Research
This page houses a list of books and DVDs that we have purchased for our library and a list of websites that we have studied and/or consulted in our quest for nautical knowledge! It will, as with most of this site, be permanently Under Construction as we will continue to add helpful resources as we come across them.
Some of the following links will direct you to our Affiliate Pages such as Amazon.com. For those of you not familiar with how affiliate marketing works, if you choose to purchase one of these items after following our link we will receive a small (I mean really TINY) commission from the sale while you still get the best price available. Please consider using these links to purchase the following resources as even though the commission we earn is tiny, every little bit helps to fund our adventure!
Books and DVDs:
Sailing / Skills:
- Your First Sailboat : How to Find and Sail the Right Boat for You
- US Sailing: Basic Keelboat
- US Sailing: Basic Cruising
- US Sailing: Bareboat Cruising
- US Sailing: Start Sailing Right
- Fast Track to Cruising
- Fundamentals of Sailing, Cruising, and Racing
- The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing
- Sailing For Dummies
- More to come
Cruising Chronicles:
- 9 Years on the 7 Seas
- Wanderer
- An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude
- The Voyage of the Northern Magic: A Family Odyssey
- In Pursuit of Adventure & Freedom
- The Spice Necklace
- More to come
Multihulls:
- Catamarans: The Complete Guide for Cruising Sailors
- The Cruising Multihull
- Multihull Seamanship
- More to come
Maintenance / Gear / Electronics:
- How Boat Things Work: An Illustrated Guide
- Troubleshooting Marine Diesels
- The 12 Volt Doctor’s Practical Handbook
- Sailboat Electrics Simplified
- Ham Radio Study Guide
- Marine SSB Radio for “Idi-Yachts”
- Nigel Calder’s Cruising Handbook
- Sail and Rig Tuning
- The Complete Rigger’s Apprentice
- Pocket Guide to Knots
- More to come
Navigation / First Aid:
- GPS for Mariners
- The Weekend Navigator
- NOLS Wilderness First Aid
- SAS Survival Handbook
- Chart No. 1 Nautical Chart Symbols Abbreviations and Terms
- Wilderness Wayfinding: How to Survive in the Wilderness as You Travel
- Compact Atlas of the World
- More to come
Living Aboard / Cruising / Galley:
- The Cost Conscious Cruiser
- The Care And Feeding of the Sailing Crew
- Tropical Cruising Handbook
- The Cruiser’s Handbook of Fishing
- The Essentials of Living Aboard a Boat
- The Intricate Art of Living Afloat
- Why Didn’t I Think of That
- Cruising Cookery
- The Galley Gourmet
- Perfect Sushi
- The Two Burner Gourmet: The Cookbook for Cooking Far from Home
- How to Sail Around the World
- Cruising for Cowards
- More to come
Other:
- Multiple Streams of Income
- Multiple Streams of Internet Income
- Brazilian Portuguese: A Complete Guide for Beginners
- Frommer’s Portable Rio de Janeiro
- Bahama Islands: A Boatman’s Guide to the Land and the Water
- Boater’s Pocket Reference
- More to come
Cruising Guides:
- Cuba: A Cruising Guide
- A Cruising Guide to Puerto Rico
- Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands
- The Leeward Islands Cruising Guide
- Sailors Guide to the Windward Islands
- A Cruising Guide to Trinidad and Tobago
- Crusing Guide to Venezuela and Bonaire
- The Northern Bahamas Cruising Guide
- The Southern Bahamas Cruising Guide
- The Exuma Guide
- World Cruising Routes
- The Gentleman’s Guide to Passages South
- Living in the Dominican Republic
- More to come
DVDs:
- Storm Tactics: Lin & Larry Pardey
- Get Ready to Cruise: Lin & Larry Pardey – Offshore Sailing Part 1
- Get Ready to Cross Oceans: Lin & Larry Pardey – Offshore Sailing Part 2
- Annapolis Book of Seamanship: Cruising Under Sail, Volume 1
- Annapolis Book of Seamanship: Sailboat Navigation, Volume 4
- More to come
Sailing/Cruising Forums:
- PDQ Forum
- Sailnet Forums
- Cruisers & Sailing Forum
- World Cruising and Sailing Forums
- Multihulls4us Forums
- Living Aboard Forums
- Yachting and Boating World Forums
- More to come
Sailing/Cruising Blogs:
In the planning stages (like us):
- Bright Eyes
- ‘Ima Loa
- Lucey Blue
- Mid-life Cruising
- On Wet Paint
- Sail Away or not
- Sailboat Family
- SV Kaleo
- SV Letitgo
- Zen’s Sekai II – By Sea
- More to come
Out there now (some cruising to far off lands, others not):
- Beth and Evan’s
- Boat Bits
- Butterfly and Barnacle
- Desert Star (PDQ)
- Follow the Boat
- For as long as it lasts
- Maxing Out
- Midori Adventures (PDQ)
- On The Wind
- Roaring Girl
- Sail Delmarva (PDQ)
- Sailing Adventures of David & Kathy
- Sarana at Sea
- Sarf and West
- Slapdash
- Steel Street Oceaneers
- SV Estrallita 5.10b
- SV Sarah
- SV Tabbycat
- Voyage of Padma
- Windborne in Puget Sound
- More to come
Been there/done that (some sites active, others, not so much):
Misc. Websites:
- Our former business: Martial Arts Planet
- Rebecca’s other business: North Pole Fitness
- Home of Fast Track to Cruising: Offshore Sailing School
- Our favorite exercise device: TRX Suspension Trainer
- Our Marine surveyor: Richard Hutchings
- Get your Pleasure Craft Operator’s Card here: Boaterexam.com
- Seven Seas Cruising Association
- More to come





