Maritime lawyer and author Jay Jacobs has written a non-fiction courtroom drama entitled The Widow Wave, about the worst recreational boating accident in the history of San Francisco, CA.

As members of the Sunsail owners program, Nancy Kaull and Paul Jacobs of Saunderstown, RI have cruised many of the world’s finest waters together.

A Path in the Mighty Waters: Shipboard Life & Atlantic Crossings to the New World tells the story of how people experienced their crossings to North America in the eighteenth century.

For the L. Francis Herrehoff buff and casual reader alike, L. Francis Herreshoff: Yacht Designer is a detailed, visual peek into the life and work of one of the most influential naval architects of his time.

An author, journalist and sailor, Emma Bamford has worked at The Independent and the Daily Express. She lives in Derbyshire, England. You’ll find her entertaining blog at emmabamford.com. Casting Off is Emma’s first book. Whether you choose the paperback or the eBook, it’s a great read.

Ships, Clocks, and Stars: The Quest for Longitude tells the story of the many attempts to solve what the British dubbed the “longitude problem.” Authors Richard Dunn and Rebekah Higgitt recount the pursuit of the measurement of longitude at sea, which stumped some of the finest minds of Western civilization for nearly 300 years.

Together with their son Nicky, who crossed his first ocean at age four, the authors have spent four years living and cruising aboard their Dufour 35 Namani, first sailing from Greece to the Caribbean and on to Maine, then from Maine to Australia. They’ve compiled a very readable cruising guide that covers everything from buying and equipping a boat, preparing for a long passage, understanding weather, and safety at sea to detailed information about the islands along the route

This excerpt from The Strenuous Life of Harry Anderson by Roger Vaughan recounts an event caused the match racing rules to be re-written.

Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex will be a very nice addition to have prior to seeing In the Heart of Sea, the movie, a Ron Howard production scheduled for release in December.

Whether you’re planning to build your own boat or restore a classic, you’ll want to own a copy of this indispensable reference book. Now in its seventh edition, The Boat Data Book is a compendium of tables and graphs including pertinent lengths, widths, weights and strengths.