The Care And Feeding of the Sailing Crew [Paperback]

Lin Pardey (Author), Larry Pardey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 15, 2006

The Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew has become the preferred resource for cruising and racing sailors- whether they're planning a weekend afloat or a round-the-world voyage. This unique volume covers every-thing from outfitting a galley to organizing meals safely in rough weather; from controlling seasickness to creat-ing the right conditions for a well-rested crew. This third edition has been expanded to incorporate new information on nutrition, on waste disposal, and on current methods for handling finances, officialdom, and the paperwork involved in sailing to new countries. New sections cover entertaining on board, feeding vegetarian crew, choosing clothing for sailing offshore, and incorporating modern technology in the galley. The unique guides to reprovisioning as you voyage and buying wines and liquors around the world have been expanded to include many off-the-beaten track destinations now attracting intrepid voyagers. This volume will definitely be of interest to those who have read Lin's previous editions. The story of a North Pacific passage on a 24 foot cutter is skillfully woven through the book to highlight how life on board feels at sea.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

This book has led an amazing life. Our first publisher didn’t want to print it saying, "Who wants to read about cooking at sea." But, with a big push by Larry, The first edition did get published and to everyone’s surprise, became a best selling nautical book. through the years the first two editions have become standard reference books for many cruising seminars. For third edition, I felt it was important to keep the feel of being at sea imparted by the narrative from our wild, wet and windy crossing of the North Pacific on board 24 foot Seraffyn. But I have interviewed several dozen voyagers, health experts, mechanics and cooks for information to update the information, and try to cover the concerns of modern voyagers. The book has grown from 300 pages, to over 400 now. I hope readers will find the new information and design enjoyable to use and encouraging. For that is my goal, to help more people realize that being cook on an ocean going yacht is a highly! rewarding addition to a grand adventure.

From the Back Cover

Since it was first published in 1980, The Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew has become the preferred resource for cruising sailors—whether they’re planning a weekend afloat or a round-the-world voyage. Almost four decades of offshore living experience and more than 185,000 miles of sailing—on their own cutters, on race boats, and on yacht deliveries—have given Lin and Larry Pardey an ideal perspective for sharing useful information on all aspects of preparing for an enjoyable life aboard. This unique volume covers everything from outfitting a galley to organizing meals safely in rough weather; from controlling seasickness to creating the right conditions for a well-rested crew.

In this revised Third Edition, Lin Pardey has incorporated new information on nutrition (responding to sailors’ increased interest in healthful eating), on waste disposal, and on current methods for handling finances, officialdom, and the paperwork involved in sailing to new countries. New and expanded sections cover entertaining on board, feeding vegetarian crew, choosing clothing for sailing offshore, and incorporating modern technology in the galley. Her unique guides to reprovisioning as you voyage and buying wines and liquors around the world have been expanded to include many off-the-beaten track destinations now attracting intrepid voyagers.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Pardey Books; 3 Rev Exp edition (May 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929214073
• ISBN-13: 978-1929214075
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #448,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lin and Larry Pardey - The Cold Hard Facts

Larry
Born 1939, Victoria, Canada. Raised on Shuswap Lake, Okenagan Valley and in Vancouver. First Boat, Indian dug out canoe, age 9. First sail boat - self-restored 8' EL TORO pram, age 17. 1st cruising boat - self-restored 20 foot Colin Archer Cutter. 1st racing boat, age 19 - self-restored 27 foot Tumlaren Sloop. 205,000 sea miles

Lin
Born 1944, Detroit, Michigan. Raised in Los Angeles County. Early sailing experience - summer sailing on lakes of Michigan in 14 foot Old Town Sloop until age of 5. Studied accounting and music. 198,000 sea miles

Lin and Larry
Met in 1965. Romanced three weeks. Joined forces June 12, 1965. Married October 31st 1968.

Seraffyn
Lyle Hess designed cutter, styled on lines of Falmouth Working Boats. Original hull (Renegade) designed in 1954 for Hale Field of Newport Beach as gaff-cutter. Marconi rig designed for Pardeys in 1964. Built by Lin and Larry. Launched October 31st, 1968. Length on deck 24' 7". Waterline 22' 2" beam 8' 11", draft 4' 8", displacement loaded for cruising 10,686 pounds, sail area - working plan 461 square feet. Construction - mahogany on oak steam bent frames with every third frame sawn. Solid teak decks, original cost $7,765 U S.Voyaged - 47,000 miles - eleven years, eastward through Mexico, Panama Canal, to Europe and Baltic. Three years in Mediterranean, south through Red Sea, across Indian Ocean and through China seas to Japan, then Canada and south back to launching port of Newport Beach, California
Taleisin
Designed for Lin and Larry by Lyle C Hess in 1977. Development of Seraffyn. Launched 10/ 31/1983. Length on deck 29' 6", waterline 27' 6", beam 10' 9", draft 5' 3", displacement for cruising 17,800. . Sail area - 740 square feet. Construction - Built by Lin and Larry, teak carvel planking over sawn black locust frames, bronze floors, bronze hanging knees. Solid teak decks, material cost $US 38,000 (1980 dollars).
Voyaged - 80,000 miles sailing westward from California through Pacific. Two voyages from New Zealand to Australia and return. Then through Cook Straits of New Zealand to Sydney, south to Tasmania, westward through Australian bight to Indian Ocean, South Africa, Brazil, Ireland, England, Scotland and Norway. East coast of US, then south to Argentina and westward around Cape Horn across outbound track to complete circumnavigation in 2003, then on to Canada . After spending three seasons exploring the sounds from Desolation sound to Seattle she cruised the west coast of North America then cross the Pacific via the Line Islands, Samoa and Tonga to finish another circumnavigation in New Zealand.

Thelma
Designed and built by C and W Bailey, 1895. Gaff cutter, length on deck 37' beam 7'6" draft 4'9" Ninety-five percent of hull is original. Has been in commission 100 of its 110 years. Purchased 2004 and currently being upgraded cruised and raced at home base in New Zealand during southern summers. Sailed to second in division, 2005 International Classics Regatta, Auckland. 1st in division 2006 International Classics Regatta, Auckland, 2nd 2008 Anniversary day regatta. With Taleisin back at her home base and needing the one winter mooring we have here, Thelma had some final restoration work completed and was adopted out to Matt Price a skilled wooden boat builder in Wellington, where she will race with two other vintage 2-1/2 raters.

Other voyages
Approximately 60,000 miles of yacht delivery work and racing. Have made ocean passages on 20 different vessels and raced on many others including; 85' Schooner, California to Hawaii and return, 54' Ketch, Palma, Majorca to New Orleans. Fleet Handicap winner, 1974 Round Britain two-handed race, First place, Auckland two-handed series.

Home base
New Zealand. Citizens of New Zealand, Canada (Larry) and America (Lin).



Books by Lin and Larry Pardey Videos by Lin and Larry Pardey
Storm Tactics Handbook Cruising, hints for improving your boat
Cruising in Seraffyn Voyaging, upgrading your cruising boat
Seraffyn's European Adventure The Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew
Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure Cruising Coral Seas
Seraffyn's Oriental Adventure Storm Tactics Video
The Self-sufficient Sailor
The Capable Cruiser DVDs by Lin and Larry Pardey
The Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew Storm Tactics
Details of Classic Boat Construction - The Hull Get Ready to Cruise
Cost Conscious Cruiser Get Ready to Cross Oceans
Cruising Has No Limits



Articles by Lin and Larry have appeared in
Sail Magazine, Cruising World, Woodenboat, Good Old Boat, Classic Boat UK, Yachting Monthly UK, Practical Boat Owner UK, South African Yachting, Cruising Helmsman - Australia, Australian Boating, Amateur Boatbuilder - Australia, Das Boot - Germany, Brazilian Sailing, Yacht - Germany, New Zealand Yachting, Sea Spray New Zealand. Pacific Yachting , Canada

Awards
Mauritanian Legion of Honour, as Captain of first American team to sail across the Sahara Desert in a land yacht,1966.
Cruising Sailors to contribute most to the sport of Sailing - voted by readers of Sail Magazine 1990.
International Oceanic Award - presented by Royal Institute of Navigation sponsored by Little Ship Club 1996 - in recognition of Larry's voyaging using traditional methods of navigation.
Ocean Cruising Club Award - for contributions to Seamanship for small boat sailing. Presented to Lin Pardey 1996.
Geoff Pac Memorial Award- to both Lin and Larry for fostering and encouraging ocean cruising in small yachts
Cruising World Hall of Fame-2000
Ocean Cruising Club Merit Award -To Lin and Larry for inspiring voyages including a west-about rounding of Cape Horn
Seven Seas Cruising Club Service Award - To Lin and Larry for their lifetime voyaging achievements 2004


Records-Smallest boat to have circumnavigated contrary to the prevailing winds around all the great southern capes. Only couple to have circumnavigated both east-about and west about on boats they built them selves, using traditional means of navigation and having no engine nor sponsorship.

Customer Reviews

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Right On Target!, June 14, 2006

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Clark B. Timmins "q-25" (West Jordan, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Care And Feeding of the Sailing Crew (Paperback)

"Larry came below shivering and blue-lipped. I got him out of his wet clothes, warmed some freshwater so he could wipe down, and got out his dry clothes. But it wasn't until he had had some hot, solid food that he started to warm up and stop shivering" (p. 357); the real situations experienced during extended cruising and appropriate responses are the focus of this comprehensive book which contains relevant advice on nearly every cruising situation imaginable, with a strong emphasis on how those situations impact the crew.

The authors are professional sailors and have been full-time cruising sailors for over forty years. Their vast experience and precise writing skill enable them to expertly address a wide range of topics, and the book clearly demonstrates their mastery of the care and feeding of sailing crew.

The book is divided into 52 chapters and two indices. Each chapter presents a logged day of a sailing cruise, noting weather and sailing conditions, and covers items which are appropriate to that particular stage of an extended cruise. The concepts are emphasized with enjoyable anecdotes which illustrate the importance of preparation and adaptability. Topics include nearly everything imaginable, ranging from menu planning and food purchase and storage, through cooking methods and preservation techniques, to fishing and keeping the crew well-clothed. The authors' cruising experience ensures the hints are appropriate across a variety of weather and climate conditions. For example, rough-weather food preparation is contrasted with calm-weather cooking using limited galley facilities. The text dispenses with theory and focuses on the reality of small-craft living.

The tone of the book is personal and engaging; the coverage of the topic is masterful and authoritative. Now in its revised 3rd edition, the book is superbly edited and particularly well-balanced. The writing style is accessible and inviting and the material reads like a long letter from a personal friend--albeit a well-spoken friend with indisputably good advice and an incredibly interesting suite of daily experiences. Not only does the book instruct and encourage, it positively portrays cruising and draws the reader into the author's world.

Part adventure book, part how-to guide, part personal history, and part cookbook, the text is fun, creative, and sure to please. Regardless of the reader's level of sailing experience, the book has much to offer and ensures that the care and feeding of sailing crew will not only be possible, but an enjoyable component of future cruising.

5.0 out of 5 stars Important details., April 25, 2011

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This review is from: The Care And Feeding of the Sailing Crew (Paperback)

Maybe I'm not the right person to review this book, because I love Lin and Larry Pardey. They made their life a master piece work of art. And they are so precise and correct in their writing, it's a real pleasure to read they're books.

In this one you'll find details on every single aspect of the cruising life style. It makes me feel like sailing around the world is as simple and easy as crossing the street.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For More than Just 'Round the World Sailors, October 29, 2007

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Marion Gropen "publishing consultant" (Gropen Associates, NY, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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The Pardeys are well-known for their ability to sail their small, engineless, boat safely around the world with very little of the modern equipment most of the rest of us require. Their suggestions for ways to prepare for a voyage, and to increase your comfort and improve your experience while under way are fascinating. They're also amazingly useful even for those of us who rarely venture out of sight of land.

More than just useful, this book also gives you a vivid glimpse of what living aboard a sailing vessel is like.

I recommend this book if you're interested in life at sea, now or in the past, if you're an armchair sailor, and especially if you're responsible for keeping a family or crew healthy and happy on a vacation, longer race, or coastal delivery. And, of course, it's wonderful for the obvious audience: those who are considering casting off from land and crossing oceans.