Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 349 pages
- Published by: Sheridan House March 2003
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1574091603
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1574091601
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Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 5.9 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 15.2 ounces
Product Review
"a treasure of good writing, good humor and good advice" --
Points East, August 2003"as genuine and invigorating as a lung full of fresh, salt air." --
Sailing, February 2004"quite simply the most engaging fall-cruising reading any skipper could stow in his ship's library." --
Cruising World, August 2003
Product Description
Encompassing some of the best articles to ever appear in the legendary
Rudder magazine, the premier nautical publication from the first half of the twentieth century, this volume contains a treasure trove of influential writings on a varied and exhaustive array of subjects. This anthology is an invaluable resource, representing a wealth of wisdom unavailable for the past fifty years. Featuring contributions from some of the most famous and diverse figures in the history of yachting and sailing, from Thomas Fleming Day and C. Andrade, Jr., to John Alden and L. Francis Herreshoff,
The Rudder Treasury is a timeless record of decades' worth of accumulated experience.
Reader ReviewsEach chapter of this book is an old article from the good years of Rudder Magazine (1893 - ~1950). I now see why the magaize has such an excellent reputation. The book is full of very interesting, practical and relevant information from real experts about both sailing a power boating. Also the authors are often very opinionated, and I find that extremely entertaining and useful. Today's magazines are largely of forum for advertisers, and the editors often write what pleases the advertisers (their primary source of $ is advertising, not subscription fees). I have more confidence in the advice of experts who have nothing to gain (this book), than the happy go lucky stories and product reviews of today's magazines. If you don't like all of the ridiculusly positive reviews, shiny products, and promotion of excessive reliance on systems, then skip today's magazines. If instead you believe sailing and cruising is about depending on your own competence with basic skills, knowlege and experience, then this should be excellent and informative reading. The information here is very relevant today: Boats still float, the wind still blows, and the sails still fill, good seamanship has not changed. I would take one issue of Rudder Magazine over a year long subscribtion of today's magazines (Sail Mag., Cruising World...)
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