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Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 172 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,632 ratings — published 1899
The Long Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,477 ratings — published 1971
A Voyage for Madmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 6,888 ratings — published
Maiden Voyage (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,423 ratings — published 1989
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,949 ratings — published 1840
Sailing a Serious Ocean (CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT)
by (shelved 63 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,079 ratings — published 2013
Dove: An Extraordinary Around-the-World Adventure―The Solo Voyage of Five Years and 33,000 Miles (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 4,537 ratings — published 1972
World of My Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,253 ratings — published 1969
Gipsy Moth Circles the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,380 ratings — published 1967
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.45 — 436 ratings — published
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.06 — 66,434 ratings — published 1969
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.15 — 21,659 ratings — published 1986
Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,047 ratings — published 1980
The Voyager's Handbook: The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.43 — 253 ratings — published 1998
World Cruising Routes, 5th Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.32 — 170 ratings — published
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 246,121 ratings — published 2023
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.47 — 182,803 ratings — published 1959
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 124,213 ratings — published 2000
Heavy Weather Sailing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.35 — 237 ratings — published 1981
Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.51 — 332 ratings — published 1990
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.58 — 639,037 ratings — published 1851
Godforsaken Sea: The True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous Waters (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,269 ratings — published 1998
An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.97 — 5,803 ratings — published 2003
New Complete Sailing Manual (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.32 — 255 ratings — published 1999
Storm Tactics: Modern Methods of Heaving-to for Survival in Extreme Conditions (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 38 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 335 ratings — published 2013
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.79 — 80,854 ratings — published 2024
The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 413 ratings — published 1995
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 715 ratings — published 1999
Sailing Fundamentals (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.93 — 281 ratings — published 1987
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,387,829 ratings — published 1952
How to Sail Around the World : Advice and Ideas for Voyaging Under Sail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.06 — 238 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 3.77 — 6,401 ratings — published 1998
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,992 ratings — published 1948
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.99 — 78,537 ratings — published 1995
Get Real, Get Gone: How to Become a Modern Sea Gypsy and Sail Away Forever (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 32 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,093 ratings — published 2015
Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.02 — 33,316 ratings — published 1930
The Proving Ground : The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,303 ratings — published 2001
Close to the Wind: An Extraordinary Story of Triumph Over Adversity (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 626 ratings — published 1998
True Spirit: The Aussie girl who took on the world (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,902 ratings — published 2010
The Riddle of the Sands (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.63 — 7,951 ratings — published 1903
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.12 — 121,037 ratings — published 1997
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.85 — 558,419 ratings — published 1882
Cape Horn to Starboard (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.23 — 561 ratings — published 1986
Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.38 — 2,805 ratings — published 2018
Sailing Made Easy (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 410 ratings — published 2010
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 26,480 ratings — published 1972
Sailing to the Edge of Time: The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.38 — 528 ratings — published
Once Is Enough: A Classic Non-Fiction Adventure of Sailing, Survival, and Wanderlust (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 411 ratings — published 1959
Cape Horn : The Logical Route (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.29 — 235 ratings — published 1967
Left for Dead: Surviving the Deadliest Storm in Modern Sailing History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.18 — 900 ratings — published 2007
“You can’t believe how bleeding scary the sea is! There’s, like, whales and storms and shit! They don’t bloody tell you that!”
― Beauty Queens
― Beauty Queens
“With a frigate’s anchors for my bridle-bitts and fasces of harpoons for spurs, would I could mount that whale and leap the topmost skies, to see whether the fabled heavens with all their countless tents really lie encamped beyond my mortal sight!”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
