Traditional Compass vs GPS: The Reults are in and Tabulat ed......The Winner Is!!
Books on
- anchoring - celestial navigation - tides - long distance cruising - weather analysis - boat storage - cooking underway - heavy weather sailing - and if you look long enough, you can even find out how to do laundry.
You know Connie, I have several books that do a good job of explaining, anchoring, navigation, weather, and all of the other "vital" skills of seamanship. But I have yet to find one that offers more than a passing nod to the more mundane skills a decent sailor ought to know, like doing laundry with salt water, keeping clean, disposing of waste at a marina (or elsewhere), etc. In my backpacking days, there was (still is) a great book by Colin Fletcher called "The Complete Walker," in which he went into excruciating detail about just about everything you'd want to know about anything to do with walking while carrying your entire household on your back. But I haven't yet found anything similar to to that in the sailing world. And yes, I've read all the Pardey's books. Anybody got any suggestions? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David W. Wood -=- dwood@dwoodworks.com 1981 M15 -=- Hull #163
Hi David, Along the lines of "The Complete Walker" and more like the "Whole Earth Catalog" is a fun sailing guide that I have from the 70's titled "Sailing the Farm: A Survival Guide to Homesteading on the Ocean" by Ken Neumeyer. It is out of print, but you can find used ones for sale at Amazon Books. The author lived for several years on a 30 foot sailboat in the Caribbean islands and has lots of useful tips about bartering, extended storage of food items, foraging, drawings of edible seaweed, solar stills, medical emergencies, etc. It is an entertaining read and really appeals to one's of adventure. It is not comprehensive, but it does contain a lot of practical information that I have not seen anywhere else. Mike -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+frederick=law-co.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+frederick=law-co.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of David W. Wood Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 8:12 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Traditional Compass vs GPS: The Reults are in and Tabulated......The Winner Is!!
Books on
- anchoring - celestial navigation - tides - long distance cruising - weather analysis - boat storage - cooking underway - heavy weather sailing - and if you look long enough, you can even find out how to do laundry.
You know Connie, I have several books that do a good job of explaining, anchoring, navigation, weather, and all of the other "vital" skills of seamanship. But I have yet to find one that offers more than a passing nod to the more mundane skills a decent sailor ought to know, like doing laundry with salt water, keeping clean, disposing of waste at a marina (or elsewhere), etc. In my backpacking days, there was (still is) a great book by Colin Fletcher called "The Complete Walker," in which he went into excruciating detail about just about everything you'd want to know about anything to do with walking while carrying your entire household on your back. But I haven't yet found anything similar to to that in the sailing world. And yes, I've read all the Pardey's books. Anybody got any suggestions? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David W. Wood -=- dwood@dwoodworks.com 1981 M15 -=- Hull #163 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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