Sailing Family

A hilarious travel memoir about a man who moved with his wife, three kids, and two pets onto a forty-six-foot sailboat for a year. He expected it to be a yearlong version of Margaritaville, but what he got was shipwrecks, bad directions, hygiene calamities, and pirate attacks (sort of). Perfect...

After nearly drowning in Greece, Christine Stovell was determined never to get on a boat again. The sailing kind? Definitely not. Yet when she married a keen sailor and became joint owner of a vintage wooden yacht, she somehow managed to sail halfway round Britain, despite never finding her sea legs. Insightful, funny and raw, Christine’s story captures the joy, terror and wonder of a novice, seasick sailor out on the waves in a small wooden boat. Her adventures have taken her through sleepy backwaters and high seas, from Essex to west Wales and across to France. Along the way, she’s ...

A true story of poor judgment and questionable parenting, but also of friendship and adventure. A cubicle-dwelling nine-to-fiver hatches a secret plan to buy an old Dutch sailboat, fix her up, and return to the Pacific via the Northwest Passage. His wife hopes for a family. Somehow, both dreams are set in motion–simultaneously. Undeterred, they pack a single suitcase, their six pound newborn, and board a flight to the Netherlands. The boat is a slowly-sinking national treasure, her engine a museum piece. If all goes according to plan, they’ll be ready to cross the Atlantic by autumn.

Elsa's eldest, Cole Steel, is on the brink of the rest of his life. Like his father before him, he's a remarkable sailor—but unlike his father, he has no wife, no children, and just the open ocean at his feet. Elsa's not entirely pleased with his reckless nature. But she knows he has the same adventurous spirit his father always had. Aiden lives through Cole every day. Recently, Cole signed a contract to sail professionally. It's the opportunity of a lifetime—with a caveat. His boss is widely known as the toughest in the business.

Erik and Emily skillfully reveal that it is possible to live big on a shoestring budget while giving their family an astonishing education in adventure, creativity, purpose, and grit. Told alternately by Erik and Emily, Seven at Sea is a portrait of a captivating and resilient family and a celebration of the courage it takes to head for something over the horizon.

A classic summer vacation thriller from the most popular storyteller of our time. A mother and her three children struggle to survive on the most shocking sailing trip of their lives. Since the death of her husband, Anne Dunne and her three children have struggled in every way. In a last-ditch...

Sometimes in life you may get to live some of your dreams. Sometimes in life, you get to step briefly outside of time. Standing on the front gallery on St. Croix, looking across the channel toward distant islands, it’s impossible not to wonder what lies beyond those small shapes on the horizon. On clear days, Tortola and the scattered islands of the British Virgin Islands appear like pearls tossed across the sea — close enough to imagine, far enough to dream about. That curiosity turned into reality when friends Dan and Julie welcomed us aboard their catamaran Kindred Spirit, sailing ...

In the tradition of Sebastian Junger and Linda Greenlaw comes Captain Sig Hansen's rags-to-riches epic of his immigrant family's struggle against deadly Alaskan seas, freezing shipwrecks, and dangerously brutal conditions to achieve the American Dream Sig Hansen has been a star of the Discovery...

Tritonia ‘Salty’ Casavant has spent her entire life out at sea on her parents’ sailboat. Raised by a marine biologist and her mother’s extended family of modern day pirates, her perception of the world isn’t exactly normal. Now a single mother herself and living once again on the boat her parents left her, she enjoys her private paradise as she cruises back and forth between the Islands of Hawaii. Everything changes when a local gang begins using her strip of ocean as a dumping ground for smuggled drugs and firearms. Soon Salty is in the middle of an all-out turf war she ...

A sweeping debut novel about the generations of a family that spends summers in a seaside enclave on Maine's rocky coastline, for fans of Elin Hilderbrand, Beatriz Williams, and Sarah Blake. 1944: Maren Larsen is a blonde beauty from a small Minnesota farming town, determined to do her part to...

Two mysterious deaths, a hit-and-run and the discovery of long-lost treasure form a chain of events that threatens to capsize the lives of everyone involved... Join Connie, Conrad and Ava the cat for the thrilling second instalment of the Connie McKinnon sailing detective series! Set in the beautiful landscape of Scotland, this cosy mystery is sure to leave you on the edge of your seat. After sailing home from her adventures in the Aegean town of Ayvalik, Connie finds herself embroiled in a series of curious and deadly incidents. With whispers of witchcraft and a ghostly presence lurking in...

Looking for a perfect summer read? Try this British detective cosy mystery set in the sunshine, for the ultimate armchair destination adventure... A yacht, a beautiful Aegean town, a grand hotel and the unexpected death of a TV star... After being shipwrecked on the Turkish Aegean coast, Connie McKinnon, author and sometime private investigator, is forced to stop in Ayvalik, the only place with the facilities to repair her yacht, Sunlight. She befriends the wealthy socialite Frances Tredegar-Jones who asks Connie to look into the recent death of her friend, Sylvie Bertillon. Sylvie, a ...

A charming memoir of midlife by the bestselling author of Mayflower and In the Hurricane's Eye, recounting his attempt to recapture a national sailing championship he'd won at twenty-two. “There had been something elemental and all consuming about a Sunfish. Nothing could compare to the...

Groundhog Day meets One Day in December in this funny and romantic novel about a couple who call off their wedding after a disastrous rehearsal dinner—only to wake up the next morning stuck in a time loop. Two people. One wedding. No end in sight. "A sweet, delightful romance." —People...

In this installment of the Gallagher family Age of Sail adventures, the world of the Gallagher brothers expands from New Orleans, where the previous novel ended, to include Spanish California, the Pacific northwest, and the Hawaiian Islands. Jack, now “beached” along with many U.S. Naval officers after the War of 1812, signs on as ship captain for J.J. Astor’s fur company. Jack, Eamonn, and their youngest brother Barney meet Kamehameha the Great, help him conquer and unite the Hawaiian Islands, and foil efforts by an interloper who schemes to acquire the Hawaiian Islands for Russia. ...

"Filled with tension, excitement, and brilliant plot twists, the story moves at a breakneck pace against the backdrop of Gerstenblatt’s meticulous research. Luminous." —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Queen From award-winning author Julie Gerstenblatt, an epic...

Embark on an Extraordinary Nautical Journey with "Sailing Life"! Set sail into a world of adventure, discovery, and freedom with "Sailing Life," your essential companion for navigating the vast and thrilling world of the open sea. Whether you dream of setting out with family, exploring solo, or bringing along your furry friends, this book offers tailored insights and guidance to make your maritime dreams a reality. Begin your voyage with Chapter 1, a gateway to new horizons as you hear "The Call of the Sea" and learn how to "Choose Your Companions" wisely. Sail with loved ones in Chapter 2,...

Twenty+ cracking stories from forty-five worldwide locations; maybe more. From two pages to twenty-five. People, and places; triumphs and tragedies.The things you say... The squirmers and twisters - "Watch out for that one!" The romantics - "I could go for him, alright." The endings you didn't know you wanted - "That's so lovely." The wrong turns - 'Oh no! Don't do it!" And the vengeance-seekers - "He needs fixing." The ones you root for - "Yes - Get in there." And those you laugh with - "My kind of humour - anything from a satisfied smile to cackling disbelief." Or want to be - "I'd love ...

A guide and the fundamentals of sailing for the young sailor, couple or cruiser family. Wow what a mouthful, but really didn't want to exclude anyone from finding out how awesome becoming a full time sailor can be. We'll be exploring all the basic tools in a condensed, info packed easy to listen to expose topics of: Which boat to buy, their various aspects, the fundamentals of sailing, setups, and navigation. Thank you for joining us on this short journey to a long awaited freedom!

**Awards:** New Mexico-Arizona Book Award Finalist, 2024; Royal Dragonfly First Place in Letters, Diaries, and Journals, 2024; Global Book Awards Silver Medalist in Biography and Memoir, 2024; Wishing Shelf Red Ribbon, 2025; Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in Memoir, 2025. Do you want to get away from it all? Meet Kent. Overwhelmed by the indifference of his South Dakota undergraduate students and fed up with American politics of the 1980s, he yearns for a life of adventure. Then, he discovers sailboats. While retirement seems financially out of reach, living on a sailboat opens ...