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Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 187 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,247 ratings — published 1969
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 158 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.56 — 613,529 ratings — published 1851
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.17 — 118,330 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.17 — 203,622 ratings — published 2023
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.85 — 538,231 ratings — published 1882
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.18 — 19,206 ratings — published 1950
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 92 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,151 ratings — published 1972
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 86 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.42 — 21,347 ratings — published 1973
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,302,881 ratings — published 1952
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.46 — 163,343 ratings — published 1959
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.89 — 275,509 ratings — published 1869
The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin, #4)
by (shelved 69 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,346 ratings — published 1977
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,571 ratings — published 1840
The Fortune of War (Aubrey & Maturin, #6)
by (shelved 62 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 15,119 ratings — published 1979
Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin, #5)
by (shelved 60 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 16,316 ratings — published 1978
The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
by (shelved 58 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 14,114 ratings — published 1980
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.12 — 118,802 ratings — published 1997
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey & Maturin, #8)
by (shelved 54 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,030 ratings — published 1981
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.13 — 160,751 ratings — published 2015
The Far Side of the World (Aubrey & Maturin, #10)
by (shelved 50 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.45 — 13,649 ratings — published 1984
Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)
by (shelved 50 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,504 ratings — published 1952
The Letter of Marque (Aubrey & Maturin, #12)
by (shelved 49 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.50 — 12,000 ratings — published 1988
The Sea Wolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.06 — 33,361 ratings — published 1904
Treason's Harbour (Aubrey & Maturin, #9)
by (shelved 48 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,695 ratings — published 1983
The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)
by (shelved 45 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,280 ratings — published 1989
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.99 — 76,137 ratings — published 1995
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,155 ratings — published 1899
Beat to Quarters (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, # 6 )
by (shelved 41 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.29 — 12,243 ratings — published 1937
The Reverse of the Medal (Aubrey & Maturin, #11)
by (shelved 41 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 11,004 ratings — published 1986
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,747,324 ratings — published 2001
The Wine-Dark Sea (Aubrey & Maturin, #16)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,546 ratings — published 1993
The Nutmeg of Consolation (Aubrey & Maturin, #14)
by (shelved 40 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.42 — 10,453 ratings — published 1991
The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.09 — 73,219 ratings — published 2007
Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #3)
by (shelved 39 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 11,982 ratings — published 1962
Hornblower and the Atropos (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #5)
by (shelved 39 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.25 — 9,907 ratings — published 1953
The Commodore (Aubrey & Maturin, #17)
by (shelved 38 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.43 — 9,561 ratings — published 1994
Ship of the Line (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #7)
by (shelved 38 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.32 — 8,728 ratings — published 1938
Flying Colours (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #8)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.35 — 8,586 ratings — published 1938
The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.37 — 9,374 ratings — published 1996
Lord Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #10)
by (shelved 36 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,565 ratings — published 1946
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,184,219 ratings — published -700
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.29 — 25,573 ratings — published 2014
The Truelove (Aubrey & Maturin, #15)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,047 ratings — published 1991
Commodore Hornblower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.26 — 8,459 ratings — published 1945
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.19 — 18,940 ratings — published 2003
Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey & Maturin, #20)
by (shelved 34 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,539 ratings — published 1999
Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as nautical)
avg rating 3.68 — 330,242 ratings — published 1719
Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.24 — 103,735 ratings — published 1998
Bloody Jack (Bloody Jack, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.12 — 27,707 ratings — published 2002
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as nautical)
avg rating 4.46 — 19,625 ratings — published 2024
“In a French accent developed through a lifetime of using English I said, 'Hello sir, I would like to row the English Channel in a bath please.'
What actually arrived in the ear of the French Navy man was, 'Hello sire, I would like to fight a condom across a bath if you please.”
― In the Bath: Conquering the Channel in a Piece of Plumbing
What actually arrived in the ear of the French Navy man was, 'Hello sire, I would like to fight a condom across a bath if you please.”
― In the Bath: Conquering the Channel in a Piece of Plumbing
“Ebb and Flow by Stewart Stafford
Happiness, briefest harbour in a squall;
Tempests funnel us to splintered docks,
High-seas missions to a last port of call,
Fading feast taste of a haven of stasis.
Weather springs with raging misprision,
All things far beyond fingertip calculation,
If we go off course with Fool's Gold vision,
The reefs of avarice shall starkly claim us.
We set sail or are torn from fragile sanctuary,
All these stays, noted in the strangers' ledger,
The Fate Morgana's captain - marine actuary,
Virtual kin crew with fish and fowl companions.
© 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
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Happiness, briefest harbour in a squall;
Tempests funnel us to splintered docks,
High-seas missions to a last port of call,
Fading feast taste of a haven of stasis.
Weather springs with raging misprision,
All things far beyond fingertip calculation,
If we go off course with Fool's Gold vision,
The reefs of avarice shall starkly claim us.
We set sail or are torn from fragile sanctuary,
All these stays, noted in the strangers' ledger,
The Fate Morgana's captain - marine actuary,
Virtual kin crew with fish and fowl companions.
© 2025, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”
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