The Rudder Treasury: A Companion for Lovers of Small Craft

Rating:
Summary: Notes from the Old School, or rather, the Experienced School
Review: Each chapter of this book is an old article from the good years of Rudder Magazine (1893 - ~1950). I now see why the magaize has such an excellent reputation. It is full of very interesting, practical and relevant information from real experts. Whereas today's magazines largely cater to the manufactures (their primary source of $ through advertising), and I believe often write articles that tell people what they want to hear, rather than what is good for them. Personally, I have more confidence in the advice of experts than my own dreamy perception of sailing. So would the experts please step forward I would love to listen? no, not the editors of today's magazines, they are writters are business people more than they are sailors.

If you don't like all of the ridiculusly positive reviews, shiny products, promotion of excessive reliance on systems rather than one's own competence with basic skills and knowlege, and general hype... of today's magazines, then this should be excellent and informative reading.

The information here is very relevant today: Boats still float, the wind still blows, and the sails still fill, much of sailing and cruising has not changed.

I would take one issue of Rudder Magazine over a year long subscribtion of today's magazines (Sail Mag., Cruising World...)