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HISC Book Exchange



The HISC book exchange is available to all members in good standing.  Should you find a title of interest, please contact the owner(s) directly for further information and availability.
Contact: Jamie Cowan

Voyages & Cruising Skills

  • Lundy, Derek – The Way of a Ship
  • Severin, Tim – The Brendan Voyage
  • Beattie, John – The Breath of Angels
  • Slocum, Joshua – Sailing Alone Around the World
  • Lansing, Alfred – Endurance (Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage)
  • Dumas, Vito – Alone Through the Roaring Forties
  • Greenlaw, Linda – All Fisherman Are Liars
  • Moore, Denton Rickey – Gentlemen Never Sail to Weather
  • Childers, Erskine – The Riddle of the Sands
  • Pearson, Everett A. – The Lure of Sailing
  • Stevens, Peter – The Voyage of the Catalpa
  • Zacks, Richard – The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd
  • Callahan, Steven – Adrift: Seventy-six days lost at sea
  • Hiscock, Eric – Cruising Under Sail
  • Munroe, R.M. & Gilpin, V. – The Commodore’s Story
  • Hoyt, Gary – Ready About!

Racing Skills

  • Conner, Dennis – Sail Like a Champion
  • Driscoll, John – Learn to Sail in a Weekend
  • Nichols, Peter – A Voyage For Madmen
  • Adams, David – Chasing Liquid Mountains
  • Novak, Skip – One Watch at a Time
  • Lewis, Cam – Around The World in Seventy-Nine Days
  • Larsen, Paul – Russell Coutts: Course to Victory (Team New Zealand)
  • Murnikov, Vladislav – Race to Freedom (Whitbread ’89-’90)
  • Lundy, Derek – Godforsaken Sea (Vendee Globe ’96-’97)
  • MacArthur, Ellen – Taking on the World (Vendee Globe ’00-’01)

True Submarine Tales

  • Dunham, Roger C. – Spy Sub
  • Beech, Edward – Salt and Steel
  • Sontag & Drew – Blind Man’s Bluff
Contact: Jane & Gordon Groves

Boat Selection

  • Beiser, The Proper Yacht
  • Street, Donald M., The Ocean Sailing Yacht
  • Mate, Ferenc From A Bare Hull
  • Mate, Ferenc The Finely Fitted Yacht
  • Taylor & Rosenfeld The Story of American Yachting
  • Robinson, Cruising, the Boats and the Places
  • Edmunds, Fiberglass Boat Survey Manual
  • Bingham, Practical Yacht Joinery

Maintenance

  • Mate, Ferenc Shipshape
  • Borland Shipshape and Bristol Fashion
  • Yanmar Diesel Engine
  • Toghill, Jeff, The Boat Owner's Maintenance Manual
  • Brotherton, The 12-Volt Bible for Boats
  • Jorgensen, Sailboat Maintenance
  • Dempsey, How to Repair Diesel Engines
  • Reale & Johnson, Your Boat Belowdecks

Voyages & Cruising Skills

  • Cornell, Jimmy, World Cruising Survey
  • Allcard, The Intricate Art of Living Afloat
  • Bottomly, Cruising For Fun
  • Burke, Katy, Managing Your Escape
  • Dashew, The Circumnavigator's Handbook
  • Griffith, Blue Water
  • Henderson, The Cruiser's Compendium
  • Henderson, East to the Azores
  • Norgrove, The Cruising Life
  • Stuermer, Deep Water Cruising
  • Stuermer, Starbound
  • Hiscock - all their books
  • Pardey, Lin & Larry - six books
  • Roth, After 50,000 Miles
  • Roth, Two Against Cape Horn
  • Roth, Always a Distant Anchorage
  • Buckley, Wm. F., - three books
  • Robinson, Bill, South to the Caribbean
  • Robinson, Return to the Sea
  • Mitchell, Carleton, The Winds Call
  • McConnell, Middle Sea Autumn
  • Knight, Kathryn, Atlantic Circle
  • Bailey, Second Chance
  • Payson, Blown Away
  • Payson, You Can't Blow Home Again
  • Aebi, Tania, Maiden Voyage
  • Crealock, Cloud of Islands
  • Moitessier, The Long Way
  • Carter, Sail Far Away
  • Carpenter, The Voyage of Kristina
  • Jones, Tristan The Incredible Voyage
  • Tilman, H.W., Triumph and Tribulation
  • Morgan, Dodge, The Voyage of "American Promise"
  • Burkhardt et al, Sailors & Sauerkraut
  • Colas, Alain, Around The World Alone
  • Cloughley, A World To the West
  • Palley, Unlikely Passages
  • Richards, Princess
  • Lane, Go South Inside
  • Golding, To the Ends of the Earth
  • Smith, Dreams of Natural Places

Seamanship & Navigation

  • Maloney, Chapman Piloting
  • Heaton, Cruising: Sail or Power
  • Street, Donald M., Seawise
  • Coles, Heavy Weather Sailing
  • Robertson, Sea Survival
  • Robertson, Survive the Savage Sea
  • Farrington, Rescue in the Pacific
  • Devereux, Practical Navigation for the Yachtsman
  • Mixter, Primer of Navigation
  • Dunlap and Shufeldt, Dutton's Navigation and Piloting
  • Letcher, John, Self Contained Celestial Navigation

Sailing Skills

  • Henderson, Richard, Better Sailing
  • Herreshoff, Halsey, The Sailor's Handbook
  • Glenans Guides, Yacht Handling Under Sail
  • Gibbs, Tony, Advanced Sailing
  • Knapp, Race Your Boat Right
  • Kals, Practical Boating

Sails

  • King, Spinnaker
  • Ross, Sail Power
  • Kenny, Looking At Sails

Races

  • Taberly, Ocean Racing
  • Hanks, Douglas, Muskrat (funny)
  • Whall, Hugh, The Southern Cross
  • Cook & Fisher, The Longest Race
  • Roth, The Longest Race
  • Novak, Skip, One Watch at a Time
  • Woods, Blue Water Green Skipper
  • Mitchell, Carleton, Passage East
  • Bavier, America's Cup Fever

Other

  • Time-Life series of 11 books (on all categories)
  • Bond, Bob, The Handbook of Sailing (covers all categories)
  • Rosenow, The Ditty Bag Book
  • Dear & Kemp, An A-Z 0f Sailing Terms
  • Kemp, The Oxford Companion To Ships and the Sea
  • Letcher, John. S., Self-Steering for Sailing Craft
  • Jones, Stephen, Drifting
  • Childers, Erskine, The Riddle of the Sands
  • Cleaves, Sea Fever
  • Chapelle, The History Of American Sailing Ships
  • Davidson & Doherty, Captain Marooner
  • Brown, Voyage Into Danger
  • Innes, Hammond, The Wreck of the Mary Deare
  • Heyerdahl, The RA Expeditions

Cruising Guides

  • Robinson, Where to Cruise
  • Duncan & Ware, New England Coast
  • Stone & Blanchard, Chesapeake
  • Blanchard, Southern Coast
  • Hart & Stone, Caribbean and the Bahamas
  • Durell, The Greek Islands
  • Denham, The Aegean
  • Denham, The Ionian Islands to Rhodes
  • Fodor's Caribbean (1989)
  • Doyle, Sailor's Guide to the Windward Islands (1983)
  • Pavlidis, On and Off the Beaten Path
  • Moorings, Virgin Anchorages
  • Moeller, The Intracoastal Waterway (1991)
  • Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico (1986)
  • Street, Eastern Caribbean Vol.III
  • Embassy, Florida's East Coast
  • Cruising The Chesapeake Bay
  • Rauscher & Wilensky, Belize and Mexico's Caribbean Coast

Books we cannot lend, but do recommend you find in a library:

  • Chichester, The Lonely Sea and the Sky
  • Manry, Tinkerbelle
  • Graham, Dove