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For planning and onboard cruising reference I would use:
  a.. British Admiralty.  Ocean Passages For The World.
  b.. British Admiralty.  Catalogue of Admiralty Charts and Publications
NP131
  c.. British Admiralty.  The Mariner�s Handbook.
  d.. NIMA.  Sailing Directions.  (The appropriate ones for different places
in the world)
  e.. Cornell, Jimmy.  World Cruising Routes.
  f.. Cornell, Jimmy.  World Cruising Handbook.

For navigation and mathematics:
  a.. Bowditch, Nathaniel.  American Practical Navigator, H.O. No. 9.
  b.. Smart, W.M.  Textbook on Spherical Astronomy.
  c.. Meeus, Jean.  Astronomical Algorithms.
  d.. Hogben, Lancelot.  Mathematics for the Million.
  e.. US Naval Observatory.  2001 Nautical Almanac Commercial Edition.

For problems afloat:
  a.. Calder, Nigel.  Boatowner�s Mechanical and Electrical Manual.
  b.. Calder, Nigel.  Marine Diesel Engines.
  c.. Serway, Raymond A.  Physics for Scientists and Engineers.
  d.. The King James Bible.

For food afloat:
  a.. Rombauer, Irma S.  The All-Purpose Joy of Cooking.
  b.. Cunningham, Marion.  The Fannie Farmer Cookbook.

For history afloat:
  a.. Dana, Richard Henry.  Two Years Before The Mast.
  b.. Slocum, Captain Joshua.  Sailing Alone Around the World.
  c.. Chichester, Sir Francis.  Gipsy Moth Circles The World.
  d.. Heyerdahl, Thor.  Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft.

For relaxation afloat:
  a.. O'Brian, Patrick.  The Complete Aubrey/Maturin 20-volume Set.
  b.. Harrison, Peter.  Seabirds: An Identification Guide.
  c.. Scarne.  John Scarne�s Encyclopedia of Card Games.


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Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 3:36 PM
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Subject: Essential reading


Hail, furrowers of the ocean blue!

I would like to ask for your advice.

Publications:   Which publications would you recommend a) as essential
reading before an ocean passage; and b) to have on board for an ocean
passage?

Websites:   Which websites would you recommend a) essential to visit before
an ocean passage;  and b), if feasible, to access during an ocean passage.

Thanks.

Philip Ouvry
Ranch Flamingo
66500 Los Masos
France

   

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