Boating books review: Staying human
July 14, 2016
“From the start,” George Michelson Foy writes in Finding North, “staying alive has depended on navigation: the art of figuring out our position and in
“From the start,” George Michelson Foy writes in Finding North, “staying alive has depended on navigation: the art of figuring out our position and in
When news broke that a Mexican fisherman was found alive on a remote island 36 months and 7,000 miles from where he disappeared after a
It’s hard not to love a sea story that seems too outrageous to be true, and such is the case with Gordon Bennett and the
Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail single-handed around the world, logging 46,000 nautical miles between 1895 and 1898. An inspiration to the sailors
As an editor and writer for the British magazine Classic Boat, Nic Compton has sailed aboard dozens of classic yachts all over the world. His
Tom Cunliffe is a sailor to the bone and one of Britain’s most notable nautical celebrities. In The Wake of Heroes (Bloomsbury, $25) is a
It’s hard to not be envious of a 20-something couple parking their careers to cruise and live aboard for a year. In The Box Wine
Lifelong sailor Paul Heiney bought a Chuck Paine-designed Victoria 38 and set off on one of sailing’s greatest challenges. One Wild Song (Bloomsbury Publishing, $26)
It’s well known that Herman Melville’s seminal novel Moby-Dick was inspired by a real-life disaster, which Nathaniel Philbrick details in his book In the Heart
Many sailors know well the legend of Rowdy, a 65-foot New York 40 launched in 1916. Built of pine planking on white oak frames, she
The crisp, cool days of fall bring boat shows, breezy sailing, angler fishing and peaceful anchorage.
Warm weather breeds bacteria in freshwater tanks, where they create mischief with filters and pumps. Here’s how to stop them.
When a 2010 Picnic Boat 37 resurfaced in poor condition, the builder restored it from the hull up with modern craftsmanship
Natural teak still endures, but cork, bio-based synthetics and changing owner priorities are reshaping what goes underfoot.
Female lifesavers had to fight for their place in the effort to reduce the nation’s drowning rate.
The bible of boating is back in a new edition.
Meet Rockport Marine’s most ambitious custom sailboat.
Jock Williams understood boats from both sides of the helm: as a man who built them and as a man forever wondering where they might take him
As Nordhavn unveils new models, the designer explains what a difference a couple extra feet can make.
A former Norwegian rescue vessel with an icebreaker rating is now home for a cruising couple, and it can handle anything the ocean will throw at it.
