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This is a good book, I'd also recommend the story of the first man to sail around the world alone, Joshua Slocum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_A

by jcurbo 7y ago

This is a good book, I'd also recommend the story of the first man to sail around the world alone, Joshua Slocum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6317 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6317

HeyLaughingBoy 7y ago
I've read both of those books. They're quite good. Paul's is a tiny bit more accessible because of his programming background and the familiar perspective he has in his descriptions.
- jodrellblank 7y ago
  Have also read both; they're fascinating in different ways. Paul Lutus has a boat full of technology (diesel engine, laptop, radio, navigation tools, and more) but his book is an intensely - almost uncomfortably - personal voyage through his psyche, while he happens to be sailing around the world. A diary of reflections on life, struggles with people, views on science, observations on the stars and sky and waves, poignant writing on how being at sea affect people, while he happens to be sailing around the world. It's better for that, more relatable as a geek, sadder and more emotional; I consider it a good read, and I reflect on it a lot. Captain Slocum's voyage of 1896(?) is so different; he took an old clock, and not much else, he lashes the tiller and goes down below for hours at a time to read or sleep without worrying about crashing into other boats, he tells stories of mouldy cheese induced nightmares during rough seas or chasing natives away from robbing him, or finding remote islands with communites of slightly odd people. Much of his writing is about the people he meets - they often know in advance he's making a historic voyage, so when he arrives anywhere, there's a big fuss, he's invited to dine with local dignitaries or captains of large ships, gifted interesting foods and boat parts, there's a lot of interesting things about the world of 1896. (There's also quite a bit of tedious place names and locations and passages where nothing much happens, I'm not that interested in the geography of it).
  - js2 7y ago
    Let me add one more to your list: https://www.amazon.com/Freighter-Captain-Max-Hardberger/dp/0964043378 https://www.amazon.com/Freighter-Captain-Max-Hardberger/dp/0... Max repos ships. The stories are amazing. You can find various pieces written about him by Googling his name such as: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/14/max-hardberger-sea-captain-pirates-seized https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/14/max-hardberger... And a 50 minute interview with him while is where I first heard of him: http://www.thestory.org/stories/2008-09/out-pirating-pirates http://www.thestory.org/stories/2008-09/out-pirating-pirates

by jcurbo 7y ago

HeyLaughingBoy 7y ago

I've read both of those books. They're quite good. Paul's is a tiny bit more accessible because of his programming background and the familiar perspective he has in his descriptions.

jodrellblank 7y ago
Have also read both; they're fascinating in different ways. Paul Lutus has a boat full of technology (diesel engine, laptop, radio, navigation tools, and more) but his book is an intensely - almost uncomfortably - personal voyage through his psyche, while he happens to be sailing around the world. A diary of reflections on life, struggles with people, views on science, observations on the stars and sky and waves, poignant writing on how being at sea affect people, while he happens to be sailing around the world. It's better for that, more relatable as a geek, sadder and more emotional; I consider it a good read, and I reflect on it a lot. Captain Slocum's voyage of 1896(?) is so different; he took an old clock, and not much else, he lashes the tiller and goes down below for hours at a time to read or sleep without worrying about crashing into other boats, he tells stories of mouldy cheese induced nightmares during rough seas or chasing natives away from robbing him, or finding remote islands with communites of slightly odd people. Much of his writing is about the people he meets - they often know in advance he's making a historic voyage, so when he arrives anywhere, there's a big fuss, he's invited to dine with local dignitaries or captains of large ships, gifted interesting foods and boat parts, there's a lot of interesting things about the world of 1896. (There's also quite a bit of tedious place names and locations and passages where nothing much happens, I'm not that interested in the geography of it).
- js2 7y ago
  Let me add one more to your list: https://www.amazon.com/Freighter-Captain-Max-Hardberger/dp/0964043378 https://www.amazon.com/Freighter-Captain-Max-Hardberger/dp/0... Max repos ships. The stories are amazing. You can find various pieces written about him by Googling his name such as: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/14/max-hardberger-sea-captain-pirates-seized https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/14/max-hardberger... And a 50 minute interview with him while is where I first heard of him: http://www.thestory.org/stories/2008-09/out-pirating-pirates http://www.thestory.org/stories/2008-09/out-pirating-pirates