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Sailing Alone around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 174 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,569 ratings — published 1899
The Long Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,448 ratings — published 1971
A Voyage for Madmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 6,820 ratings — published
Maiden Voyage (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,415 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 — 14,906 ratings — published 1840
Sailing a Serious Ocean (CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT)
by (shelved 63 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,066 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 — 4,494 ratings — published 1972
Gipsy Moth Circles the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,376 ratings — published 1967
World of My Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,240 ratings — published 1969
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.45 — 434 ratings — published
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.06 — 65,983 ratings — published 1969
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.15 — 21,535 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 — 1,037 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 51 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.32 — 170 ratings — published
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.47 — 180,240 ratings — published 1959
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 241,159 ratings — published 2023
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.17 — 123,293 ratings — published 2000
Heavy Weather Sailing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.35 — 237 ratings — published 1981
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.57 — 635,660 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 — 330 ratings — published 1990
New Complete Sailing Manual (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.32 — 255 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 — 1,263 ratings — published 1998
An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.97 — 5,793 ratings — published 2003
Storm Tactics: Modern Methods of Heaving-to for Survival in Extreme Conditions (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 38 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.34 — 334 ratings — published 2013
The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.37 — 410 ratings — published 1995
Sailing Fundamentals (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 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 36 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.19 — 709 ratings — published 1999
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.79 — 76,175 ratings — published 2024
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,377,317 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
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 — 6,351 ratings — published 1998
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,846 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 — 1,090 ratings — published 2015
Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.02 — 33,240 ratings — published 1930
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 — 78,100 ratings — published 1995
The Proving Ground : The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,297 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 — 622 ratings — published 1998
True Spirit: The Aussie girl who took on the world (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,884 ratings — published 2010
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.12 — 120,800 ratings — published 1997
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.85 — 555,649 ratings — published 1882
Cape Horn to Starboard (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.23 — 552 ratings — published 1986
The Riddle of the Sands (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as sailing)
avg rating 3.63 — 7,887 ratings — published 1903
Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.38 — 2,781 ratings — published 2018
Sailing Made Easy (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.16 — 406 ratings — published 2010
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
by (shelved 26 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.26 — 26,310 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 4.39 — 525 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 — 409 ratings — published 1959
Cape Horn : The Logical Route (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as sailing)
avg rating 4.29 — 232 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 — 898 ratings — published 2007
“...this beginning motion, this first time when a sail truly filled and the boat took life and knifed across the lake under perfect control, this was so beautiful it stopped my breath...”
― Caught by the Sea
― Caught by the Sea
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