Preparation Resources
(see also Voyaging Resources)
Choosing a Boat
- Understanding Boat Design
, Ted Brewer
- Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts
, edited by John Rousmaniere
- any of the "Handbooks" under Basic Cruising.
Maintenance / Boat Work
- Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual
or anything else by Nigel Calder;
- This Old Boat, Second Edition: Completely Revised and Expanded
or anything else by Don Casey;
- The 12-Volt Bible for Boats
, Brotherton and Sherman
Basic Cruising
- Lin and Larry Pardey: any but especially
- The Voyager's Handbook: The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising
, Beth Leonard
- How to Sail Around the World : Advice and Ideas for Voyaging Under Sail
, Hal Roth
- The circumnavigator's handbook
, Dashew/Dashew
- Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook: A Compendium for Coastal and Offshore Sailors
, Calder
- Tropical Cruising Handbook
, Smaalders and des Rochers
- Handbook of Offshore Cruising
, Jim Howard
- Offshore Sailing: 200 Essential Passagemaking Tips
, Bill Seifert
Galley / Storage / Provisioning
- any of the Basic Cruising books above
- Sail Away!: A Guide to Outfitting and Provisioning for Cruising
, Paul Shard
- The Essential Galley Companion
, Amanda Swan Neil
- Online Galley Advice from 18 cruisers
Canvaswork / Sewing
- Sailmaker's Apprentice
, Emiliano Marino
- The Big Book of Boat Canvas: A Complete Guide to Fabric Work on Boats
, Karen Lipe
- SailRite canvas site
Weather
- Adlard Coles' Heavy Weather Sailing, Sixth Edition
, Coles
- Understanding Weatherfax
, Mike Harris
- Heavy Weather Avoidance and Route Design
, Lee Chesneau on interpreting 500mb charts
Navigation
- World Cruising Routes
, Cornell
- The Complete On-Board Celestial Navigator, 2007-2011
, Bennett
- The Lo-Tech Navigator
, Tony Crowley
- Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us
, Captain Bill Brogdon
Data / Records
- John Stevenson s/v Sarah (wonderful spreadsheets w/ macros for all kinds of logs)
Stories and Experiences
, Reese Palley
