s/v Zen's Library

[Zen]

I just finished making a list of all my books, technical/ reference type books i will be putting On-board for "the" passage.

Any other good suggestions??

http://zensekai2.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/the-floating-library/

[AdriftAtSea]

Zen?

A very good list, but I'd add Richard K. Hubbard's Boater's Bowditch and Brion Toss's The Complete Rigger's Apprentice.

[Zen]

Thx, I looked them up on Amazon.

[CharlieJ]

We have many of the same books aboard. We also carry "the Portable Walt Whitman" plus a couple of books on bird identificaton, fish identification and shell identification. We find it maddening tosee a fish or bird strange to us and not have a means to identify it.

I have "Wind and Tide" and recently reread it. I also have his "Sailing with Purpose" and consider it not worthy the time or money.

[Auspicious]

Good list.

I would drop Desirable and Undesirable  Characteristics of Offshore Yachts - it's useful or at least interesting during the selection process but you already HAVE your boat.

You have two texts on celestial navigation. I'd drop both of those and get a copy of the real Bowditch text. I carry a hard-copy a few years old I got at a used book store for $20 and the latest version electronically on my laptop.

I'd swap out The Marlinspike Sailor for The Rigger's Apprentice. I also carry Brion Toss' small and medium size splicing wands.

I'm not a big fan of the Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia but that's a personal choice - I like most of the Dashew's work but that book isn't very helpful to me.

If you're going to make passages of more than three or four days I'd get a sail trim book like the one from North Sails University - something to read and use to fiddle with moving the boat faster.

I carry some other "boaty" books that reflect interests as opposed to reference. I like Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew and have a number of other cookbooks. I have both the Hinz and Pouillard anchor books. Lots of fun (for me) fiction.

sail fast, dave

[Auspicious]

I got up and looked through my shelves and forgot some important ones:

The Cruiser's Handbook to Fishing

The Cruising Chef by Greenwald

Just about any edition of Joy of Cooking except 1997.

[Zen]

Auspicious: Good feedback thx!

Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia has been under consideration for replacement. Not that helpful these days

Desirable and Undesirable  Characteristics of Offshore Yachts : not one that will travel

The Cruiser's Handbook to Fishing & The Cruising Chef by Greenwald look interesting I will seek out some used copies.

[Frank]

Zen.....I always keep a copy of "sailing for dummy's" onboard...but I still can't figure it out  














Hiscock's are a bit dated but still love them.
Pardey's 'cost concious cruiser'

[Zen]