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Book books and more books.

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Created by southace > 9 months ago, 16 Jul 2017
southace
SA, 4783 posts
16 Jul 2017 12:36PM
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I'm in no more need to slug a selection of nautical books around on my yacht as everything I need is now on the WWW it's rather hard to let go but it has to happen soon!


woko
NSW, 1629 posts
16 Jul 2017 8:02PM
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Digital books are ok, you don't need a reading light, they don't weigh much, and if you go to places like Gutenberg project you can get all the old books that are out of print for free ( ie moby dick, William Dampiers journals, good Ol Joshua slocum, and all of RL Stephenson works etc, ) but there's some books that just don't work unless they're on paper, you know the ones that you keep flipping through, back some pages then forward a chapter, phil bolgers folding schooners comes straight to mind, brion toss riggers apprentice, the gaff rigg hand book, oops I'm starting to fill the boat up

southace
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16 Jul 2017 7:45PM
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woko said..
Digital books are ok, you don't need a reading light, they don't weigh much, and if you go to places like Gutenberg project you can get all the old books that are out of print for free ( ie moby dick, William Dampiers journals, good Ol Joshua slocum, and all of RL Stephenson works etc, ) but there's some books that just don't work unless they're on paper, you know the ones that you keep flipping through, back some pages then forward a chapter, phil bolgers folding schooners comes straight to mind, brion toss riggers apprentice, the gaff rigg hand book, oops I'm starting to fill the boat up



My problem is they where on my last yacht all the way to Cairns plus more. To get them back to my new yacht in South oz the transport cost is worth more than the cost of the books. I'm going to see if the local library might take them. zooming in to the group shows a lot along the lines of building boats which is past my past time!


southace
SA, 4783 posts
16 Jul 2017 10:05PM
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Disleacksa spelling seams it was round in the 70s ! And now we just have upside down pics and the odd spelling mistakes!

Kankama
NSW, 718 posts
17 Jul 2017 6:56AM
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Hello Southace

It seems such a shame to see these treasures go to the rubbish. I would gladly give them a good home here in Newcastle.

woko
NSW, 1629 posts
24 Jul 2017 8:37PM
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Hey Southace It would be sinfull to throw all of them neat Ol boat books to the tip ! How about I cover the cost to post a few of them, you pick what you recon to send, a bit of a book lotto, you never know it might catch on !

Ramona
NSW, 7647 posts
25 Jul 2017 8:30AM
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Drop them into the Salvation army or Vinnies. I'm always scrounging up books there.



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