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Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 171 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,489 ratings — published 1899
The Long Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,412 ratings — published 1971
A Voyage for Madmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 6,746 ratings — published
Maiden Voyage (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,393 ratings — published 1989
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,838 ratings — published 1840
Sailing a Serious Ocean (CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT)
by (shelved 63 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,049 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 4.25 — 4,456 ratings — published 1972
World of My Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,234 ratings — published 1969
Gipsy Moth Circles the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,375 ratings — published 1967
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.06 — 65,504 ratings — published 1969
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.45 — 430 ratings — published
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.15 — 21,396 ratings — published 1986
Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,025 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 — 251 ratings — published 1998
World Cruising Routes, 5th Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.32 — 169 ratings — published
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.46 — 177,459 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 — 122,515 ratings — published 2000
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 234,663 ratings — published 2023
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.57 — 631,787 ratings — published 1851
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 — 329 ratings — published 1990
Heavy Weather Sailing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 235 ratings — published 1981
New Complete Sailing Manual (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.32 — 254 ratings — published 1999
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 — 1,253 ratings — published 1998
An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.97 — 5,775 ratings — published 2003
The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 409 ratings — published 1995
Sailing Fundamentals (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.93 — 281 ratings — published 1987
Storm Tactics: Modern Methods of Heaving-to for Survival in Extreme Conditions (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 37 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 333 ratings — published 2013
Flirting with Mermaids: The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 704 ratings — published 1999
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,363,828 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 — 237 ratings — published 2003
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.80 — 69,779 ratings — published 2024
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 — 6,284 ratings — published 1998
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,698 ratings — published 1948
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 — 1,085 ratings — published 2015
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.99 — 77,776 ratings — published 1995
Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.02 — 33,130 ratings — published 1930
The Proving Ground : The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,293 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 — 620 ratings — published 1998
True Spirit: The Aussie girl who took on the world (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,869 ratings — published 2010
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.12 — 120,466 ratings — published 1997
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.85 — 552,865 ratings — published 1882
Cape Horn to Starboard (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.23 — 546 ratings — published 1986
The Riddle of the Sands (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.63 — 7,852 ratings — published 1903
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 26,095 ratings — published 1972
Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.38 — 2,755 ratings — published 2018
Sailing Made Easy (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 402 ratings — published 2010
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 4.39 — 520 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 4.16 — 405 ratings — published 1959
Cape Horn : The Logical Route (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.29 — 231 ratings — published 1967
H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin, #3)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.42 — 22,102 ratings — published 1973
“Possibly a man who hates the land should dwell on shore forever. Alienation and the long voyages at sea will compel him once again to dream of it, torment him with the absurdity of longing for something that he loathes.”
― The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
― The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
