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The Sea Is Not Full: Ocean Sailing Revelations & Misadventures

Charles J. Doane

The Sea Is Not Full is an eclectic personal sailing narrative that mixes accounts of two dramatic boat abandonments and a cruise up a West African river with practical advice on learning to sail, navigation, heavy weather tactics, and other topics. Also included are philosophical essays on ocean sailing and human evolution and theology, plus profiles of individuals the author has sailed with, including notable sailing personalities like Don Street and Jimmy Cornell.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Seapoint Books
  • Publish Date: Jul 5th, 2017
  • Pages: 356
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.90in - 6.00in - 1.10in - 2.10lb
  • EAN: 9780997392036
  • Categories: Water Sports - BoatingWater Sports - SailingSports

About the Author

Charlie Doane is Cruising Editor of Sail magazine, the largest yachting magazine in the US. He has also published articles in The New York Times, Offshore and Cruising World.. His first book, The Modern Cruising Sailboat, was published by International Marine/McGraw-Hill in 2010. He is also the author of Wavertrain, a prize-winning blog.He has completed six transatlantic voyages and numerous other ocean passages, including singlehanded passages between New England and the Caribbean.He lives in Portsmouth, NH

Praise for this book

"Charles Doane's new book, The Sea Is Not Full, is the best sailing book I've read in a long time. Actually, it's more than that: it's one of the best books I've read in a long time."
This is a wonderfully readable, highly instructive and thoughtful book. It's written in Doane's signature style of clarity and passion tinged with a bit hard-won sailorly skepticism. Doane, who has written for a variety of magazines (including Ocean Navigator) on a range of topics has put together a book that any sailor will enjoy reading and will come away from with new knowledge, but without having to suffer through dry, instructional prose. The Sea Is Not Full should definitely be on your reading list.
"The Sea Is Not Full," an anthology of material Charlie's written over the years, as well as new material, is a great addition to anyone's maritime library . . . there are both moments of astonishing beauty in the books as well as laugh-out-loud humor, the moments made real by his ability to write."
"This is top-notch winter reading for us hunkered-down northern hemisphere types."