“Initially a reluctant sailor, I fell in love with the cruising life…waking up each morning in a different place…Also the satisfaction of a life pared down to the essentials, yet all you really need…u...
“Boredom drove me to boating. There was little else to do…the heat was oppressive . . . the water provided the best relief from the July swelter at 17 degrees north latitude.” Linus Wilson, During a ...
Nick Catalano’s book, Tales of a Hamptons Sailor, starts off with six short stories recounting what being a sailor in the Hamptons in the 1980s was all about. From the crazy locals and early morning d...
by SANDRA CLAYTON (SANDRA CLAYTON, 2014; 244 PAGES, $13.95PAPERBACK, $4.99 DIGITAL) REVIEW BY SUSAN LYNN KINGSBURY Number four in Sandra Clayton’s Voyageur Series, Osprey Summer reads like a log...
“Seventy percent of the earth’s surface is water; there’s no better way to see it than on a boat.” Marcie Connelly-Lynn. Marcie and David Lynn embarked upon a new life in 2000 ...
From the Introduction of Cruising Life: “It’s a collection of stories by “cruisers” — those free spirits traveling independently under sail.” Chosen from over 200 issues of Caribbean Compass magazine,...
A Thousand Miles From Anywhere is Sandra Clayton’s third book chronicling her passages with her husband David aboard Voyager, a cruising catamaran built by Solaris Yachts. The author provides readers ...
“My decision to embark had been the final expression of a boy’s will that his life should find some deeper meaning.” In his memoir, Once Upon A Gypsy Moon, Michael C. Hurley shares his deepest feeling...
“I am not the same person who set sail from Marina del Rey on January 23, 2010…I have a different take on life than before. Alone with myself at sea for months, I learned who I am…” Abby Sunderl...
Captain Charlie Tongue was looking for the “fresh perspective of a first-timer” when he asked Richard Bevan to take charge of the provisioning, manage the cooking, and write a blog while crewing onboa...
Told in the first person, The Angel Island Conspiracy is an action/thriller/mystery that reads like a true-life story. Author Robert Banks Hull sets his story on Angel Island, a real tourist destinati...
… I realized with a pang of joy that in spite of all that has changed in the world … that a boat can still take you to places that have remained virtually untouched. – Jimmy Cornell Jimmy Cornel...
“But what is happiness? . . . If I have learned anything at all by this stage in life, it is that happiness comes from within not from without.” – Sandra Clayton, Dolphins Under My Bed Readers of Sand...
Like angle of sail, the wind — its strength, its direction, the way it’s trending — should always be in the back of a sailor’s mind. – Adam Cort Whether you are already an experienced blue-water...
“My goal . . . to help you learn to shop for food in Mexico . . .prepare delicious meals using locally available ingredients . . . learn how to adapt your own recipes to use Mexican ingredients.” R...
Further Offshore is the textbook for those who are serious about sailing the open waters. All-inclusive, it is meant to be read and digested from cover to cover. Delve in and you will find six section...
When Joy Smith and Leslie Brown’s 34-ft. sailboat hits a coral reef off the north coast of Papua New Guinea, they never, in their wildest imaginings, could have foreseen the challenges they would face...
“…my fear of not having lived life is more powerful than my fear of living it.” In The Motion of the Ocean, Janna Cawrse Esarey shares with readers the “tale” of an average new...
Definition of a Constant Waterman: Someone who delights in the greater portion of our Earth. A harmless monomaniac with habitually wet feet, Matthew Goldman. Matthew Goldman is the Constant Waterman. ...
Author Mary McCollum lived the dream. She retired from her teaching career, sold her home and belongings and moved onboard her boat. And she sailed. Unlike many navigators who map out their route in g...
BY MARTIN CARTWRIGHT, ILLUSTRATIONS BY DON SEED (GLOVER’S YARD PUBLISHING, GREAT BRITAIN, 2007; 85 PAGES; $18.04) REVIEWED BY SUSAN LYNN KINGSBURY A Year in Flagrante is a collection of illustra...
Author Amy Wood stated that she wanted to write a book that told the true story — not one with fluff — and she indeed accomplishes this feat with World Voyagers, an all-encompassing detailed account o...
(BEOWULF PRESS – SETSAIL.COM, 2005; 1.5 HOUR DVD; $12.95) REVIEW BY SUSAN LYNN KINGSBURY Do you dream of sailing? Maybe you’re a seasoned sailor . . . or a novice who simply loves the water and the ve...
Mark Nicholas is an expert. He’s lived the life and learned many lessons the hard way. His goal in writing The Essentials of Living Aboard a Boat is to share with readers all it takes to live aboard w...