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  Recommended Reading for Seminars

Books listed below can be obtained from:

  • Armchair Sailor Books & Charts, (now West Marine Books and Charts)
    301 Harbor Drive, Sausalito, CA
    415-332-1320

  • Waypoint
    1813 Clement Street #24 (Alameda Marina), Alameda, CA
    510-769-1547 / 800-584-4114

  • Paradise Cay Publications
    PO Box 29, Arcata, CA 95518-0029
    800-736-4509 (US) / 707-822-9063 (International)

    • If they are not in stock, these stores will readily obtain them for you and they know all the sources. Don't waste time going elsewhere. They also have an excellent video library on yachting and cruising, plus an excellent second-hand yachting book section, charts, and chart reproductions.

    Title Author

    Just Cruising, Still Cruising and Cruising for Cowards

    		 Liza Copeland
    (Highly Recommended)
    Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual, 2nd Ed. Nigel Calder *
    All About Cruising Walt Yeckle
    Boat Watch Tom Cunliffe
    Street's Cruising Guide(s) to the Eastern Caribbean Donald M. Street, Jr. **
    Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts John Rousmaniere
    Dragged Aboard Don Casey
    Heavy Weather Cruising Tom Cunliffe
    Heavy Weather Sailing Adlard Coles
    Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms John Rousmaniere
    Living on 12 Volts  
    Marine VHF Operation
    		  
    Modern Cruising Under Sail Don Dodds
    New Book of Sail Trim Ken Testor
    Ocean Cruising on a Budget Anne Hammick
    Sailor's Weather Guide Jeff Markell
    Seaworthy Offshore Sailboats John Vigor
    Single Handed Sailing Rich Henderson
    The 12 Volt Doctor  
    The Atlantic Crossing Guide Anne Hammick
    The Best of Sail Trim Sail Magazine
    The North Cruising Course Bob Fisher
    Total Loss
    Jack Loote
    Celestial Navigation Mary Blewett
     

    * Nigel Calder offers great coverage of other areas of the Caribbean.

    ** Don Street's guides to the Caribbean are the ones most worthwhile if you are cruising in that area.

    Chris Doyle's books have more advertising and tend to be the handout for charterers.

    Contact
    Jill Baty, Offshore Cruising Consultant
    Phone
    510 534 4317 or 778-863-5667 (cell)
    Email
    jibset [at] consultant.com
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