Books
a boat with a lot of resources…
Checking Craigslist this morning I saw there was a Pearson Triton being sold off at a marina in the San Francisco Bay area for $750. You might say it caught my attention. It’s a great design, Dan Spurr used the Triton as his main example of how to fix up a small boat for …
Another book you really should read…
I mentioned this book by Keith Carver a couple of years ago but “Sailboat Cowboys Flipping Sail Post-Sandy: The Art of Buying, Repairing and Selling Storm-Damaged Sailboats” is still an excellent read on the subject of buying boats cheap, fixing them up, and selling them for a profit. As it happens I just read it …
a better than most cruising narrative…
The other day I came across a book that I hadn’t heard about of the cruising persuasion. In point of fact, this one… There’s a story told about what happened when Stanley Kubrick decided to make a horror film and started reading books of the horror genre. Apparently, according to his assistant, Kubrick would read …
$2.99 you need to spend…
A couple of days ago I saw there was a book on Kindle that looked like it might be interesting… This one in fact. At $2.99 it was something of a no-brainer so I downloaded a copy to my Kindle and read it in a couple of hours. It’s an easy enjoyable read and contains …
A book you need to read…
This weekend I bought a copy of “Get Real, Get Gone” and read it. It’s a good read, makes a whole lot of sense, and should be right at the top of anyone’s reading list who wants to sail off into the sunset on a small sustainable budget. Need I really say more? Facebook Twitter …