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- May 26, 2015
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- Gig Harbor, WA
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- Kinship
- Vessel Make
- 2010 North Pacific 43
Just finished reading "The Curve of Time".
Nice book. Like many boat tourists, we read it this summer.
Just finished reading "The Curve of Time".
Yup. For those that enjoy good English prose and the history of the British Navy, O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series simply can't be beat.
I will have to try an O'Brian novel again. I could not find the joy the last time I attempted one but that was 20 years ago, perhaps I've matured enough to give it a go.
Bruce
Yeah, I could never get into it either. Not sure why. The seamanship is just fine, but it just does not have the spark that the Hornblower series has. And it may be just me.
One of my all time favorite books is THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS by Erskine Childers. Every time I pick it up and start to read it, its like saying hello to an old friend. Its a classic combination sea story and spy story. Anyone else ever read it?
But for heavens sakes guys. Don't tell me you all read only nautical books when out there. You are allowed to enjoy other genres, you know.
... and a more recent book worth reading, Ship of Gold by Gary Kinder.
One of my all time favorite books is THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS by Erskine Childers. Every time I pick it up and start to read it, its like saying hello to an old friend. Its a classic combination sea story and spy story. Anyone else ever read it?
Fans of Ernest Gann know that during the 1930s and '40s he worked as a commercial airline pilot. That inspired books such as The High and the Mighty and Fate Is the Hunter (the greatest aviation book ever written, IMHO).
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I have also commend "Boys in the Boat". Excellent book!
Joe Upton's Alaska Blues. A charming memoir by a commercial fisherman in Southeast Alaska.
He's written several books, but this is his first and , I think, still his best.
Just finished The Riddle of the Sands again.
Here are a few I've enjoyed recently:
As the Sailor Loves the Sea (commercial fishing SE Alaska) Ballard Hadman
The Fisher Queen (salmon trolling on the BC coast) Sylvia Taylor
Fishing with John (salmon trolling on the BC coast) Edith Iglauer
Spilsbury's Coast (making a living on the BC coast) H. White & Jim Spilsbury
The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown
A favorite I am about ready to read again:
Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson
Hi everyone, I'm travelling soon and am looking for some good reads to take with me. What's your favorite boating article(s) or book(s) that you've read lately?
Thanks for suggestions!
True Pete but then that is not at all related to the question asked by the OP now is it