Resources

We wouldn’t have been able to even start this journey without the mass of resources that we sifted through on every topic from finances and work on the water to galley cooking and raising kids onboard. Here is just a small sampling of some of the best resources that we and others have used to get off to a good start.

Books
Manuals/Guides

  • [amazon_link id=”007159289X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]World Cruising Routes by Jimmy Cornell[/amazon_link]
  • Cornell’s Ocean Atlas by Jimmy Cornell
  • [amazon_link id=”0071350993″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Nigel Calder’s Cruising Handbook, and others by Nigel Calder[/amazon_link]
  • [amazon_link id=”0970684029″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Weather Forecasting & Analysis Handbook[/amazon_link] and [amazon_link id=”0970684045″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Weather Maps Handbook by Tim Vasquez[/amazon_link]
  • [amazon_link id=”0939837668″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Essentials of Living Aboard a Boat by Mark Nicholas[/amazon_link]
  • [amazon_link id=”1929214073″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Care and Feeding of the Sailing Crew by Lin and Larry Pardey[/amazon_link]
  • [amazon_link id=”0967590507″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Spanish for Cruisers[/amazon_link]/[amazon_link id=”0967590515″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]French for Cruisers[/amazon_link] by Kathy Parsons

Memoirs

  • [amazon_link id=”0615521118″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Swept: Love with a Chance of Drowning by Torre DeRoche[/amazon_link]
  • [amazon_link id=”B003BVK33O” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Motion of the Ocean by Janna Cawrse Esarey[/amazon_link]
  • [amazon_link id=”B003DTMSMS” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Bumfuzzle by Patrick Schulte[/amazon_link]
  • [amazon_link id=”1438227876″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Chasing the Horizon by Cap’n Fatty Goodlander[/amazon_link]

Blogs

Sailing Classes

Magazines

  • [amazon_link id=”B002CT5156″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Cruising World[/amazon_link]
  • [amazon_link id=”B005T5YZI4″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Sailing World[/amazon_link]

Movies


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