Cornell J. Modern Ocean Cruising. Boats, Gear and Crews Surveyed

London: Granada Publishing, 1983. — 199 p. — ISBN: 0-229-11687-6.More than just a textbook on ocean cruising, this book is packed with information and conclusions digested from the experiences of those who are actually doing it. In the course of his own recently-completed 6-year circumnavigation, the author conducted 4 extensive surveys among over 60 other ocean cruising boats, and this is the result of his research. All the important problems-practical, administrative, financial and psychological-of long distance cruising are dealt with, from basic decisions such as choice of rig to the details of educating children en route.
The wealth of photographs give a vivid picture of the lives of the men, women and children who have taken the plunge and set off, and throughout the book there are cameos of particularly notable boats and skippers, which seem to the author to embody the finest expressions of what ocean cruising is all about.