Sailing


Sailing Alone around the World
The Long Way
A Voyage for Madmen
Maiden Voyage
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
Sailing a Serious Ocean (CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT)
Gipsy Moth Circles the World
World of My Own
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Dove: An Extraordinary Around-the-World Adventure―The Solo Voyage of Five Years and 33,000 Miles
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
The Voyager's Handbook: The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising
Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing
World Cruising Routes, 5th Edition
Horatio Hornblower 1 - 11 by C.S. ForesterThe East Indiaman by Ellis K. MeachamH.M.S. Ulysses by Alistair MacLeanHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikThe Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
Great Naval fiction (historical)
37 books — 11 voters
The Wreckers by Iain LawrenceThe Smugglers by Iain LawrenceThe Buccaneers by Iain LawrenceThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by AviBloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
Seafaring Middle Graders
158 books — 49 voters

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerIsaac's Storm  by Erik LarsonWhat Stands in a Storm by Kim CrossRain by Melissa  HarrisonDrowned City by Don  Brown
The Weather
169 books — 13 voters
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

Gary Paulsen
...this beginning motion, this first time when a sail truly filled and the boat took life and knifed across the lake under perfect control, this was so beautiful it stopped my breath...
Gary Paulsen, Caught by the Sea

Keep your hand on the helm.
Matthew Goldman, The Journals of Constant Waterman: Paddling, Poling, and Sailing for the Love of It

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