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Favorite sailing books?

Just moved to the San Juan Islands in Washington. I am getting into the position to buy a sailboat and liveaboard. Spend my evenings reading sailing books. Stories, not the instructional stuff at this point. Any great suggestions? Which books inspired you? Cruising is my interest.

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Not trying to kill your thread but...

...there's a sticky thread in the "General Discussion" forum section titled "Recommended Reading" (or something similar) that should provide you with years of reading materials.
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My personal favorite is Dove By Robin Lee Graham, some other good ones are maiden voyage, Cruising In Seraffyn or any book by Lin and Larry Pardy, and I am reading a good one now called The Breath Of Angels.
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If you want to know all about your new area "Sailing With Vancouver" is excellent reading.
If you enjoyed the movie "Master & Commander, The Far Side of The World" read "Cochrane, The Real Master & Commander", by David Cordingly. It's not fiction and you'll certainly see where O'Brian got his material.
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I have a faily long list. Here are a few. Michael

1 Blown Away, You Can't Blow Home Again, and Advice to the Sealorn - all by Herb Payson
2 Cruising in Seraffyn by Lin and Larry Pardey.
3 Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum
4 Cruising in Lealea
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On A Single Wave or Return to the Sea, both by Webb Chiles—three of his books are available as PDFs here.
The Coast of Summer—Anthony Bailey about cruising New England in a Tartan 27
Catboat Summers—John E. Conway, about cruising New England in various Catboats
Cruising At Last: Sailing the East Coast—by Elliott Merrick
North to the Night—Alvah Simon, about sailing and surviving a trip north of the Artic Circle in a steel sailboat.
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