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
- Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual
- 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 – 16th Ed.
- 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
Weather Links:
- Passage Weather – We use data from this for passage planning.
- Wind Guru – We use data from this for passage planning.
- Caribbean Hurricane Network
- National Hurricane Center – We check this at least daily during H season.
- Wind Finder
- Weather Underground – We use this for local weather.
- Weather Underground – Tropical – We check this for tropical storm tracks, etc..
- Crown Weather
- Tide Forecast
- Intellicast – Nice site if you have the bandwidth.
Sailing/Cruising Forums:
- PDQ Forum
- Sailnet Forums
- Cruisers & Sailing Forum
- World Cruising and Sailing Forums
- Multihulls4us Forums
- Yachting and Boating World Forums
- More to come
Sailing/Cruising Blogs:
Cruisers/boaters we have met in our travels:
- Ainulindale
- Alternate Latitude
- Arctic Tern
- Alibi 2
- Blue Pearl
- Boldly Go
- Capercaillie
- Cara Mia
- Celebration
- Desert Star (PDQ)
- Distant Shores
- Earthling
- Evening Ebb
- Flying Buzzard
- Flying Pig
- For as long as it lasts
- Gilana
- Grouchy Turtle
- Guiding Light
- Happy Times
- Jim and Deb’s Adventures
- Joana
- Joana 1
- Journey
- Just Drifting
- Kyros
- La Luna
- Liberty
- Makai
- Matsu
- Me Voy
- Missing Link
- Mowzer
- Never Bored
- Notre Vie
- Ocean Star
- One White Tree
- Polar Pacer
- Receta
- Shiloh
- Shoal Survivor (PDQ)
- Silverheels 3
- Storyville
- Tiger Lilly
- Troubadour
- Tsamaya
- Tua Tua
- Ultra
- Unicorn
- Windtraveler
- Zach Aboard
- More to come
Want a boat:
Have a boat (some cruising to far off lands, others not):
- 3 Blondes and a Boat
- Attainable Adventure Cruising
- Banyan
- Beth and Evan’s
- Blame Buffett
- Blowin Bubbles
- Blue Moose
- Blue Turtle Trawler
- Boat Bits
- Boomdiada
- Buckeye
- Bumfuzzle
- Butterfly and Barnacle
- Catatude (PDQ)
- Ceol Mor
- Estrallita 5.10b
- Follow the Boat
- Hove To Off Swan Point
- Ima Loa
- Joint Venture
- Kaleo
- Kewl Change
- Let It Go
- Living and Loving Life
- Maxing Out
- Midori Adventures (PDQ)
- Mid-life Cruising
- M. B. Marsh Design
- More Joy Everywhere
- Morpheus of London
- Nomadness
- Pacific Sailors
- Pelican
- Roaring Girl
- Sail Give Live
- Sailing Adventures of David and Kathy
- Sailing Away with R & B
- Sailing Chance
- Sailing Gurl
- Sarah
- Sarana at Sea
- Sarf and West
- Savannah
- Steel Street Oceaneers
- Sweet Escape
- Tango
- The Retirement Project
- The Third Quarter
- Toast Floats
- Turf to Surf
- Windborne in Puget Sound
- Zangezi
- Zen’s Sekai II – By Sea
- More to come
Been there/done that (some sites active, others, not so much):
Misc. Websites:
- Rebecca’s fitness-related blog: StrengthPLUS!
- Rebecca’s other business: North Pole Fitness
- Our former business: Martial Arts Planet
- Great site for up-to-date cruising info: Active Captain
- 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
- Messing About in Sailboats
- Sail Far Live Free
- Desperate Sailors
- The Boat Galley
- Cruising Comforts
- BOTC Wind & Solar
- The Bully Market - Our daughter and son-in-law’s dog breeding business.
- More to come











