| "NOR SIGLAR"'S SHIP'S LIBRARY |
| Offshore sailors who plan to spend a lot of time at sea, often far away from civilization, need to have a good reference library onboard. This is a list of most of the books we carried during our voyage: |
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| 1) | Cruising Guides, Hand Books and Pilots |
| | Cruising guides for all areas visited, i. e. guides by Imray Laurie (ex: Atlantic Spain & Portugal Cruising Guide", Davies & Morgan (ex: "Red Sea Pilot"), Rod Heikel (ex:"Cruising Guides for Greece and Turkey"), Chris Doyle (ex: "Windward and Leeward Islands" in the Caribbean), Charlies Charts, etc. etc. etc. |
| | | Jimmy Cornell World Cruising Guide |
| | | Jimmy Cornell World Cruising Handbook |
| | | The Atlantic Crossing Guide |
| | | The Atlantic Pilot Atlas (International Marine) |
| 2) | Nautical Reference Material: |
| | | Atlas of the Oceans (The Times) |
| | | Lloyd's Maritime Atlas |
| | | Reed's Marine Distance Tables |
| | | Reader's Digest Great World Atlas |
| | | Der Neue Grosse Shell Atlas (Europa) |
| 3) | Seamanship Books: |
| | The Seamanship Series: |
| | | Windy Weather (Richard Henderson) |
| | | Sailing at Night (Richard Henderson) |
| | | The Essential Knot Book (Colin Jarman) |
| | | Weather at Sea (David Houghton and Fred Sanders) |
| | | Basic Sailing Skills (Don Giffin - Canadian Yachting Association) |
| | | Offshore. Cruising, Navigation, Racing (The Time-Life Library of Boating) |
| | | Seamanship (The Time-Life Library of Boating) |
| | | Båteierboka, den suverene håndbok for båtfolk (Norsk Maritimt Forlag) |
| | | På Rett Kurs. Komplett lærebok for Båtførerprøven (G. Ulseth & T. Johansen) |
| | | Sjøklar- Praktisk guide for seil - og motorbåter (B. Mosenthal/D. Hewitt) |
| | | Langtur. En praktisk bok for seilere. (Jan Holvik) |
| | | Navigasjon. (Reidar Ditlefsen) |
| | | Dutton's |
| | | Heavy Weather Sailing (K. Adlard Coles) |
| | | Single Handed Sailing 2nd Edition (Henderson) |
| | | Ocean Voyaging (David Parker) |
| 4) | Outfitting /Maintaining the Offshore Yacht |
| | | The Complete Offshore Yacht (Yachting Monthly) |
| | | The Racing Cruiser (Richard Henderson) |
| | | Plastbåten - Reparasjon og Vedlikehold(Gyldendal) |
| | | Outfitting (From the editors of "The Practical Sailor") |
| | | Cruising in Comfort (Jim Skog) |
| 5) | Technical Books |
| | | Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual (Nigel Calder) - ("The Bible") |
| | | The 12 Volt Doctor's Practical Handbook for the Boat's Electric System (Edgar Beyn) |
| | | Boat Electrical Systems (Dag Pike) |
| | | Mariners' Guide to SSB (short wave radio) |
| | | Morse Code (The Essential Language) |
| | | The Joy of Photography (Kodak) |
| | | Scuba diving - Underwater Adventuring (Sports Illustrated) |
| 6) | Travel Guides and Language Books |
| | - | Lonely Planet or similar (Blue Guide, Michelin, Fodor, etc.) |
| | | Berlitz language booklets (Greek, Turkish, Indonesian, etc. etc.) |
| | | Spanish Made Simple (Doubleday Made Simple Books) |
| | | Dictionaries |
| 7) | Encyclopedias and Reference Books on history, religion, animal & sea life |
| | | Hermes Leksikon for Skole og Hjem - 2 bind |
| | | Menneskets Saga (Det Beste) |
| | | TY - "Teach Yourself" books on world faiths: |
| | | Judaism |
| | | Buddhism |
| | | Hinduism |
| | | Islam |
| | | The Koran |
| | | The Bible |
| | | Seawatch - The Seafarer's Guide to Marine Life (Paul V. Horsman) |
| | | Birds of Sea, Shore & Stream (Time Life: Wild, Wild World of Animals) |
| | | Dangerous Sea Creatures ( " " ) |
| | | Verdens Dyreliv |
| 8) | Circumnavigation Books |
| | | Sailing alone around the World (Joshua Slocum) |
| | | Red Admiral (Stein Hoff) |
| | | Oppbrudd (Ragnar Kvam) |
| | | Det gjelder Liv (Arne og Unni Smith) |
| | | Sorgenfri (Johan J. Petersen & Peder Krog) |
| | | Just Cruising (Liza Copeland) |
| | | Still Cruising (Liza Copeland) |
| | | All in the same Boat (McCall/Howard) |
| 9) | First Aid |
| | | Where there is no doctor |
| | | The Family Medical Encyclopedia (Justus J. Schifferes) |
| | | First Aid - Safety Oriented (St. John Ambulance) |
| | | Førstehjelp på Sjøen (D. Justins & C. Berry: Norsk: F. Åbyholm, C. Huitfeldt) |
| | | The Back Power Program(D. Imrie & L. Barbuto) |
| | | You are as Young as your Spine (E. Hearn) |
| 10) | Cook Books |
| | | Joy of Cooking (Irma S. Rombauer & Marion Rombauer Becker) |
| | | Diet for a Small Planet (Frances Moore Lappe) |
| | | Indian Vegetarian Cookbook (Pat Chapman) |
| | | Pequena Enciclopedia de la Cocina Vegetariana (El Pais Aguilar) |
| | | The Greek Cookery Book (Toubi's) |
| | | Traditional Mexican Cooking (A. Fernandez) |
| | | Chinese Recipes (Stephen Yan) |
| | | Good Food Afloat - Every Sailor's Guide to Eating Right (Joan Betterley) |
| | | Anne Lindsay's Light Kitchen (United Way of Canada) |
| | | The Umberto Menghi Cookbook (Pastas) |
| | | Godt ombord - Båtens kokebok (Carina Lernhagen Matz) |
| | | Meals on Keels (Bluewater Cruising Association, B.C.) |
| | | Contented Crews' Cookbook (Royal Vancouver Yacht Club) |
| 11) | Membership publications (both current and past) from various offshore sailing organizations, containing travel letters and information written by offshore sailors, i.e. |
| | | Currents (Bluewater Cruising Association, Vancouver, B.C.) |
| | | Seven Seas Cruising Association, (Florida, USA) |
| | | Transocean, (Cuxhaven, Germany) |
| 12) | Seiling magazines, i.e. |
| | | Seilas, Pacific Yachting, Yachting Monthly, Cruising world, etc., etc. |
| 13) | Maritime Catalogues: |
| | | West Marine - 2000 Sailboat Master Catalog |
| | | Harken - 97 |
| | | Båteiernes Katalog 2001 (Byggplast) |
| 14) | "Just" Books |
| | | Hundreds of fiction, science fiction, historical novels and adventure books - mostly soft cover used in trading with other sailors |
| 15) | "Coffee Table"/Picture Books |
| | | We acquired a nice "coffee table book" from all countries and/or island colonies visited during the voyage. |
| 16) | LOG BOOKS |
| | | NOR SIGLAR'S 9-year voyage resulted in 24 completed log books (taylor made by her permanent crew) |
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