Best book for high beginner?

[Shadrak]

Post received and recommendation noted, Widgeon. Thanks for the input!

For those who are curious about this subject and find this thread after me, check out this sticky:

http://www.sailnet.com/forums/sailne...d-reading.html

Duh, I only found it days later. Maybe next time I should read the forum's How-to's more carefully.

However, there are A LOT of suggestions on that thread, from beginning books to slightly off-topic fiction, but you might find what you're looking for there.

[administrator]

I always enjoyed 'Adrift'

[sailingdog]

that's cause you have a very perverse sense of humor... and secretly believe/hope that by reading about it, you can avoid it happening to you.

Originally Posted by administrator

I always enjoyed 'Adrift'

[drobarge]

Originally Posted by Shadrak

Hi everyone, this is my first post on SailNet. I'm learning how to sail, took UCLA's Sailing I class and California Sailing Academy's level one class as well. What's the best book to have as your "second" sailing book? I own "Start Sailing Right", by Derrick Fries (pretty good, but basic), and "Sailing Fundamentals", by Gary Jobson (more thorough, but poorly written and edited). What would be a good book that covers some topics past the basics?

a series of books I still find myself returning to for reference is believe it or not the Time Life Library of boating. It's older from 1975 but they cover alot of topics and most of the info is timless.
Library of Congress card cataloge # 75-18911
Maybe try Amazon or E-bay Who knows maybe Time Life still prints them.

Has anyone else read these books?

[sailtimeci]

Believe it or not we really like the Sailing for Dummies book for novices. As with most of the dummies series they break it down very gently for starters!