A story from the personal journal of Henriette Groot of a two day visit by sailboat to a village in a remote lagoon in the Solomon Islands. Her story offers a glimpse into the relationships among people. What do we share? And how?

A look at youth sailing around San Francisco Bay as young sailors thrive for the ultimate goal of reaching the America's Cup. Preview of the 2013 Youth America's Cup and words of wisdom from members of Oracle Racing Team USA.

Circadian Rhythm is the name of a boat that was the vehicle for many summers of rollicking good times for a group of blue-collar yachtsmen. This book describes these adventures and provides the reader with a glimpse of the champagne life style on a beer budget. The intrepid crew of Circadian Rhythm could barely make the month's payment on the boat, but still managed to bang heads with the "blue-bloods" of the New England sailing world and come out ahead. This book is for the arm chair sailor and active sailor who enjoy a good yarn with a few chuckles mixed in.

Hidden Harbours of Southwest Scotland is a lively tour of small and infrequently visited harbours on the stunning Scottish coast and its nearby islands, starting from Port Logan in the south and meandering northwards to Lerags on Loch Feochan in the Firth of Lorn. The southwest coast of Scotland is one of the most beautiful cruising areas in the world, combining dramatic scenery with interesting history and landmarks. Many of its shores are lined with old castles and the magnificent historical houses of rich industrialists, reflecting its significance as an area of busy trade. The more recent military developments, which include a wartime torpedo base at Loch Long and the naval headquarters at Faslane on Gare Loch, also have a significant presence. Small harbours further south were shaped by the trade in natural resources and the flow of passengers via Clyde Puffer boats to and from nearby cities such as Glasgow and beyond. Each hidden harbour, many of which are simple but attractive piers or shipways built to support trade, has a story to tell. The book includes a historical overview plus notes on what is to be found at each, alongside full colour photographs and annotated aerial shots. This edition complements the other Hidden Harbours titles in the series by Dag Pike.

THIS IS THE DIARY of a British sailboat's passage up the US Intracoastal Waterway, observing America's lifestyle, history and cultural paradoxes and written with gusto and empathy. It's a well-crafted book steeped in the euphoria of travel and ending with some sober thoughts on the demonic 9/11 attack on New York City. A fascinating insight into early North American history set against the backdrop of a boating adventure along the eastern seaboard from Florida to New York. MOST PEOPLE EXPLORE North America from coast-to-coast. Others journey up the eastern seaboard's Intracoastal Waterway -- with its tricky ocean inlets, shallow estuaries, violent climate - and have a very different perspective. This is the fractured landfall along which intrepid sixteenth and seventeenth century colonists from England first set foot in the New World after crossing the Atlantic. In some places the coast is still a raw, impenetrable wilderness; in others, the orderly symmetry of restless humanity encroaches. A delightful and informative read...

In 1998 Brec Morgan set off in his 27' Pacific Seacraft Orion to sail around the world. He left from Block Island, Rhode Island, and by the time he arrived in the Pacific via the Panama Canal, he was convinced that it would be a solo circumnavigation. He crossed the Pacific spending an idyllic summer cruising through Polynesia before heading to New Zealand for the winter. This book is a compilation of emails prepared from a journal he sent home from New Zealand that chronicle his thoughts, experiences, and challenges in his first year out. It includes "the rest of the story" in more condensed form by supplying the draft material for his complete round-the-world narrative for "Blue Water Sailing." So, this book is more than the start of a dream come true, it finishes it by bringing the reader along from New Zealand to Sri Lanka, the Suez, the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and back to Block Island by way of the Carribean.

In this recollection of a life-time of ocean sailing, Mike Gemus describes his sailing roots racing on the Detroit River, the blinding obsession with sailing he acquired, and the several offshore ocean passages - including three Atlantic crossings - that followed. True stories all of them, Mike brings you aboard to see the storms, the ego-eccentric crew mates, the lunatic captains, and the wonderful folks and experiences that came along during these Ocean Passages. Written for the sailor and the non-sailor alike, Ocean Passages compares with the offshore sailing stories written by the great adventurers. Want to go yourself? Mike tells you how to do it, how NOT to do it, and what surprises to expect along the way.

Plans: Approaches to Brindisi Approaches to Otranto Approaches to Gallipoli Approaches to Crotone

If you've ever dreamed of sailing off into the sunset with someone you love, and seeing the world, you will love this book. It is about young singles, cruising around on a beautiful yacht, skiing in the Alps, scuba diving in exotic locales, living the LUSH LIFE. it has elements of romance, drug dealing, getting caught, and redemption. All this and a love story which I am hoping will appeal to women as well as men. The protagonist, Ward Sheffield, get's invited on a sailing trip to the legendary COCOS ISLAND, and has an affair with the Captain's wife. They discover a chest of gold coins, left by pirates, and decide to buy a boat together and go cruising. They enlist friends as crew and take off for Europe. Follow their sailing adventures in the Mediteranean, and their love affairs which are cut short when they are busted returning to the Bahamas with drugs aboard. The boat is confiscated and the Captain jailed. In the end, the LUSH LIFE carries on unabashed.

A song to Pacific islands rooted in a far-ranging journey, Reach for Paradise is the Pacific addition to the world's fine travel literature. Written as he gained deep knowledge of the islands and their peoples, their history and traditions, the influences that have shaped their destiny, Rayner's story conveys the mystery and marvel of travel to destinations denied most people. Intent on exploring what if anything has survived of the paradise celebrated by travelers of past centuries, Rayner bought a sailboat and set off, picking up both boat and island knowledge as he ploughed 30,000 miles of ocean. A personal journey of delight, Reach for Paradise is rich with information gleaned from Pacific peoples, literature and observation. For Pacific voyagers, Reach for Paradise is an invaluable source. If a guide, rather than explaining how to get there it is the sort that will tell thoughtful adventurers why to go. And what you miss if you can't. Protected uniquely by distance and time, Pacific islands are extraordinary, often meeting the old definition of that devalued word "paradise" as a place that inspires blissful contentment. Island spirits and magic, landscapes, the splendor of coral reefs, the gift economy, Rayner defies you to argue that planet Earth has any better elixir for a world-weary traveler.

FROM THE KIRKUS REVIEW: ""As a writer, Damato makes his rehabilitation of the craft surprisingly interesting . . . his pithy prose keeps the story speeding along.""

Do you have a dream to pursue but everyone says it's unrealistic? Or that you're not qualified? Too old, too out of shape? Or you don't have the "right experience?"

Glenn Damato was a forty-one year old software instructor who sought to exceed the bounds of his comfortable but humdrum existence. He embarked on an adventure for which he was miserably unprepared. Why do this? The goal was to become something he was not.

The "something" Damato strived to become was an ocean sailing skipper. Overweight and without boating experience of any kind, he decided to pursue his lifelong dream of sailing around the world on his own vessel.

Reckless? Dangerous? Idiotic? Call it what you will, Damato was determined to make the voyage a reality despite the obstacles.

Suddenly without the familiar security of his previous life, Damato was forced to conquer his anxieties while at the same time surviving the hazards and challenges of offshore sailing. As his experience and confidence mounts, he discovers he has indeed undergone a personal transformation - one quite different than he originally hoped, and in some ways worthier than he imagined.

"Breaking Seas" is a tale of ocean voyaging, but it's not just about sailing: the all-encompassing themes are rejection and disappointment - and our common human quest to get the most out of life despite being born into an imperfect universe.

Part sailing adventure, part philosophical pilgrimage, "Breaking Seas" is for everyone who's ever wanted to embark on an enterprise of some kind despite not meeting society's expected "qualifications."

""This is a story about our desire to be elsewhere, reborn and enhanced, because here and now are not enough,"" says Damato. ""But don't expect a sugar-coated fairy tale with just what you want to hear. I promise you an honest story truthfully told.""