Slocum is a great read in a westy. First man to sail around the world alone
in a small boat with a cabin roughly the same size and amenities as a Westy.

I downloaded the audiobook version for a trip across the country last year,
it was fantastic.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Fisher" <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: What's in your library?

> The Bentley
> My "phone" (which has maps, apps for knots, first aid, etc. and whatever
> books I'm reading at the time). : )
> Why the tent camping and sailing books?
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> There have been plenty of "what's in your toolbox" threads here, but I'd
>> like to know what books those of you who camp keep on hand.
>>
>> In Mellow Yellow, I have:
>>
>> * Bentley's (of course)
>> * The Ashley Book Of Knots,
>> * Medicine for the Outdoors: The Essential Guide to Emergency Medical
>>  Procedures and First Aid,
>> * Birds of Oregon,
>> * Various "Best of Tent Camping" guides,
>> * Slocum's "Sailing Alone Around the World",
>> * Half a cubic foot of USFS maps (don't count as books per se but they
>>  are part of the library),
>> * and whatever books I'm reading at the time.
>>
>> --
>> Rocky J Squirrel
>> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>> Bend, OR
>> KG6RCR
>>
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>
> --
> Cya,
> Robert
>
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