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Yachting Monthly's Sailing an Atlantic Circuit

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This was an inspirational book about sailing around the atlantic. After reading this book it helped me to make some critical decisions about the trip.

Special interest books tend to be expensive; this must be a factor of short print runs and big production costs.
Yet, the price is still high for what is a fairly slim paperback.

The book describes the single-handed Atlantic crossings of a clearly excellent yachtsman.
His first crossing was made in a 22 foot Hurley, that takes courage and skill. His later crossing was undertaken in a Dockrell 27.
These are both sturdy British boats, though; a company in Dartmoor, England made the Dockrell, an American owned that company.

British mariners tend to make the crossing in smaller and less equipped vessels but ones that are very sturdy. The Hurley has not even standing headroom.

Therefore, this book is all about the real nitty gritty of the passage.
Don't expect to find details on how to fix your a/c or watermaker.
This is a book that is slim but has, it seemed to me, all the essentials of what it takes to make the passage. Added to this the book is something of an adventure, it describes the voyages and in doing so we are taken along.

All in all a worthy book and worth the price.