Our Books

Offshore Sailing Logbook

By Gio & Julie Cappelli

This rugged logbook is rooted in our passagemaking experience with input from John Neal and printed on rite-in-the-rain paper. It's the only fully waterproof offshore sailing logbook on the market, specifically designed for cruisers who crave durability and simplicity in their recordkeeping with safe seamanship in mind.

Maintenance Logbook

By Gio & Julie Cappelli

If you've been searching for the perfect maintenance logbook in which to record all the essential data about your engine, fuel fills, winterizing, preventative maintenance tasks, spare parts, and work orders, you've finally found it. Designed by ABYC certified marine technicians and printed on waterproof, greaseproof paper for lasting recordkeeping.

SMART Cruising Goals Workbook

This workbook is for you if you're looking to learn how to uncover your true motivations for going cruising, how to turn your cruising dreams into goals you can actually achieve, and how to make an actionable roadmap that will help you sail away sooner. We've turned our best strategy for cruising goal creation into this 25-page workbook that we think you'll love.

Free Recommended Book List

If you are searching for a current list of recommended books to help you prepare for cruising, you've found it. This list is extensive and exhaustive. We update it annually with books and other learning resources we ourselves read, own, and use on a regular basis. Some you'll want on board while cruising, others are great for preparing.

The Essential Galley Companion, Second Edition

The updated and expanded second edition of The Essential Galley Companion redefines the traditional concept of boating cuisine with an intriguing collection of 425 international recipes and galley advice interwoven with tales of personal adventure. 378 pages.

Mahina Tiare: Pacific Passages

“Mahina Tiare, Pacific Passages is filled with honest and very different insights from both sides of a cruising couple who made the life-style work. In their sensitive writing styles, they tell of their first cruise together — he the experienced offshore sailor with wanderlust, she the novice sailor with spunk who was looking for a real change in her life. We follow their adventures as they take Mahina Tiare through some of the most remote and beautiful of the South Pacific islands, as they work to earn a living along the way, as they learn about the limits of endurance each can sustain, and then the story of closing the circle with the sale of their boat.” — Bernadette Bernon, Editor, Cruising World Magazine.

Log of the Mahina: A Tale of the South Pacific

“Above all, the Log of the Mahina is a practical book, which should be required reading for all yachties venturing into the dangers and pleasures, physical and romantic, that lie in wait in Polynesia. The book abounds with information about passes and beacons and port requirements; it provides detailed pen pictures about many of the less frequented ports of call and includes a how-to-do-it-yourself primer on preparing a yacht for offshore cruising.” — Pacific Islands Monthly

Expedition Companion

By John Neal & Amanda Swan Neal

This annually updated comprehensive 115-page manual covers most topics taught on our sail training expeditions. If you’re joining us for an expedition you will receive a hard copy of this textbook when you embark. Email us directly if you would like to purchase an e-book ($15) or hard copy ($20) of the Expedition Companion.

Offshore Cruising Companion

By John Neal & Amanda Swan Neal

This annually updated comprehensive 260-page textbook covers most topics taught in the Offshore Cruising Seminar. If you’re joining us for this seminar you will receive a hard copy of this textbook in class. Email us directly if you would like to purchase a e-book ($40) or hard copy ($60) of the Offshore Cruising Companion.