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Tristan Jones

Sheridan House, 1995

A BOOK THAT WAS MY INSPIRATION
As were all of Tristan Jones' books, this book too was an inspiration that gave me the fortitude to continue building my own boat and then to sail the south Pacific and Asian waters. I paid tribute to Tristan by devoting a chapter to him in my book "At Home In Asia," and I wrote about him again in my last book "The Last Voyage: the Story of Schooner Third Sea." I was fortunate to have known ...

Incredible Voyage

17 reviews

eReads, 2004

A True Old Salt
Tristan Jones was truly a man of the sea. This is an amazing tale of truimph over the elements and physical exhaustion. Mr. Jones wanted to be the first person to sail a ship on the lowest body of water and the highest, and sail the route between. For most of the voyage he is accompanied by another crewmate (one on the first leg of the journey and one at the end), but he also spent some ...

Yarns

1 review
Tristan Jones

Sheridan House, 1990

He Is Now A Legend
Not surprisingly, I learned about Tristan Jones' writing pretty early in my career as a cruising sailor. I even read a couple of his books, many years ago. I believe they were his stories about _Ice_ and _The Incredible Voyage_. After reading them, I made a vow never to read any more Tristan Jones. My reason? There were enough of what I considered to be serious exaggerations in his ...

Heart of Oak

7 reviews
Tristan Jones

St Martins Pr, 1984

A gripping war and sea story
Heart of Oak is one the finest war books and sea stories that I have read. I found it hard to put down. Although the intensity of the war and its effects on the men was depressing, I was compelled to keep reading. Jones' gives the reader a different and personal perspective--that of the lowly, poor, and teenage sailor; looked down upon by everyone else and facing death, boredom, and discomfort ...

Aka

3 reviews
Tristan Jones

Sheridan House, 1998

A great tale by a remarkable man
The late Tristan Jones was, in real life, a solo-sailor of small boats; one of those intrepid iconoclasts who look back at the rest of us from the brink with a sardonic grin as if asking how we can stand living in the safety of the herd. Aka is Jones's novel of a small-boat sailor who agrees to enter a solo race around the world, replacing his friend who was killed in a highway accident. In a ...

Incredible Voyage

1 review
Tristan Jones

Books On Tape

Warning - don't read all at once!
Truth is stranger than fiction - this book proves it. The title is so apropos - you got to read it to find out. In fact, this book is so good, you'll have to walk away for a breather after a couple chapters. Wild swings of fortune abound. At times smooth sailing and everything roses to freak storms with the ship getting the "Minnow treatment". Then suprise visits from a head of state to getting ...

To Venture Further

1 review
Tristan Jones

Grafton, 1991

An Amazing True-to-Life Adventure
Those who seek adventure that exists outside fiction will revel in the exploits in this book! Out of print for a number of years, the book resurfaces from obscurity in all its glory! Tristan Jones was not just an amazing adventurer, he was also a born philosopher. The book bulges with example after example of Jones' dedication to the concept that launched this remarkable real-life voyage. ...

One Hand for Yourself One for the Ship: The Essentials of Single Handed Sailing

10 reviews
Tristan Jones

Sheridan House, 1990

Greatest non-sailor in the world.
Mr. Jones is one of the more colorful people in the sailing world, he's a largely self-created character who is many things, a good writer, a great story-teller and most likely, an even better liar who for years had the readers of sailing fiction, as well as his editors, believing his most improbable tales. In this text, Jones again confounds everyone with his expert knowledge on all of the many ...

Saga of a Wayward Sailor

4 reviews
Tristan Jones

The Bodley Head Ltd, 1980

Glorious in it's honesty and reality flavored with Love
I sought the man, in order to tell him how inspirational his adventures and his books are to me...I am disabled but with Tristan's writings, the adventurous spirit that lives inside of me is alive and 'abled' through the honesty in the telling, the respect for all people as individuals and the frankness regarding the truth of life. Tristan speaks with his heart .. the delights and cruelties ...

Ice

10 reviews
Tristan Jones

Avon Books (Mm), 1980

Read this one first and your hooked!!!
While this is not the first of Tristan's books, it should be the first one that you read. It really is the story that starts it all. When a close friend, Capt N., introduced me to Tristan, this was the book he gave me. I will never be able to thank him enough. From the very start, he grabs you, takes you hostage, and throws you down below. With you as a involved observer and Nelson, his one ...

The Improbable Voyage

1 review
Tristan Jones

Adlard Coles Nautical, 1998

Navigating the Iron Curtain
What Tristan Jones lacks in great writing skills he makes up for with great story telling and sheer guts. In 1985, as the Soviet Union was quickly approaching its high water, mark he threw caution to the wind and began a tumultuous journey that would take him through the badlands of the Iron Curtain. Plunging up the freezing Rhine in his ocean going tri-hulled yacht, wintering in Germany, ...

Seagulls in My Soup: Further Adventures of a Wayward Sailor

3 reviews
Tristan Jones

Sheridan House, 1996

Pearls of Wisdom
He must have been in a great mood when he wrote this- the funniest of his books. Not so much about his sailing adventures as the array of characters he is surrounded by. Within every hilarious espisode, Jones is never without the pearls of wisdom which makes him the unique author he is. 5 stars and the north kicked in for good measure.

A Steady Trade

3 reviews

eReads, 2004

one of my favorite books
I first read this book when I was probably 11 years old, and have read it I don't know how many times since then. Tristan Jones had the soul of a poet, as well as a natural ability to evoke the spirit of a bygone era seen through the eyes of a boy coming of age. Filled with colorful, sometimes heart-wrenching, often humourous anecdotes, this wonderful book has won a permanent place in my ...

Adrift
Tristan Jones

Adlard Coles Nautical, 2000

Outward Leg

1 review
Tristan Jones

Sheridan House, 1998

Classics Tristan Jones
I read Outward Leg several years ago and it inspired me to read just about all of his other books. His no nonsense, slighly irreverent style appeals to me as well as the fact that he has a great sense of humanity. A good book and a good read.

Adrift

3 reviews
Tristan Jones

Sheridan House, 1992

The sequel to Incredible Voyage
Tristan's adventures continue on land. After struggling to get Sea Dart across South America--sometimes dragging the boat through the jungle--Tristan is in danger of losing her. He lives on the streets, takes odd jobs and sinks into despair. It all makes the triumph at the end of the book that much sweeter.

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