Boating

Boating is the leisurely activity of travelling by boat, or the recreational use of a boat whether powerboats, sailboats, or man-powered vessels (such as rowing and paddle boats), focused on the travel itself, as well as sports activities, such as fishing or waterskiing. It is a popular activity, and there are millions of boaters worldwide.


Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)
Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems
Red Kayak
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Sailing Alone around the World
Power Boating For Dummies
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship
Powerboat Handling Illustrated: How to Make Your Boat Do Exactly What You Want It to Do
The Cure for Anything Is Salt Water: How I Threw My Life Overboard and Found Happiness at Sea
Fifty Ships That Changed the Course of History: A Nautical History of the World
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Chapman Piloting & Seamanship
Much Ado about Nauticaling (Whit and Whiskers Mystery #1)
Get Real, Get Gone: How to Become a Modern Sea Gypsy and Sail Away Forever
The End of Calico Jack by Eddie       JonesDove by Robin Lee GrahamMy Old Man and the Sea by David HaysSailing Alone around the World by Joshua SlocumHard Aground with Eddie Jones by Eddie       Jones
Great Sailing Books
110 books — 14 voters
Unfathomed by Anna HackettShipped by Angie HockmanFloat Plan by Trish DollerThe Night in Lover's Bay by Liz AldenSwept Away by Beth O'Leary
Boat-Based Romances
40 books — 1 voter

Meet Me at Midnight by Jessica PenningtonComing Up for Air by Miranda KenneallyPuberty Blues by Kathy LetteThe Commodore's Cup by Stephen W. MeaderGirls Can't Do It by Peter Filichia
YA Swimming, Surfing, and Sailing
31 books — 5 voters
Catamaran Crossing by Douglas Carl FrickeThe End of Calico Jack by Eddie       JonesHard Aground . . . Again by Eddie       JonesHard Aground with Eddie Jones by Eddie       JonesDead Calm, Bone Dry by Eddie       Jones
Island and Boating Non-Fiction
23 books — 19 voters



Jesse Freedom
There was water and waves all around. They ran towered the shore, and made way for the boat as it ran through. At the back of the boat, water squirted out and some of it was white. It was magical.
Jesse Haubert, A Stranger In Everyone

Jennifer Egan
the presence of an old salt aboard the Elizabeth Seaman was profoundly reassuring. “Iron men in wooden boats,” they were called, as opposed to the wooden men in iron boats of today, like Kittredge, Farmingdale, and Eddie himself. Old salts partook of an origin myth, being close to the root of all things, including language. Eddie had never noticed how much of his own speech derived from the sea, from “keeled over” to “learning the ropes” to “catching the drift” to “freeloader” to “gripe” to “bra ...more
Jennifer Egan

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