ADVENTURERS AFLOAT **S* a Nautical Bibliography
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ADVENTURERS AFLOAT **S* A Nautical Bibliography: A Comprehensive Guide to Books in English Recounting the Adventures of Amateur Sailors upon the Waters of the World in Yachts, Boats, and Other Devices and Including Works on the Arts and Sciences of Cruising, Racing, Seamanship, Navigation, Design, Building, etc. from the Earliest Writings Through 1986 by ERNEST W. TOY, JR. Volume 1: Part I The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Metuchen, N.J., & London 1988 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication data available. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Toy, Ernest W. , 1925- Adventurers afloat. Includes bibliographies and index. 1. Boats and boating--Bibliography. 2. Aquatic sports-- Bibliography. I. Title. Z7514.B6T69 1988 [GV775] 016.7971 88- 31209 ISBN 0-8108-2189-3 Copyright 0 1988 by Ernest W. Toy, Jr. Manufactured in the United States of America Preface After waiting in vain for many years for someone to write a book about books on yachting and related subjects, I finally decided to do it myself. At that time I believed that the job could be done quickly and easily. Twelve years, three computers, and some 8,000 titles later I know that I was wrong about the size and difficulty of the task, but, nevertheless, right about decid- ing to undertake it. Although demanding, it has been the source of much satis- faction. Now the writing has been completed and the book is ready for publication. It is lengthy, but not really finished. Bibliographies never are. Over 2,000 of the titles examined were eliminated. Those which remained for inclusion are histories, narratives, novels, and humorous works about yachting, boating, canoeing, and surfing, which tell of cruising, canoe tripping, racing, competitions, and just messing about; books about how to do these and several other aquatic things (such as water skiing, model boating, and ice boating); books to be used while doing them (such as nautical cook books, pilots and guides, and rules of the road); books about vessels in which they can be done (and their ancestors); books about related businesses and in- dustries (such as boat designing and building, marinas, and marine hardware and equipment); and bibliographies. Children's books are included. Among the books excluded are those about voyages of naval and merchant ships, scientific expeditions (with a few exceptions), underwater exploration, and fishing. Unfortunately, lack of time and space have made it necessary to ex- clude periodicals and periodical articles also. Titles, many of which have descriptive notes, are arranged for browsing in much the same way the books themselves might be arranged in a specialized library. The table of contents provides a detailed guide to the classification scheme used. The author-title and ship and boat name indexes serve to lo- cate specific titles in much the same way as a library's card catalog. In a sense, this is a model library, with only the books themselves missing. Those books which are wanted can usually be provided by one's local public library, either from their shelves or through interlibrary loan. Inadvertently, I spent a number of years preparing to do this job. The best part of my childhood was spent in surfing and boating at Laguna Beach, California, and in sailing on nearby Balboa Bay in a 10' pram dinghy which I built with much help from my father. During World War I1 and the Korean War I spent several years at sea as a watch officer, navigator, etc., mostly in destroyers, and for a number of years I taught naval officers navigation and seamanship. I also became a librarian and a historian specializing in British Navy. As a result of these experiences, I speak the naval dialect of the nauti- cal language, which differs slightly from the yachting and boating dialects. After several decades of teaching and serving as University Librarian at California State University, Fullerton, I retired from administrative work and began teaching half time in order to have time to travel to the United Kingdom regularly and to engage in interesting projects such as this one. Many years ago I built a 35' Piver Lodestar trimaran, Mithrandir, which I used to sail. Un- fortunately, about three years ago I had to stop sailing because this book had begun to absorb all of my spare time. Now, if her mooring lines can still be cast off, Mithrandir may go to sea again. A book like this could not have been written had countless librarians, booksellers, and others not produced catalogs of collections, trade bibliog- raphies, indexes, abstracts, and the many other great bibliographic tools na- tive to the 20th century. I thank them all. I am very grateful also to many other people for their invaluable help, encouragement, and unfailing cour- tesy. Among them are: Ms. Nancy Caudill and her staff in the Interlibrary Loan Department of California State University, Fullerton, who mastered my handwriting and went on to procure hundreds of hard-to-find titles; the staff and volunteer members of the Cruising Association, who helped me use their invaluable library in Ivory House, St. Katherine Dock, London, and who, above and beyond the call of duty, brought me tea when I needed it most; the people who made it possible to go from computer 2 to computer 3 (and word processor 2 to word processor 3), Dr. Sorel Reisman, who found the neces- sary software, my son, Roger, who, when everyone else had failed, found a way to transfer files too big for the software to handle; and my library col- league, R. Dean Galloway, who spent many hours helping with the actual transfer process; Mr. Dan Clinton, who solved a number of bibliographical puzzles; Ms. Marion Buzzard, who tracked down some intractable things; Ms. Doris New, whose expert proofreading of the entire manuscript three times had a wonderfully civilizing influence upon it; Dr. Cecelia van Beuren Wittman, who designed and produced the indexes and, in the process, found vii a number of hard-to-find errors in the text; and Ms. Becky Swanson, whose help with Xerox Ventura Publisher has been indispensable. No expression of gratitude can recognize adequately all that my wife, Beverly, has done to make the conception, writing and publication of this book possible. She has continued to go to sea with me in spite of leaky dinghies, treacherous mooring lines, breaking surf in harbor entrances, seasick guests, and the contretemps at Buoy E 2 A, Catalina Island. She designed the text layout, selected the type font to be used, and, with Ventura Publisher, did the typesetting. She found structural and textual blemishes and helped to turn them into beauty spots. Fortunately, she gave up reading term papers long ago and can still spell. Beyond all these things, without her nothing would be worth the effort. It is said that certain Middle Eastern carpet weavers purposely introduced a flaw into each carpet so as not to intrude upon the realm of God, perfection. Unfortunately, those who write bibliographies do not have to take this precau- tion. Indeed, I had hoped that this book would approach perfection some- what more closely than it has, and, in spite of the wonderful help noted above, there remain errors of omission and commission to which I must retain ex- clusive rights. Of this book I can only say, as Samuel Rawson Gardiner said of his monumental history of early Stuart England, "Whatever it may be worth, it is the best that I have to offer." Ernest W. Toy TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME I Part I The Story Of Yachting And Boating A. General Works 1. Histories and General Works. a. Global b. British Isles c. United States d. British Commonwealth e. Other Areas 2. Biographies and Autobiographies 3. Anthologies and Collective Works 4. Pictorial Works 5. Yacht Registers and Other Directories 6. Other General Works B. Cruising 1. Histories and Collective Works 2. Deep Water Cruises a. Around the World b. Atlantic Ocean c. Pacific Ocean d. Atlantic and Pacific Oceans e. Other Oceans 3. Coastal Cruises a. British Isles b. Northern Europe c. Southern Europe d. Northern and Southern Europe e. East Coast of the Americas f. West Coast of the Americas g. Other Coasts X Table of Contents 4. Inland Cruises a. British Isles b. Europe c. North America d. Other Areas C. Racing 1. Races under Sail a. Ocean Races b. The America's Cup c. Other Races 2. Rowing and Paddling Races 3. Powerboat Races D. Surfing VOLUME I1 Part II The Arts, Techniques, and Information Necessary for Yachting and Boating A. General 1. Comprehensive Works 2. Seamanship and Yacht Management a. General Works b. Sail c. Power Boats d. Seamanship - Canoes, Kayaks, and Rowing Boats e. Seamanship - Heavy Weather f. Marlinspike Seamanship 3. Navigation and Piloting a. History of Navigation b. Yacht Navigation c. Selected Books on Large-Ship Navigation Table of Contents xi 4. Sailing Directions, Coast Pilots, and Guides - Oceans a. Ocean Passages b. British Isles c. Europe: Baltic, Atlantic, and Mediterranean d. East Coast of the Americas e. West Coast of the Americas f. Other Areas 5. Inland Waters: Guides, Etc. a. British Isles b. Europe c. North America d. Other Areas 6. Weather Forecasting and Oceanography 7. Amenities: Below Decks and In the Galley 8. Law, Custom, Etiquette, and Communication 9. Dictionaries and Encyclopedias B. Specialized Techniques 1. Cruising, Houseboating, and Trailer Boating 2. Canoe, Kayak, and Raft Tripping 3. Sailboat Racing Technique: Inshore 4. Sailboat Racing Technique: Ocean Racing 5. Racing: Rowing Boats, Canoes, and Kayaks 6. Power Boat Racing 7. Surfing 8. Windsurfing 9. Water Skiing 10. Ice Boating 11. Model Yachting xii Table of Contents Part III Pleasure Craft: Their Ancestry, Development, Design,Construction, Equipment, and Care A.