Every issue of WindCheck includes a look at a new book about sailing (or perhaps the reissue of a maritime classic) and occasionally gives a listen to the music of the sea.
The first of these manuals, Composition Tips, covers the fundaments of successful sailing photography including keeping your horizon level, framing your subject with the rule of thirds, shooting from different angles, and editing your images. There’s also a “Shot Busters” section comprising tips on avoiding things that can ruin a shot, and every page is illustrated with examples of both good and not-so-good photos.
Published in partnership with the Maine Maritime Museum, Live Yankees is a comprehensively researched and marvelously written account of a family dynasty that fueled the rise of the American sailing merchant fleet.
Victura
The Kennedys, a Sailboat, and the Sea
By James W. Graham
Published by ForeEdge/University Press of New England 272 pages hardcover $29.95 (ebook $22.95)
American businessman Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. was an avid sailor, and in 1932 he purchased a 25-foot gaff-rigged sloop to enjoy on the waters of Nantucket Sound with his wife Rose and their nine children.
The Wianno Senior Story
A Century on Nantucket Sound
By Stan Grayson
Riding the Wild Ocean
The Circumnavigation of Cape Cod in a 18-Foot Sloop, and Other Adventures By Paul S. Krantz, Jr.
The words within, a collection the author’s adventures on waters from coastal New England to the Dry Tortugas, all in boats under 20 feet in length, deliver on the promise.
Book Review: Sea Trials – A Lone Sailor’s Race Toward Home By Peter J. Bourke
After his wife’s sudden death, Peter Bourke realized he needed something more than parenting and a career to restore balance in his life. Although he did not know how to sail – and despite the fact that his friends thought he was crazy – he bought his first sailboat and embarked on a series of offshore solo voyages that included the Bermuda One-Two.
Rescue of the Bounty
Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy
The Little Blue Book of Sailing Wisdom
Described by Morris Yachts founderTom Morris as “my Babe Ruth of the boatbuilding business,” Edmund A. Cutts (1927-2009) was mentored in the art and science of yacht design by L. Francis Herreshoff, the fourth son of Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Ed Cutts never used a computer to design a boat, instead carving a wooden half-hull – as the legendary Captain Nat had done – and then scaling it up.
Joe Gross, a 51-year-old fisherman from Westerly, RI, was not wearing a lifejacket when he fell off his Eastern 22 Lobsterman on July 17, 2012.
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