Sensible Cruising: The Thoreau Approach

by Don Casey, Lew Hackler

If wisdom can be defined as common sense that has withstood the test of time, then Sensible Cruising is a wise book. It

Genres: Nautical

356 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1987

Reviews

[Alex Petkus]

This book is filled with good reasons to get a boat that is as small as you can comfortably sail in with expected people (i.e. immediate family) on board. The shallower your draft, the more secluded your anchorages can be; I personally value seclusion. Entertaining and useful.

[Mark Curry]

If you own a small boat, here is a practical, philosophical approach to your hobby! Aligning the various joys (and, yes, frustrations!) and processes of acquiring, rebuilding, handling these vessels with Thoreau's quotation is like a little lesson in life. Less a cover to cover read, more a pickup for advice when particular needs arise, it is a manual that should be in your shipboard library.

[Max Marbles]

Practical, sensible and transcendental. All Casey's books hit the mark if you are a plastic sailboat owner, wanna be cruiser. This one is the flagship and the others more or less selectively and thoreau-ly support this overview. His are the practical "on the water" guides.

[Bob]

One of the best cruising books I've read, and frankly, ever written. Beautiful, sensible.

[Philski]

A bit cheesy at times but I enjoyed the philosophy behind the book.