Ocean Cruising on a Budget [Paperback]

Anne Hammick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1991

Hammick buys her provisions wholesale and her tools secondhand. She finds small but stout ocean-cruising sailboats in forgotten backwaters at half normal prices. She sails oceans with only rudimentary electronics to supplement age-old navigation instruments, and she shows you how to do it, too, with down-to-earth advice drawn from the author's eight Atlantic crossings.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"... has become highly praised as an essential guide for all those planning a bluewater voyage, whether on a budget or not." -- Sailing Inland and Offshore

"A wealth of practical experience and knowledge presented in a concise, logical, easy-to-read manner... If it doesn't save you many times its cost-both in money and aggravation-I'll be surprised." -- The Ensign

"An invaluable aid for the first-time passage maker. Even if you feel you're not quite ready, the book makes for interesting reading and will undoubtedly be the impetus to make it happen." -- American Sailor

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (November 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071580123
• ISBN-13: 978-0071580120
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,622,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice title, shame about the content, March 14, 2000

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Ben Mullett - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ocean Cruising on a Budget (Paperback)

Plenty of general information is presented in a reasonably fluid style, but when it comes to the nitty gritty - like costs, as mentioned by another reviewer, Anne Hammick takes the easy route.

The book is also beginning to date, and some of her admitted personal bias is even less appropriate now than it was when the book was first written.

A capsize phobia is understandable (I suffer vertigo myself) but to dismiss multihulls so casually indicates a partiality that defeats the object of a book with this title. For example, a snide comment about Wharram cats spending time on the beach reveals her ignorance of the prime uses of shallow-draught multis.

If you are already determined to go cruising in the exact same manner as Anne Hammick, this book will reinforce your decisions, but it lacks the balance and depth to be a serious work of reference. Could do better.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not much about Budget!, October 19, 1998

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Ronald C. Pearson (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ocean Cruising on a Budget (Paperback)

Althought this book is interesting it really doesn't cover the subject of budget the way I had hoped. Most of the information in the book has been written before by many others and so I found it to be a little redundant.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars what a sailor!, April 27, 2005

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stephen sittler (oak lawn, il United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ocean Cruising on a Budget (Paperback)

This is one of my favorite books, and not because it has 'new information', covers multihulls etc. There's not a lot new about sailing anyway. But the portrait of the sailor seen in Anne - the caution, judgment, prudence; the careful weighing of risks and strategies to abate them; her firmness in instructing you that mechanical MUST be chosen over electronic aids in the dangers of the sea; the constant concern about economizing wisely - these are gifts the sea gives to character, and hers shines through brightly from her lovely, unassuming writing. Very highly recommended, esp. if you haven't been ruined by lots of money.
S. Sittler