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Title: All About Cruising: Prepare Yourself - Equip Your Boat - Plan Your Escape - Live Your Dream by Walt Gleckler, Walter E. Gleckler, Sean J. Cahill, Marty Campbell ISBN: 0-9661416-3-6 Publisher: Passagemakers Publications Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (9 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A Good Primer, But Could Be Better
Comment: Walt Gleckler's "All About Cruising" is an enjoyable and easy read that broadly covers just about all the important topics for offshore cruising. I particularly liked the appendix that includes a thorough medical kit list as well as a list of what to put in an "abandon ship bag". However, the body of the book reminds me of something a high school English teacher once told me. "If you've got a small number of pages to work with, you can choose to go for depth or breadth, but not both." Walt went for breadth. The book skims over many topics that deserve more in-depth treatment. To the book's credit, it doesn't omit important topics, it instead says (figuratively) "This is important, you can find out about it somewhere else". Another gripe I have about the book is that the pictures are pretty poor in quality. A couple of them are so dark that I can't identify the subject. Nonetheless, this is a good book if you're looking for something to get some info on offshore cruising without having to slog through a lot of detail.
However, if you are looking for detail, an excellent book on the same topic is Bill and Laurel Cooper's "Sell Up and Sail", now in its third edition. But to get the additional depth, they add 100 more pages and a much more dense print font (about 650 words per page instead of 450 on a page without pictures) and far fewer pictures. Bill can get preachy about certain topics, but overall the book is filled with a ton of good info.
Rating: 5
Summary: Addressed a lot of my questions and concerns
Comment: Very practical and written in an easy-to-read style. We've done local cruising, but I wasn't sure what I should be concerned about for our upcoming cruise to the Caribbean in '01 or '02. I now know what classes I personally need to attend, that my time at the gym is a good investment in my safety, I don't need to know how to tie every blasted knot known to mankind, windvanes are worth looking at, what goodies to put on my Christmas and birthday list(!),what to bring for sail repair, medicine, etc. Since I'm usually in charge of food for short cruises, Anna Gleckler's notes on preserving cheese, bread, juice and eggs without refrigeration AND making jerky and corning beef were, well, things my mother didn't teach me and I probably wouldn't have thought to ever ask her! I just feel more at ease and I anticipate that in the next year or so that I will be better prepared if I act on the advice in this book. I plan to re-read it every six months or so to make sure I'm working on those things (health, reading, education) to make our trip the best it can be.
Rating: 5
Summary: Easy, fun read of a complex process.
Comment: All About Cruising is a fun and easy way to get answers to questions about cruising and the cruising lifestyle. The book systematically works through the myriad of topics applicable to getting offshore in the fastest and safest manner. It is crammed with information and the graphics, photos, and cartoons make it fun and relaxed. A great way to start a complex and consuming process!
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Title: The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager by Jim Trefethen ISBN: 0070653607 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 31 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Liveaboard Report: A Boat Dweller's Guide to What Works and What Doesn't by Charlie Wing ISBN: 0070710910 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Nigel Calder's Cruising Handbook: A Compendium for Coastal and Offshore Sailors by Nigel Calder ISBN: 0071350993 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 07 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: The Voyager's Handbook: The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising by Beth A. Leonard, George Day ISBN: 0070381437 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: All in the Same Boat: Family Living Aboard and Cruising by Tom Neale ISBN: 0070464340 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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