Books

“Second Wind” a Sunfish Sailor’s Review

Did you sail a Sunfish? Do you still? Race one? Want to?
If you answered yes to any of these and Second Wind by Nathaniel Philbrick is a story written for you.

April 8, 2018 — Books, Sunfish

Book Review: “First You Have to Row a Little Boat” by Richard Bode

A casual search of the internet will reveal a substantial amount of acclaim for Richard Bode’s autobiographical tale – First You Have to Row a Little Boat (available here: Amazon). I read the book after my wife bought it for me as a gift back in the mid 90s. The […]

August 16, 2013 — Books

Video: Saving Sailing by Nicholas D. Hayes

Link to a review by Carol Standish of Nick’s book Saving Sailing – Main Harbors Saving Sailing available at Amazon Back in 2010, at about the same time that Nicholas Hayes published his book Saving Sailing I returned to active sailing after an 18 year absence from the sport. As […]

May 4, 2013 — Books

New Sunfish Memoir Recounts Misadventure of a Lifetime

This seems like a fantastic premiss for a story about a guy and his sunfish. It’s a story that would definitely speak to the flower-child generation. It seems rife with free spirit as can be read in the excerpts page (excerpts from “This Book is Drunk”). This story might be […]

March 1, 2013 — Books