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Tips From The Text “Tides and Currents”

ASA 104 Bareboat Cruising includes an understanding of tides and currents and how they affect your sailing plans. Have you studied a tide table lately?

ASA 104 Bareboat Cruising – What You’ll Learn

We dropped the anchor in about 15 feet of crystal clear water. From the dolphin striker, I could see the anchor chain all the way to the hook in the white sand. Fish darted below the boat as if they were accustomed to getting fed by the new arrivals. The four of us, my family, stood on the trampoline of

5 Tips For Planning A Sail From Let’s Go Sailing

The small boat sailing book “Let’s Go Sailing” is available from the American Sailing Association. SAILING Magazine says “The book is a sailing primer in all ways, covering all of the basics needed to get sailors of almost any age on the water. Every concept is illustrated in crystal clear detail through extraordinary computer-generated graphics that bring life to the

Tips From 106: Handling An Emergency

Thes tips are excerpts from ASA Advanced Cruising & Seamanship book. The textbook is the official manual for ASA 106 Advanced Cruising. The textbook was produced as a collaboration between the American Sailing Association and North U. A central facet of risk management is prevention. As the old navy expression states so well, “The price of safety is eternal vigilance.”

Sailing Terms and Multiple Meanings

Do you have those moments when you say one thing but those around you think you meant something else? Well, welcome to life on a sailboat. Sailing vocabulary is riddled with plenty of words that you think you know the meaning of but they seem to mean something entirely different once you get out on the water. In fact, quite

Sailing Alone Around the World

Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum “Sailing Alone Around the World” by Joshua Slocum is probably the most famous circumnavigation story ever written. Truly a classic, and a must read for anyone considering long distance cruising. Even a landlubber looking for an adventure story would enjoy the tale about the first man to circumnavigate the world alone at

The Little Blue Book of Sailing Wisdom

The Little Blue Book of Sailing Wisdom is a unique book of quotes, verses, and traditional sailing axioms compiled by editor Stephen Brennan.

Book Review: The Ocean: The Ultimate Handbook of Nautical Knowledge

I have two boys. They have always been inquisitive. Being on a boat makes kids curious about the world around them. I had a lot of answers, but they had far more questions. The Ocean: The Ultimate Handbook of Nautical Knowledge by Chris Dixon and Jeremy Spencer is chock full of answers. If there is a book that every sailor

Book Gift Ideas For A Sailor

Tis the season to be reading and every sailor has a favorite book that is brought out at a favorite anchorage.

7 Great Sailing Reads

The sailing season has slowed down for quite a few of us but that doesn't mean you have to stop thinking about being out on the water. Take a look at these ideas for your sailing bookshelf. If you can't be out there you might as well read about it.

Cooking in the Galley: Beyond Gruel

SAIL: A tribute to the world’s greatest races, sailors and their boats

If you like racing sailboats then you will not find a better written or more beautiful book than SAIL - which describes the great races around the world.

And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind

The book covers topics about the science of wind and what causes it, and its destructive force on many things it touches - a must read for any sailor!

Finding North

Finding North is an interesting play on words as author Foy intertwines many aspects of navigation including the history of navigation.

Selah in the Storm

This book is the true story of a suspenseful adventure of a husband and wife ASA Instructor team as they pursue their dreams of a sailing school.

8 Great Sailing Books – Adventure Style!

These sailing books share some sailing stories that highlight the adventurous side of sailing & the sailors who push themselves & their boats to the limit!

Book Review : Splicing Modern Ropes

A very practical handbook on splicing modern ropes. It starts with a very good description of the new synthetic fibers and what differentiates them.