico
  • Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands
  • The Leeward Islands Cruising Guide
  • Sailors Guide to the Windward Islands – 16th Ed.
  • A Cruising Guide to Trinidad and Tobago
  • Crusing Guide to Venezuela and Bonaire
  • The Northern Bahamas Cruising Guide
  • The Southern Bahamas Cruising Guide
  • The Exuma Guide
  • World Cruising Routes
  • The Gentleman’s Guide to Passages South
  • Living in the Dominican Republic
  • More to come
DVDs:
  • Storm Tactics: Lin & Larry Pardey
  • Get Ready to Cruise: Lin & Larry Pardey – Offshore Sailing Part 1
  • Get Ready to Cross Oceans: Lin & Larry Pardey – Offshore Sailing Part 2
  • Annapolis Book of Seamanship: Cruising Under Sail, Volume 1
  • Annapolis Book of Seamanship: Sailboat Navigation, Volume 4
  • More to come

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