Book Review

By Graham L. Cox, Vol. 1 (301 pp) $35; Vol. 2 (351 pp) $35, Random Boats Publishing, May 2024 Like many cruising sailors of my generation, Graham Cox was first inspired to dream of bluewater voyaging by teen circumnavigator Robin Lee Graham. Unlike most of us, however, Cox had a ...read more

Lin Pardey / Paradise Cay Publications It’s fair to say that few sailors can write about passagemaking with more authority than Lin Pardey. And true to her life and career as a writer and sailor, her new book is a lively, vibrant accounting of some remarkable passages, including ...read more

Prevailing WindBy Thomas DolbyArchway Publishing, hardcover $39.99 When he was a youngster, Thomas Dolby received a book by Beken of Cowes, and the oversized black-and-white images of the majestic America’s Cup yachts of the turn of the century enthralled him. Beneath the ...read more

Laurence Holt Books, 2023$12 at stikky.com I can’t recall how I stumbled across the first edition of Stikky Night Skies published in 2003, but it was among the books we carried when we went cruising full-time in 2008. I thought it might be a fun way to teach our kids, then 8 and ...read more

By Mensun BoundMariner Books (2022) Confession: I am a polar exploration nut. Whole hectares of my bookshelves are dedicated to the genre, past and present. Needless to say, it’s hard to be a polar nut without knowing of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the destruction of his ship ...read more