Great Sailing Books

1.
The End of Calico Jack (Caribbean Chronicles Book 3)
The End of Calico Jack (Caribbean Chronicles Book 3) 4.60 avg rating — 30 ratings
2.
Dove
Dove 4.23 avg rating — 3,981 ratings
3.
My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn
My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn 3.88 avg rating — 840 ratings
4.
Sailing Alone around the World
Sailing Alone around the World 4.15 avg rating — 10,947 ratings
5.
Hard Aground . . . Again: Inspiration for the Navigationally Challenged and Spiritually Stuck
Hard Aground . . . Again: Inspiration for the Navigationally Challenged and Spiritually Stuck 4.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
5.
Hard Aground with Eddie Jones: An Incomplete Idiot's Guide to Doing Stupid Stuff With Boats
Hard Aground with Eddie Jones: An Incomplete Idiot's Guide to Doing Stupid Stuff With Boats 3.99 avg rating — 84 ratings
7.
Curse of the Black Avenger (Caribbean Chronicles #1)
Curse of the Black Avenger (Caribbean Chronicles #1) 3.83 avg rating — 93 ratings
8.
The Brendan Voyage: A Leather Boat Tracks the Discovery of America by the Irish Sailor Saints
The Brendan Voyage: A Leather Boat Tracks the Discovery of America by the Irish Sailor Saints 4.25 avg rating — 1,868 ratings
9.
Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki 4.16 avg rating — 24,592 ratings
10.
Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic
Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic 4.22 avg rating — 69 ratings
10.
Marco Polo
Marco Polo liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
10.
Bahama Breeze
Bahama Breeze 4.65 avg rating — 31 ratings
10.
Catamaran Crossing: A Sailing Adventure from La Coruña to Antigua
Catamaran Crossing: A Sailing Adventure from La Coruña to Antigua 4.29 avg rating — 41 ratings
10.
63-DAYS in the life of Brendan Anderson: sailing, leaving school and a strange turtle girl
63-DAYS in the life of Brendan Anderson: sailing, leaving school and a strange turtle girl it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
10.
The Commodore's Cup
The Commodore's Cup 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
16.
Paddling North: A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage
Paddling North: A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage 4.19 avg rating — 701 ratings
16.
Lucky Goes to Sea
Lucky Goes to Sea 3.94 avg rating — 32 ratings
16.
Dead Calm, Bone Dry (Caribbean Chronicles #2)
Dead Calm, Bone Dry (Caribbean Chronicles #2) 4.37 avg rating — 41 ratings
16.
The Ra Expeditions
The Ra Expeditions 4.03 avg rating — 1,203 ratings
16.
The Sindbad Voyage
The Sindbad Voyage 4.13 avg rating — 340 ratings
21.
Paddling My Own Canoe
Paddling My Own Canoe 4.02 avg rating — 321 ratings
21.
The Tigris Expedition: In Search of Our Beginnings
The Tigris Expedition: In Search of Our Beginnings 3.95 avg rating — 322 ratings
21.
Under Full Sail
Under Full Sail 4.19 avg rating — 108 ratings
24.
Paddling North: A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage
Paddling North: A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage 4.19 avg rating — 701 ratings
24.
Airborne: A Sentimental Journey
Airborne: A Sentimental Journey 4.02 avg rating — 274 ratings
26.
The Peking Battles Cape Horn
The Peking Battles Cape Horn 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings
26.
Atlantic High: A Celebration
Atlantic High: A Celebration 3.96 avg rating — 220 ratings
28.
The Peking battles Cape Horn: A true account of a voyage around Cape Horn in the bark Peking in 1929-30
The Peking battles Cape Horn: A true account of a voyage around Cape Horn in the bark Peking in 1929-30 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings
28.
Summers' Love
Summers' Love 4.02 avg rating — 194 ratings
28.
Racing Through Paradise: A Pacific Passage
Racing Through Paradise: A Pacific Passage 4.06 avg rating — 178 ratings
31.
Yankee's people and places,
Yankee's people and places, really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
31.
The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst
The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst 4.06 avg rating — 1,602 ratings
33.
Westward Bound in the Schooner Yankee
Westward Bound in the Schooner Yankee 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
33.
The Raft: The Courageous Struggle of Three Naval Airmen Against the Sea
The Raft: The Courageous Struggle of Three Naval Airmen Against the Sea 4.09 avg rating — 670 ratings
35.
Yankee's Wander World: Circling the Globe in the Brigantine Yankee
Yankee's Wander World: Circling the Globe in the Brigantine Yankee 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
35.
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea 4.02 avg rating — 14,412 ratings
37.
Yankee Sails the Nile: Exciting Adventure Sailing from the Mediterranean to the Second Cataract
Yankee Sails the Nile: Exciting Adventure Sailing from the Mediterranean to the Second Cataract really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
38.
Sailing to See
Sailing to See 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
39.
N by E
N by E 4.10 avg rating — 175 ratings
40.
Voyaging: Southward from the Strait of Magellan
Voyaging: Southward from the Strait of Magellan 3.75 avg rating — 40 ratings
41.
Moitessier: A Sailing Legend
Moitessier: A Sailing Legend 3.96 avg rating — 26 ratings
42.
As Long as It's Fun, the Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey
As Long as It's Fun, the Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey 4.17 avg rating — 351 ratings
43.
Cruising in Seraffyn
Cruising in Seraffyn 4.24 avg rating — 241 ratings
44.
Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure
Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure 4.40 avg rating — 83 ratings
45.
Seraffyn's Oriental Adventure
Seraffyn's Oriental Adventure
by: Lin
4.52 avg rating — 64 ratings
46.
Taleisin's Tales: Sailing Towards the Southern Cross
Taleisin's Tales: Sailing Towards the Southern Cross 4.44 avg rating — 101 ratings
47.
Sir Francis Chicester: Voyage of the Century
Sir Francis Chicester: Voyage of the Century 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
48.
Tinkerbelle: The epic story of Robert Manry's transatlantic voyage
Tinkerbelle: The epic story of Robert Manry's transatlantic voyage 4.39 avg rating — 85 ratings
49.
Two on a Big Ocean: The Story of the First Circumnavigation of the Pacific Basin in a Small Sailing Ship
Two on a Big Ocean: The Story of the First Circumnavigation of the Pacific Basin in a Small Sailing Ship
by: Hal Roth
4.10 avg rating — 42 ratings
50.
We Followed Odysseus
We Followed Odysseus
by: Hal Roth
3.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
51.
Always a Distant Anchorage
Always a Distant Anchorage
by: Hal Roth
4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings
52.
Two Against Cape Horn: A Tale of High Adventure at Sea in One of the Least Known Parts of the World
Two Against Cape Horn: A Tale of High Adventure at Sea in One of the Least Known Parts of the World
by: Hal Roth
3.98 avg rating — 43 ratings
53.
The Longest Race
The Longest Race
by: Hal Roth
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
54.
Chasing the Wind: A Book of High Adventure
Chasing the Wind: A Book of High Adventure
by: Hal Roth
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
55.
Atlantic Circle
Atlantic Circle 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings
56.
Blown Away
Blown Away 4.02 avg rating — 143 ratings
57.
Wanderer
Wanderer 4.21 avg rating — 706 ratings
58.
Voyage: A Novel of 1896
Voyage: A Novel of 1896 4.04 avg rating — 192 ratings
59.
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea 4.14 avg rating — 20,357 ratings
60.
Maiden Voyage
Maiden Voyage 4.18 avg rating — 3,268 ratings
61.
Women Explorers of the Oceans: Ann Davison, Eugenie Clark, Sylvia Earle, Naomi James, Tania Aebi
Women Explorers of the Oceans: Ann Davison, Eugenie Clark, Sylvia Earle, Naomi James, Tania Aebi 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
62.
I've Been Around
I've Been Around 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
63.
Steady as She Goes: Women's Adventures at Sea (Adventura Series)
Steady as She Goes: Women's Adventures at Sea (Adventura Series) 3.39 avg rating — 31 ratings
64.
A Walk on an Iceberg
A Walk on an Iceberg 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
65.
The Incredible Voyage: A Personal Odyssey
The Incredible Voyage: A Personal Odyssey 4.22 avg rating — 549 ratings
66.
Ice!
Ice! 4.08 avg rating — 237 ratings
67.
Saga of a Wayward Sailor
Saga of a Wayward Sailor 4.14 avg rating — 177 ratings
68.
A Steady Trade: A Boyhood at Sea
A Steady Trade: A Boyhood at Sea 4.16 avg rating — 67 ratings
69.
Heart of Oak
Heart of Oak 4.01 avg rating — 89 ratings
70.
Outward Leg
Outward Leg 3.72 avg rating — 67 ratings
71.
One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship: The Essentials of Single-Handed Sailing
One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship: The Essentials of Single-Handed Sailing 3.82 avg rating — 61 ratings
72.
To Venture Further
To Venture Further 3.80 avg rating — 45 ratings
73.
A star to steer her by
A star to steer her by 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
74.
The Long Way
The Long Way 4.26 avg rating — 3,159 ratings
75.
Cape Horn : The Logical Route
Cape Horn : The Logical Route 4.29 avg rating — 221 ratings
76.
Sailing to the Reefs
Sailing to the Reefs 4.25 avg rating — 218 ratings
77.
A Sea Vagabond's World
A Sea Vagabond's World 4.17 avg rating — 153 ratings
78.
World of My Own
World of My Own 4.36 avg rating — 1,124 ratings
79.
A Voyage for Madmen
A Voyage for Madmen 4.33 avg rating — 6,184 ratings
80.
Gipsy Moth Circles the World
Gipsy Moth Circles the World 4.10 avg rating — 1,343 ratings
81.
The Lonely Sea and the Sky
The Lonely Sea and the Sky 3.96 avg rating — 274 ratings
82.
500 Days: Around the World on a 12 Foot Yacht
500 Days: Around the World on a 12 Foot Yacht 4.41 avg rating — 125 ratings
83.
Hostage: A Year at Gunpoint with Somali Gangsters
Hostage: A Year at Gunpoint with Somali Gangsters 3.70 avg rating — 151 ratings
84.
Gib's Odyssey: A Tale Of Faith And Hope On The Intracoastal Waterway
Gib's Odyssey: A Tale Of Faith And Hope On The Intracoastal Waterway 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings
85.
The Sacrament of Sail: Finding Our Way
The Sacrament of Sail: Finding Our Way liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
86.
Sequoiah Speeds: Memoir of a Family Afloat
Sequoiah Speeds: Memoir of a Family Afloat 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
87.
Family Aweigh: They lived the dream
Family Aweigh: They lived the dream 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings
88.
Across Islands and Oceans
Across Islands and Oceans 4.18 avg rating — 553 ratings
89.
The New Northwest Passage
The New Northwest Passage 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings
90.
South from Alaska: Sailing to Australia with a Baby for Crew
South from Alaska: Sailing to Australia with a Baby for Crew 4.21 avg rating — 47 ratings
91.
MoonWind at Large: Sailing Hither and Yon
MoonWind at Large: Sailing Hither and Yon really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
92.
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float 4.11 avg rating — 2,404 ratings
93.
Make Westing
Make Westing 3.32 avg rating — 41 ratings
94.
Into the Light: A Family's Epic Journey
Into the Light: A Family's Epic Journey 4.22 avg rating — 36 ratings
95.
Chasing The Horizon: The Life And Times Of A Modern Sea Gypsy
Chasing The Horizon: The Life And Times Of A Modern Sea Gypsy 4.30 avg rating — 171 ratings
96.
The Curve of Time: The Classic Memoir of a Woman and Her Children Who Explored the Coastal Waters of the Pacific Northwest
The Curve of Time: The Classic Memoir of a Woman and Her Children Who Explored the Coastal Waters of the Pacific Northwest 4.06 avg rating — 2,823 ratings
97.
Three Ways to Capsize a Boat: An Optimist Afloat
Three Ways to Capsize a Boat: An Optimist Afloat 3.83 avg rating — 1,646 ratings
98.
Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor
Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor 4.09 avg rating — 54 ratings
99.
Song of the Sirens
Song of the Sirens 4.42 avg rating — 99 ratings
100.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
by: Avi
3.86 avg rating — 87,620 ratings
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