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Stories
The Boy, Me and the Cat (1589762266) is a wonderful tale about going down the ICW in an engineless catboat.
All Fishermen Are Liars: True Tales from the Dry Dock Bar by Linda Greenlaw (1401300707) A great book of sea stories and ALL of them are absolutely true. -- Mike Lehman
If you enjoy Linda Greenlaw, also see:
The Hungry Ocean (0786885416) Linda Greenlaw's point of view of The Perfect Storm (0060977477) as the captain of the sister-ship. Talks about why she goes to sea. In my opinion, a better book than The Perfect Storm (though I enjoyed it, also.)
The Lobster Chronicles (0786885912) Life on the small island where Linda Greenlaw grew up.
Charles Borden's Sea Quest (0825517109 0679513574 0709100280) was published in 1967, the ninth in a series called Seabooks. It is a catalog of small boat sailors and their craft, tending toward stories of cruisers and adventurers rather than the technical aspects of their voyages or boats. -- Rob Alley
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float by Farley Mowat (055327788X) is a hilarious account of owning and cruising a crank wooden boat from Newfoundland. It'll make you want to cruise Newfoundland, or not, as the case may be.
Technical
Understanding Rigs and Rigging by Richard Henderson (0071563040) Gord Laco says, "I taught rigging courses for years at Georgian College's Marine Tech school for years and used that book as the text for the intro course. Each section starts out with basic principals...then goes on to the heavy engineering etc."
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