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A Speck on the Sea
by William Longyard
International Marine, USA 2003
ISBN 0071413065
A comprehensive
account of all the small boat voyages made from the middle ages through to
now. An excellent, well-written, one-stop shop of a book for those wanting
to learn all about the history of small boat sailing.
The Voyage of the
Sea Egg
by John Riding
Pelham Books, UK 1968
The author's account
of his sailing a 12ft sloop from France to New York. Parts of the
book were obviously written in a rush.
Sea Egg Again: From Atlantic
to Pacific
by John Riding
Pelham Books, UK 1972
The journey for
the Sea Egg continues along the American coastline down to the Panama
Canal, then into the Pacific and north up to Mexico.
Tinkerbelle
by Robert Manry
Harper and Row, USA 1966
About the author's
crossing of the Atlantic in a 13ft 6in converted daysailer. A very
famous voyage.
April Fool
by Hugo Vihlen
Follett Publishing, USA 1971
ISBN 0-695-80211-7
Subtitled "How
I Sailed From Casablanca to Florida in a Six-Foot Boat" which pretty
much explains it all. Hugo held the Atlantic record for the smallest
yacht crossing for many years.
Alone Against
the Atlantic
by Gerry Spiess with Marlin Bree
Control Data Pub., USA 1981
ISBN 0898935067
Concerning author
Spiess' 54-day solo journey across the Atlantic Ocean in the 10-foot
sailboat 'Yankee Girl'. This book went on to receive the Readers'
Digest treatment, thus ensuring that it's the most widely read account
of any microyacht voyage.
500 Days:
Around the World in a 12-Foot Yacht
by Serge Testa
Trident Press, Australia 1988
ISBN 0731648498
Serge's story
of his circumnavigation in a 12ft self-built yacht. Told very matter-of-factly.
The
Stormy Voyage of Father's Day
by
Hugo Vihlen with Joanne Kimberlin
Marlor Press, USA 1997
ISBN 0-943400-91-0
Hugo's account of his reclaiming
the Atlantic record in 1993 with a boat that's only 5ft 4in long.
Well written and quite personally revealing.
Three Years in a 12-Foot
Boat
by Steven Ladd
Seekers Press, USA 2000
ISBN 0966933737
Author's memoir
of the 3-year voyage he made in a 12ft boat rowing and sailing through
North and South America.
Swirly World:
The Solo Voyages
by Andrew Fagan
HarperCollinsPublishers, New Zealand 2001
ISBN 1-86950-402-X
A New Zealand
rock star's account of several offshore voyages that he had made
in a 17ft 6in yacht.
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