MBR: The Nautical Shelf
Midwest Book Review
Saving Sailing
Nicholas D. Hayes
Crickhollow Books
3147 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53207
9781933987071, $22.00, www.crickhollowbooks.com
Recreational sailing has been on a down turn in recent years...why?
"Saving Sailing: The Story of Choices, Families, Time Commitments, and
How we Can Create a Better Future" uses Sailing as a model to discuss
the fall of free time in America as a whole, Nicholas D. Hayes
encourages readers to value free time as a source of family time and
how more involved activities as a family lead to a greater unity.
"Saving Sailing" is preaches the value of leisure and family, highly
recommended.
The Galley: How Things Work
Donald Launer
Sheridan House Inc.
145 Palisade Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
9781574092882 $17.95 www.sheridanhouse.com 1-888-743-7425
When you're out at sea, you have to be prepared. "The Galley: How
Things Work" describes the technical aspects of what one needs to know
to keep one's galley fully equipped and maintained, the better to
avoid troubles or disaster. "The Galley" is a must read for any who
want to prepare their ship for a voyage.
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