Sailing Memoir

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    • The True Story of a 16-Year-Old Australian Who Sailed Solo, Nonstop, and Unassisted Around the World
    • By: Jessica Watson
    • Narrated by: Jessica Watson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 03-14-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
    • The inspiring true story of Jessica Watson—an Australian teenager who set out to sail solo around the world....

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    • Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
    • By: Laurence Bergreen
    • Narrated by: Laurence Bergreen
    • Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 01-29-04
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 853 ratings
    • In 1519 Magellan and his fleet of five ships set sail from Seville, Spain, to discover a water route to the fabled Spice Islands in Indonesia, where the most sought-after commodities flourished....

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    • By: Christian Williams
    • Narrated by: Christian Williams
    • Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 08-17-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 452 ratings
    • Veteran sailor Christian Williams invites us along on a 5,000-mile voyage of discovery around the North Pacific. Funny, erudite, and at times deeply personal, Philosophy of Sailing explores who we are and how encounters with the unknown can be a path to revelation and joy....

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    • By: Peter Nichols
    • Narrated by: Norman Dietz
    • Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 01-03-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 313 ratings
    • In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished....

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    • By: Tania Aebi, Bernadette Brennan
    • Narrated by: Tania Aebi
    • Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 01-18-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 72 ratings
    • What begins as the sheer desire for adventure turns into a spiritual quest as a young woman comes to terms with her family, her dreams, and her first love....

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    • By: Sean Bloomfield, Colton Witte - foreword
    • Narrated by: Roger Wayne
    • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 03-12-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 88 ratings
    • fter accelerating their studies and graduating high school early, two teenagers set off from their hometown in Minnesota to embark on a 2,200-mile canoe journey up the heart of North America. Their destination: the permafrost shores of Hudson Bay....

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    • A Memoir of Sailing Alone Across the Atlantic
    • By: Stuart Woods
    • Narrated by: Steven Collins
    • Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 08-02-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 299 ratings
    • Stuart Woods had never owned more than a dinghy before setting out on one of the world's most demanding sea voyages, navigating single-handedly across the Atlantic....

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    • Leadership and Risk from TopGun to the Situation Room
    • By: Admiral Sandy Winnefeld
    • Narrated by: Sandy Winnefeld
    • Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 02-13-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The author presents a behind-the-scenes look at how decisions are made at the highest levels of government regarding whether and how those forces will be used, and how they are acquired....

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    • A Sunfish Sailor, an Island, and the Voyage That Brought a Family Together
    • By: Nathaniel Philbrick
    • Narrated by: Nathaniel Philbrick
    • Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 03-06-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
    • In the spring of 1992, Nat Philbrick was in his late 30s, living with his family on Nantucket, feeling stranded and longing for the thrill of victory of a national sailing championship....

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    • By: Richard Henry Dana
    • Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
    • Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 11-29-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 384 ratings
    • Dana, a law student turned sailor for health reasons, sailed in 1834 on the brig Pilgrim for a voyage from Boston around Cape Horn to California....

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    • By: Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey
    • Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix
    • Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 05-07-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 192 ratings
    • The cruising tale is full of the sights and sounds, the fragrances and native customs of foreign lands, especially Central American and the Caribbean....

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    • By: Jerome Rand
    • Narrated by: Jerome Rand
    • Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 02-02-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 125 ratings
    • The true account of the 2017-2018 solo nonstop circumnavigation by Jerome Rand aboard the Westsail 32 Mighty Sparrow. A testament to endurance and adventure, this memoir recounts what life is like aboard a small sailboat during a 271-day voyage around the globe, alone....

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    • By: Tracey Christiansen, Yanne Larsson, Calle Andersson
    • Narrated by: Duncan Hood
    • Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 09-08-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 46 ratings
    • When you read about someone sailing around the world, it’s usually a dotcom millionaire or a professional adventurer. Brave or Stupid? tells an everyman tale about a middle-aged, seasick electrician with no money who suddenly and for no reason decides to sail around the world....

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    • A Memoir of Humphrey Bogart's Passion for the Sea
    • By: Larry Dudley
    • Narrated by: Tom Lennon
    • Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
    • Release date: 12-03-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
    • Humphrey Bogart spent some 40 weekends a year sailing his Olin Stephens designed yacht Santana....

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    • The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
    • By: Kevin Fedarko
    • Narrated by: Kevin Fedarko
    • Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 05-28-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 68 ratings
    • From one of Outside magazine’s “Literary All-Stars” comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever through the Grand Canyon, atop the legendary Colorado River flood of 1983.

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    • A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening
    • By: Liz Clark
    • Narrated by: Liz Clark
    • Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 04-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 432 ratings
    • Captain Liz Clark spent her youth dreaming of traveling the world by sailboat and surfing remote waves. When she was 22, she met a mentor who helped turn her desire into reality....

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    • Sailing Solo to Hawaii and Beyond
    • By: Christian Williams
    • Narrated by: Christian Williams
    • Length: 11 hrs
    • Release date: 08-19-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 740 ratings
    • Alone Together is a complete technical course in offshore sailing technique and yacht preparation, and a philosophical inquiry into what it takes to be truly alive in the 21st century....

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    • A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea
    • By: Thomas Thompson
    • Narrated by: Shawn Compton
    • Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 04-16-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 146 ratings
    • In July 1973, Bob Tininenko, his wife Linda, and his brother in-law Jim Fisher set sail from Tacoma, Washington, on a 31-foot trimaran, down the West Coast to Costa Rica. The journey was expected to take a matter of weeks, but for 72 days, the trio was lost at sea....

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    • Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
    • By: Alfred Lansing
    • Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
    • Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 05-23-00
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2,208 ratings
    • The year was 1915. Equipment and food supplies were totally inadequate. After battling its way for six weeks through thousands of miles of pack ice and located only a day's sail from its destination...

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    • Escape, Book 2
    • By: Julie Bradley
    • Narrated by: L. Gabrielle Penabaz
    • Series: Escape Series, Book 2
    • Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 12-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 83 ratings
    • Turmoil in the Mideast convinces Glen and Julie to linger in the South Pacific, visiting primitive villages on remote islands....

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