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# The Voyager's Handbook: The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising Hardcover – December 7, 2006

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Very, VERY Useful
  

*by J***D on Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2014*

Before starting this book, my expectations were pretty high... I've liked Beth Leonard's contributions to sailing magazines and also saw the glowing reviews here on Amazon. Despite my high expectations, I'm still very impressed. Like most of the other reviewers, I agree this is a very useful book for anyone considering spending a bunch of time voyaging aboard a sailboat. It's generally oriented toward wanna-be circumnavigators, but still very useful even for "extended coastal cruisers" (like me) of many varying budgets and experience.It's full of good info (from money issues, to outfitting, to passagemaking, to health issues abroad, and way more) backed up with the author's experience and data from other voyagers. Very complementary to other great cruising boat books, and really should be part of every serious cruiser's library. The information is good for both skipper and crew.It's in a "detailed handbook" format, where you don't need to read it cover-to-cover in consecutive order to understand it... though that's how I read it. It's also a pretty easy style of writing... it was interesting enough I probably could have read it nonstop had I had a whole lot of time.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The single best book out there for those seeking serious blue water sailing advice.
  

*by A***Y on Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2018*

I have over three dozen books on sailing, and this book is by far the most useful I own. I can't say enough good things about it. Every page is filled with golden nuggets of knowledge. Don't buy this book to learn how to sail, there are plenty of books out there to teach you the basics of sailing, buy this book if you already know how to sail but have always lacked for having that seasoned experience salt filling in all the tiny gaps of knowledge that can they themselves have learned the hard way. That is what Beth does, The entire volume is filled with tips that will make passage making that much easier. As I prepare for my first Pacific crossing in two months, I find myself repeatedly coming back to this book to guide me on the best practices of passage making. If you ever plan on making a passage, this book will give you back its purchase price a hundred times over just within the first few chapters. Get it, absorb it, and tell others!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The Bible of Cruising
  

*by P***K on Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2015*

This is indeed like the bible of cruising. It covers everything you need to know about long-term voyaging. The author Beth and her husband Evans are two type A personalities with originally a background in consulting. So their experience is very analytical, data based, and relatively impartial. This was perfect for me, and is in stark contrast to many other sailing books where the author writes based on only his personal experiences and biases.The charts and tables in the book present valuable data, and they surveyed other cruisers to get data on dozens or hundreds of other boats. The middle of the book gets a little slow and covers more commonsense material (like how to pack small spaces efficiently) that I felt I could skim over. But the first 1/3 of the book and last 1/3 are chock full of great reading.The best chapter in this book for me was "Chapter 3 - A Bluewater-Capable Yacht". They did a good job of putting into perspective the debate on what kind of boat you need to cross oceans, and what features are important. Yet they still managed to be relatively impartial and gathered data from dozens of different cruising boats to help you make your decision.

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