Reading : “With the Fairies” by Sylvain Tesson
This book is not a maritime novel ! And yet it is part of a three-month "sailing trip" that takes the author from cape to cape along a long barrier beach from Galicia to the Islands Read more …
A new Expert Guide from Voiles editions & Voiliers
Navigating with a Digital Tablet and a Smartphone has just been published by Voiles & Voiliers, available in bookstores and specialist stores, from the Voiles et Voiliers shop, on FNAC Books and Amazon. A digital version is online on Apple Books Read more …
Reading : “Clouds and other meteors” Météo-France
In an article updated in August 2020 (¹), I described nautical works in digital format that can be usefully saved on iPad in the Apple Books application. Among them I mentioned the Météo-France works available in PDF format Read more …
Reading : "Beaufort, l’amiral du vent" by Raymond Reding
It's been a long time since I've written a book report in this section.... Lack of time, or lack of discovery ? I once again found real literary enthusiasm after reading this excellent work by Read more …
Reading : 'Electronic charting' HS48 Voiles et Voiliers
Since end 2012 I found no more of maritime books causing me the overwhelming desire to share, like a few novels described in this topic 'Reading'. Today this feeling comes back to me, in a completely different vein, down to Read more …
Reading : “Like an albatross” by Pierre-Yves Touzot [Update]
![Lecture : « Comme un albatros » de Pierre-Yves Touzot [MAJ]](https://www.navigation-mac.fr/files/2012/11/commeunalbatros-150x150.jpg "Reading : “Like an albatross” by Pierre-Yves Touzot [Update]")
This book, published by La Découverte, in August, takes on its full meaning as the Vendée Globe occupies the sporting news. Whether you are a fan of ocean racing, Family ocean boater, Grandpa traveller or simple boater Read more …
Reading : "L'Énigme of La Diane" by Nicolas Grondin
There is a long time that I suggested you had more title under "Reading". Technical news are not so much for a few weeks, I take this opportunity to present to you a fascinating novel discovered thanks to Read more …
Reading : "Du Bon Usage des Étoiles" by Dominique Fortier
Published by Alto, Quebec, in 2008, it has been re-published by La Table Ronde, Paris, in 2011. He has just won the Seafarers' Prize at the Etonnants Voyageurs Festival this summer 2011. I read this book Read more …
Reading : «La désirante» by Malika Mokeddem
I snort, install the autopilot, Get into the boat, open the logbook. I have to force myself not to read it again, Once again, your latest annotations. On the virgin page facing them, I write Read more …
Reading : "The Voyage to Polynesia" by Jean-Jo Scemla
I had to embark in a few days for a convoying from Mediterranean to Polynesia. Unfortunately, The postponement of the departure to the end of the month and the professional constraints of returning imperatively at the beginning of May have just forced me to give up this trip. Bitter Read more …
Reading : "Magellan's Voyage 1519-1522 " published by Editions Chandeigne
For this time I am introducing you to a book that I have just ordered, so not yet read, seduced as I was by Olivier Chapuis' rave article on his blog. I am happy to refer you to it and to you. Read more …
About Marine Charting
Christmas is coming and, whether the celebration is religious or pagan, so traditional gifts. You've no doubt guessed my passion for marine charting, but before electronic charts, I have a particular attachment to cards Read more …
Reading : "D'Entrecasteaux in search of La Perouse" by Jean-Pierre Ledru
We know well, today, the fate of the expedition of Captain Jean-François de La Pérouse, lost with all hands in the Solomon Islands in 1788. What we know much less well, on the other hand, This is the story of the Admiral Read more …
Reading : "The castaways on Tromelin Island" by Irene Frain
At the end of summer, I let the sea novel thriller to tell you about a novel, Published in 2009 published by Michel LAFON, Based on recently updated historical facts (*). This book recounts the tragic journey of the Read more …
Reading : "The Graveyard of the Nameless Boats" by Arturo Perez Reverte
Summer is a time for relaxation, it is also that of reading. This time I'm taking you to the coast of Spain for a treasure hunt… La Carta Esferica was published in Spain in 2000, and in March Read more …
Reading : "The Swordfish Reef" by Arthur W. Upfield
History Published in 1939, "The Mystery of Swordfish Reef" was only published in France in the year 2000 by Editions 10/18, translated from the English by Michèle Valencia. Arthur Upfield, born in England in 1888, was sent at the age of nineteen Read more …
Reading : « The Celtic Ring » by Björn Larsson
The author Born in Sweden in 1953, Full Professor of French Literature at the University of Lünd in Sweden, his first novel, "Long John Silver", published in 1992, quickly achieved real success. Danish Translator, English and French, Read more …
Reading : "The Sea Killer" by Justin Scott
History Published in 1978 in New York under the title "The Shipkiller", this maritime thriller has been translated in France by Grasset & Fasquelle under the title "The Killer of the Seas" in 1979, then passed Read more …
A new "Reading" section
This blog, All in all, quite technical, seems to me to be cruelly lacking in poetry ! So I decided to bring it to the table., from time to time, A little distraction by sharing with you my favorite "maritime" reads. This may be the source for Read more …