Ocean Sailing

Embark on an unforgettable adventure with "The Florida to Jamaica Sailing Guide," the ultimate guidebook for passionate sailors seeking an incredible journey. This comprehensive eBook is a must-read for anyone looking to explore the beauty and charm of the Caribbean Sea, from the bustling waters of Florida to the enchanting shores of Jamaica. Navigating the open seas can be both thrilling and challenging. This eBook provides you with invaluable insights and strategies, from evaluating your sailing experience and vessel requirements to understanding trade wind patterns and storm tactics. ...

Waypoint A Navy pilot sailing away his days on an old, wooden boat... a series of mysterious women, a high seas collision, and... murder. When Marcus Beacon returns to England from sailing around the world, all is not as it should be. A drugs lord with a taste for danger, an encounter with a beautiful woman, and espionage at the highest level, all lead Marcus back into a world he thought he had left behind. But Marcus is back from his self-imposed exile, and he must face the demons of his old life head on.

Across Islands and Oceans is the memoir of 25 year-old James Baldwin and his epic two-year, solo circumnavigation in Atom, his trusty but aging 28-foot sailboat.

A true story of poor judgment and questionable parenting, but also of friendship and adventure. A cubicle-dwelling nine-to-fiver hatches a secret plan to buy an old Dutch sailboat, fix her up, and return to the Pacific via the Northwest Passage. His wife hopes for a family. Somehow, both dreams are set in motion–simultaneously. Undeterred, they pack a single suitcase, their six pound newborn, and board a flight to the Netherlands. The boat is a slowly-sinking national treasure, her engine a museum piece. If all goes according to plan, they’ll be ready to cross the Atlantic by autumn.

In 1858, a ship destined for the goldfields of Australia is wrecked on a reef on the outer quarter of the Solomon Islands. What happens next is a tale of courage, resilience, and adventure that will have one man questioning all that he thought he knew. A bold decision to change the route of the Elizabeth May ends in tragedy when the ship is wrecked near Heron Island. Many of the crew and the 300 Chinese laborers onboard perish and for the stricken survivors, the future looks dire. After a series of calamitous events, a longboat carrying the captain, a few crew members, and young Matt Jones ...

Explore Alaska’s Breathtaking Beauty With Alaska Cruising and Adventure Guide by Ocean Breeze Adventures! From towering glaciers and snow-capped peaks to abundant wildlife and charming coastal towns, Alaska offers a cruising experience unlike any other. Whether you’re kayaking near a glacier, spotting whales in the wild, or wandering through historic ports, this guide is your key to experiencing the Last Frontier with ease.

**Awards:** New Mexico-Arizona Book Award Finalist, 2024; Royal Dragonfly First Place in Letters, Diaries, and Journals, 2024; Global Book Awards Silver Medalist in Biography and Memoir, 2024. Do you want to get away from it all? Meet Kent. Overwhelmed by the indifference of his South Dakota undergraduate students and fed up with American politics of the 1980s, he yearns for a life of adventure. Then, he discovers sailboats. While retirement seems financially out of reach, living on a sailboat opens up a world of exhilarating possibilities. Imagine letting the wind guide your family ...

HARD AGROUND is more than the story of a racing yacht running aground in the vast, merciless expanse of the Indian Ocean. It is a deep dive into the collision between human ambition and the untamable sea — where cutting-edge technology meets the raw, unpredictable power of nature. In the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, the Vestas Wind was a sleek, cutting-edge machine, helmed by some of the world’s most skilled sailors. Yet, despite every precaution, the boat ran hard aground on a hidden reef — a navigational nightmare that exposed the brittle underbelly of modern offshore racing. With ...

Embark on the Adventure of a Lifetime with the "World Circumnavigation Planning Guide"! ⛵ So, you're dreaming of sailing around the world, exploring unknown lands, and making memories that will last a lifetime? Welcome aboard! Navigate your way through the high seas of adventure with the "World Circumnavigation Planning Guide," the ultimate resource for sailors who aspire to circumnavigate the globe. Forget about dull manuals—this eBook is designed to engage, inspire, and propel you to make that dream a reality. With its 25 comprehensive chapters, this guide will take you step-by-step ...

Why settle for ordinary when you can make your retirement epic? This is your time to embrace adventure, push boundaries, and live your boldest dreams. For Deborah Hammett, that dream didn’t reveal itself until after she retired from teaching on Martha’s Vineyard. Only then did she set her sights on an audacious new chapter—becoming a sailor. With her sharp wit and seasoned teaching skills, she not only masters the art of sailing but also guides and inspires fellow adventurers of all ages. Join Deborah on her remarkable solo voyage from New England to the Southern Bahamas and back. ...

Immerse yourself in a captivating journey with "Building Dreams." This eBook serves as a comprehensive guide to channel your passion for sailing into a tangible reality of crafting your very own ocean-going vessel. Chapter by chapter, "Building Dreams" walks you through the audacious challenge of constructing a solitary sailing boat with ingenuity and detail. Start by probing into the enchanting allure of the sea in Chapter 1, which aims to understand your unique drive for becoming a solo sailor. Transitioning seamlessly into the nitty-gritty of boat-building, delve into Chapters 2 to 5 ...

Stuck in a corporate job rut and faced with an unraveling marriage at the age of thirty-six, Roz Savage sat down one night and wrote two versions of her own obituary - the one that she wanted and the one she was heading for. They were very different. She realized that if she carried on as she was, she wasn't going to end up with the life she wanted. So she turned her back on an eleven-year career as a management consultant to reinvent herself as a woman of adventure.

Two Soviet engineers. One abandoned sailboat. A promise made in vodka and brotherhood—to bring her home, no matter the cost. In the early 1990s, Alexei and Nikolai hand-built a sleek racing yacht—Gonta—crafted with grit, sweat, and dreams of freedom on the open sea. But after it’s shipped to Australia under orders from a powerful Soviet director, Gonta is left behind and forgotten. Years later, lost in post-Soviet monotony and cheap vodka, the friends make a pact to retrieve her—an oath that will test the limits of courage, friendship, and survival. What begins as a drunken dream ...

In "Voyage of the Heart," Anne is a determined widow who wants to fulfill her late husband's dream of entering the transatlantic sailboat race. Duncan is the man her sponsor has hired to make her boat seaworthy, and he falls in love with Anne despite his misgivings about the race's dangers. As their passion ignites, so does their conflict. The stormy clash is almost as violent as the tempest at sea they must conquer together. Will their love survive the challenges of the ocean and their own emotions? "Voyage of the Heart" is a thrilling romance that will leave readers breathless.

A fiery dreamer. A charming trader. A reluctant farmhand. A vengeful huntress. A haunted warrior. Five strangers. One legend. Everything to lose. Chandra has salt in her veins and wind in her soul, but when a freak storm and a stubborn father end her seafaring life, she faces a future she never wanted—until a mysterious young trader offers her a way out: a wild hunt for a mythical brass key said to unlock an unimaginable fortune. Jonathan knows the treasure might be a myth, but escaping his powerful father’s shadow and maybe impressing the fierce redhead on the pier feels worth the risk...

Captain John Whidden was an American merchant sailor who sailed all over the world. He wrote this work in 1908, partly as a memoir, but also to offer a snippet of the “old sailing ship days” before major changes occurred. It is a story of a boy from New England and his various roles on ships from the age of 12 to 37. He documents the changes in the shipping industry over the 19th and into the 20th century.

This audiobook is the story of sailing across the ocean from Guam to San Francisco on our wonderful sailboat, the "Spirit of the Wind", a 41 foot Taiwan-built Ketch designed by William Garden. A group of 20-something kids went to Guam looking for the meaning of life, bought a boat, fixed it up, and learned to sail across the ocean. It was a beautiful and spiritual journey, while at times was totally and completely terrifying. It introduced me to the South Pacific Islands and the wonderful and gracious people there - it was truly a paradise.

Alex is lonely and bored, lost at a pool party where he knows nobody. But along comes a server with an interesting history in the Navy...and a lovely pocketwatch he'd like Alex to see. Maybe the solution to Alex's indecisiveness isn't to take himself to gay pool parties in the hopes of meeting the perfect man...but to let the perfect man turn Alex into the perfect cabin boy. Join our hero on his journey of gentle hypnotic submission at the hands of a kind and passionate captain of the high seas.

Have you ever dreamed of sailing around the world? If so, it probably wasn’t like this... ‘Big pressure on you,’ yelled hoarsely. Then more urgently, ‘Big gust!’ A curse. ‘Thirty-eight knots, still building. Big pressure, look at the goddam speed! You wanna blow it!’ ‘No, I’ve got it! I’ve got it. Ease! Ease!’ The winch drum howled. The boat had shaken herself at a frequency that shouldn’t have been physically possible for something that size, and then taken off. The note of the whole boat changed, the pitch of the vibration clattering pencils and dividers out of the...

In this nail-biting man-against-nature true story, Mick Dawson, former royal marine commando, Guinness world record ocean rower, and high seas adventurer, takes on the Atlantic and ultimately the North Pacific Oceans. It would require three attempts and a backbreaking voyage of over six months to finally cross the mighty North Pacific for the first time.