Bookstores for sailing books

brncman · #1 (**permalink**) 06-12-2011

I will have some down time in New York next week. Can anyone direct me to a Manhattan bookstore specializing in sailing and boating, or recommend a bookstore with a good sailing department?

Any New Yorkers on this list?

billsull · #2 (**permalink**) 06-12-2011

I'm not a New Yorker, but my checkbook spent a lot of time there when my son went to school in Manhattan!

The Strand bookstore doesn't specialize in maritime books but it is one of the largest used bookstores in the country. It's worth a visit if you love books.

Strand Book Store: New, Used, Rare and Out-of-Print Books

Another interesting store is Argosy Books. They have a large collection of antique books and maps.

Home Page - Argosy Book Store - Old & Rare Books, Maps & Prints. Since 1925

brncman · #3 (**permalink**) 06-12-2011

Thanks, Bill. I have left a lot of green in the Strand but I never wandered into a boating section so I will try it out. Argosy is new to me, also a good tip. Thanks again.

Saunders Bridges
Florence, SC

jjablonowski · #4 (**permalink**) 06-13-2011

You might check the Web site of a publisher that specializes in sailing books, like Sheridan House

Boasun · #5 (**permalink**) 06-13-2011

Powell's Book Store, Portland Oregon.... All sorts of new & used books.
I know it is not New York... But been there three times and really don't want to go again... Too many idiotic people....

mtnmoves · #6 (**permalink**) 03-23-2012

Here's something a little different for you. Instead of buying another slanted boring newspaper, why not spend .99 cents on this. You can read it over breakfast or lunch, by the pool or in a tree. It's a short book about a wild sailing adventure I took back in 1986. The story starts in St. Thomas Vi and ends in ???

I think you will enjoy it!

It's only .99 cents on Amazon kindle.

Amazon.com: "The Voyage of the Lima" eBook: S.J. Alexander: Kindle Store

BreakAwayFL · #7 (**permalink**) 03-23-2012

amazon.com

johnnyandjebus · #8 (**permalink**) 03-23-2012

Not New York based(store front outof Toronto) Nauticalmind.com
The Nautical Mind Bookstore Marine Booksellers & Chart Agents

A wonderful store if any of you make it to Toronto and great on line service as well.

John
(No affiliation with the above mentioned company, just a happy customer)