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Ready for Sea: How to Outfit the Modern Cruising Sailboat and Prepare Your Vessel and Yourself for Extended Passage-Making and Living Aboard

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Tor Pinney's Ready For Sea! is a practical, thorough, "user friendly" guide to outfitting a cruising sailboat and preparing oneself for the joy of extended sail journeys, or living abroad on a cruise. Individual chapters address safety on the waves; every part of a sailboat from sails to galley; mechanical considerations; and much more. Enhanced with illustrations by Bruce Bingham, Ready For Sea! is a "must-read" for anyone seriously planning a sailing voyage, whether it be a simple day-trip excursion or an around the world adventure.

I've read Tor Pinney's "Ready for Sea" and, after seeing Christopher Korody's comments below, I can not imagine he even read the same book. Pinney has a friendly, easy-going writing style, a pleasant way of sharing his vast, first-hand knowledge on the subject at hand. I think he's a very fine writer, better than most in this genre. I wish more boating books were as easy to read as this one. It's more concise than many of the longer books on the subject. "Ready for Sea" covers a great deal of solid information in just 200-odd pages, and some very novel ideas, too - like the last chance trip line. I highly recommend this book to anyone thinking about going cruising.

I've read most of the boat preparation books out there and it's about time someone made it fun to learn new stuff. This author is a bit of a character - you have to read his bio in the book to see what I mean - but he really knows his stuff and I learned a lot from the book. He describes a last chance trip line that he apparently invented that could save a singlehander's life. The book is full of useful suggestions, ideas and check lists, a book you'll want to keep aboard for reference. But like I said, the nicest thing is that it's easy reading. He's a very good writer with an easy-going style who has been there and knows what he's talking about.

I am using this book to help me oufit my boat for Caribbean cruising. I find it useful almost every day. Lots of great ideas.

i learned a lot from this book and tor pinney is a real smooth writer, like he's just talking to you and he knows a lot about boats and cruising. great book if your planning to go cruising i recommend it

I sold my house and am leaving for the sea shortly. Tor Pinney has gone a long way to get me to get it right. I am on my third reading now. Almost every bit of helpfull advice will become part of my plan to go to sea. The best book I have read to prepare me for cruising the Caribbean and beyond. Thanks Tor!~

I really love this book, even though te pretty much only covers the tip of the iceberg, this books gives me an insight in to the things to consider when outfitting and choosing a boat that i plan to buy. I love the way Tor has written the book, it had made me understand the fundamentals in a simple and illustrative way

The content is broad, the advice general, and this book just doesn't rise to the level of the works of other authors who have tackled this subject. There are many fine books on this subject, and this is not among them. Pass.

There is no doubt that the author has been to sea. The problem is the format that he and his editor developed to communicate his experience. There is a paragraph about every topic imaginable. Which would be great if Tor were an extraordinarily gifted writer with a very clear point of view. But he is not a particularly good writer, and the point of view is so broad that he has no chance of doing much of this content justice.

IMHO you should put Dashew, Seiffert, Caldwell, Sutphen and Leonard aboard before you even start to think about this one. At that point it's a why bother.