Books of Single-handed sailing
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Sailing Alone Around the World: A Personal Account of the First Solo Circumnavigation of the Globe by Sail
By Joshua SlocumThis book, detailing his epic voyage and many adventures, was written shortly after his return, was serialised in magazines and became a rapid bestseller, earning glowing encomiums from many notably figures, especially from highly regarded ...
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Across Islands and Oceans: A Journey Alone Around the World by Sail and by Foot
By James BaldwinAcross Islands and Oceans is the memoir of twenty-five year-old James Baldwin and his epic two-year, solo circumnavigation in Atom, his trusty but aging twenty-eight foot sailboat.
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Philosophy of Sailing: Offshore in Search of the Universe
By Christian Williams"'Something is out there that doesn't have a name, ' writes veteran sailor and writer Christian Williams as he invites us along once again on a 5,000-mile voyage of discovery around the North Pacific.
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Voyage for Madmen
By Peter NicholsNine people, two Frenchmen, an Italian and six Englishmen, began the 1968 Golden Globe around the world yacht race. Only one finished and made it back from a voyage for madmen. This is his extraordinary story.
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Northwest Passage Solo
By David Pelly, David Scott CowperCowper was the first to make it single-handed through the Northwest Passage, in converted life-boat the Mable E. Holland.