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Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 167 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.15 — 11,212 ratings — published 1899
The Long Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,296 ratings — published 1971
A Voyage for Madmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 6,446 ratings — published 1997
Maiden Voyage (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,330 ratings — published 1989
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.03 — 14,617 ratings — published 1840
Sailing a Serious Ocean (CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT)
by (shelved 64 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,000 ratings — published 2013
Gipsy Moth Circles the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,359 ratings — published 1967
World of My Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,187 ratings — published 1969
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.45 — 434 ratings — published
Dove: An Extraordinary Around-the-World Adventure―The Solo Voyage of Five Years and 33,000 Miles (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.24 — 4,241 ratings — published 1972
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.15 — 20,891 ratings — published 1986
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.07 — 63,669 ratings — published 1969
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
Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,004 ratings — published 1980
World Cruising Routes, 5th Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 167 ratings — published
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 119,192 ratings — published 2000
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.46 — 166,551 ratings — published 1959
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.57 — 617,090 ratings — published 1851
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 210,854 ratings — published 2023
Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.50 — 327 ratings — published 1990
Heavy Weather Sailing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 228 ratings — published 1981
New Complete Sailing Manual (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.32 — 255 ratings — published 1999
An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,691 ratings — published 2003
Sailing Fundamentals (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.93 — 282 ratings — published 1987
The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 403 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 — 678 ratings — published 1999
Godforsaken Sea: The True Story of a Race Through the World's Most Dangerous Waters (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,214 ratings — published 1998
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,317,201 ratings — published 1952
Storm Tactics: Modern Methods of Heaving-to for Survival in Extreme Conditions (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.33 — 331 ratings — published 2013
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
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 — 6,107 ratings — published 1998
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,142 ratings — published 1948
Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.02 — 32,799 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 — 76,471 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 — 1,270 ratings — published 2001
Get Real, Get Gone: How to Become a Modern Sea Gypsy and Sail Away Forever (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 29 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,054 ratings — published 2015
Close to the Wind: An Extraordinary Story of Triumph Over Adversity (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.18 — 602 ratings — published 1998
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.12 — 119,164 ratings — published 1997
True Spirit: The Aussie girl who took on the world (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,805 ratings — published 2010
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.85 — 35,346 ratings — published 2024
Cape Horn to Starboard (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.22 — 521 ratings — published 1986
The Riddle of the Sands (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.63 — 7,743 ratings — published 1903
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.85 — 541,610 ratings — published 1882
Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.38 — 2,650 ratings — published 2018
Once Is Enough (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.15 — 394 ratings — published 1959
Cape Horn : The Logical Route (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.29 — 226 ratings — published 1967
Left for Dead: Surviving the Deadliest Storm in Modern Sailing History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 871 ratings — published 2007
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 25,317 ratings — published 1972
Float Plan (Beck Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.94 — 34,565 ratings — published 2021
Sailing to the Edge of Time: The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.38 — 484 ratings — published
“The hair of his face, on the contrary, carroty and flaming, resembled a growth of copper wire clipped short to the line of the lip; while, no matter how close he shaved, fiery metallic gleams passed, when he moved his head, over the surface of his cheeks.”
― Tales of the Sea
― Tales of the Sea
“Hark, now hear the sailors cry,
Smell the sea, and feel the sky,
Let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic.
- Into the Mystic”
― Lit Up Inside: Selected Lyrics
Smell the sea, and feel the sky,
Let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic.
- Into the Mystic”
― Lit Up Inside: Selected Lyrics












