NEW SALTY READS

PUSHING PAST FEAR

Kitiara Pascoe was a young woman struggling with severe anxiety when she decided to set sail and leave everything behind. She’d never been on a sailboat before. Her book In

Bed with the Atlantic tells the personal tale of her 18,000mile journey during which she crossed the Atlantic Ocean, traveled through the Caribbean and the Bahamas, and beyond. Along the way, she runs out of food and water, experiences storms and loneliness, explores island caves, and eventually learns to forage from the sea. ($18, Fernhurst Books Unlimited)

ADVENTURE: ABACO

The Abaco Islands are a funscape filled with white-sand beaches, electric-blue waters, swaying green palm trees and friendly locals. Getting around the area’s twisting passages can be intimidating, which is why a cruising guide is a must. Now in its 30th edition, Steve Dodge’s spiral-bound The Cruising Guide to Abaco,

Bahamas: 2019 has color charts, color aerial photographs of key harbors, GPS waypoints for anchorages, ports and passages, and 45 years’ worth of annually updated local knowledge. ($30, White Sound Press)

LESS IS MORE

Sometimes, simpler is better. And some people are willing to sell everything, walk away from their jobs, and buy a boat to explore the world. That’s what Glen and Julie Bradley did when they decided to retire early. Julie’s book, Escape

from the Ordinary, describes how they battled Force 10 storms in the Atlantic Ocean, plied the tiniest of Pacific islands, and sailed everywhere from the Galapagos islands to Tahiti, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, the Caribbean, Peru and more. The couple lived quite an adventure together. ($15, Close Reach Publishing)