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Sailing Books
Showing 1-50 of 4,519
Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 163 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,113 ratings — published 1899
The Long Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,241 ratings — published 1971
A Voyage for Madmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.33 — 6,349 ratings — published 1997
Maiden Voyage (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,309 ratings — published 1989
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.02 — 14,531 ratings — published 1840
Sailing a Serious Ocean (CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.36 — 986 ratings — published 2013
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.15 — 20,670 ratings — published 1986
Gipsy Moth Circles the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,351 ratings — published 1967
World of My Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,162 ratings — published 1969
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.45 — 432 ratings — published
The Voyager's Handbook: The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.44 — 251 ratings — published 1998
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,009 ratings — published 1969
Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 995 ratings — published 1980
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 117,832 ratings — published 2000
World Cruising Routes, 5th Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 168 ratings — published
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.46 — 161,378 ratings — published 1959
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.56 — 611,003 ratings — published 1851
Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.51 — 326 ratings — published 1990
Heavy Weather Sailing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 226 ratings — published 1981
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 199,429 ratings — published 2023
An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,661 ratings — published 2003
New Complete Sailing Manual (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.32 — 253 ratings — published 1999
Sailing Fundamentals (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.93 — 281 ratings — published 1987
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 667 ratings — published 1999
The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 401 ratings — published 1995
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,294,203 ratings — published 1952
Storm Tactics: Modern Methods of Heaving-to for Survival in Extreme Conditions (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 34 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.32 — 328 ratings — published 2013
How to Sail Around the World : Advice and Ideas for Voyaging Under Sail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.06 — 236 ratings — published 2003
Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.76 — 6,046 ratings — published 1998
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 24,914 ratings — published 1948
Godforsaken Sea: The True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous Waters (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,202 ratings — published 1998
Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.01 — 32,685 ratings — published 1930
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.99 — 75,907 ratings — published 1995
The Proving Ground : The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,260 ratings — published 2001
Get Real, Get Gone: How to Become a Modern Sea Gypsy and Sail Away Forever (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 28 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,042 ratings — published 2015
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.12 — 118,595 ratings — published 1997
Close to the Wind: An Extraordinary Story of Triumph Over Adversity (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 590 ratings — published 1998
Cape Horn to Starboard (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.22 — 511 ratings — published 1986
The Riddle of the Sands (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.63 — 7,646 ratings — published 1903
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.85 — 536,064 ratings — published 1882
Left for Dead: Surviving the Deadliest Storm in Modern Sailing History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 860 ratings — published 2007
Float Plan (Beck Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.94 — 34,356 ratings — published 2021
Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,603 ratings — published 2018
Sailing Made Easy (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 382 ratings — published 2010
True Spirit: The Aussie girl who took on the world (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,759 ratings — published 2010
Once Is Enough (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.15 — 389 ratings — published 1959
Cape Horn : The Logical Route (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.29 — 225 ratings — published 1967
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,054 ratings — published 1972
Escape from the Ordinary (Escape Series Book 1)
by (shelved 23 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,718 ratings — published
“And I shall watch the ferry boats, and they'll get high,
On a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky,
And I will never grow so old again,
And I will walk and talk, in gardens all wet with rain.
- Sweet Thing”
― Lit Up Inside: Selected Lyrics
On a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky,
And I will never grow so old again,
And I will walk and talk, in gardens all wet with rain.
- Sweet Thing”
― Lit Up Inside: Selected Lyrics
“Go small, go simple, go now”
― Cruising in Seraffyn
― Cruising in Seraffyn













