Forum: Story Recommendations

Hi everyone

I will admit that I am not having much luck with the search function. I will state that I am NOT a premium member.

I am looking at see if anyone is aware of any long form stories here where sailing plays a gigantic part of the plot?

I've read some Oyster50 smart girl universe where sailing plays a part. Also aware of Dual Writer having some.

Is there anything here that can be recommended for sailing nerds? Stories about leaving the big city and cruising the Caribbean or Mediterranean full time? Pacific crossings? People who crew on a passage and fall in love?

Any recommendation where sailing is the HEART of the story would be greatly appreciated.

Tedbiker has a number of very good sailing related stories based around England. Not all yacht type sailing.

Argon's Anthony Carter universe is full of historic Age of Sail stories if that is your thing.

https://storiesonline.net/universe/102/anthony-carter

Phil Brown's Because you were Cold https://storiesonline.net/n/47102/because-you-were-cold has quite a bit of sailing in the story. It is just missing the pacific, but does have the Atlantic, so 2.5 of your locations. Different ocean, but same seas.


Old Man with a Pen also has some sailing stories. They can be a bit quirky but fun reads.

https://storiesonline.net/s/18210/dark-days-darkest-before Is another good story with sailing/boating.

https://storiesonline.net/s/37519/maid-elizabeth

Dark Vision has a lengthy three story series - The Lottery, Lady Guinevere and Unique Adventures that focuses on a group of families who develop a love of deep sea fishing. Unique Adventures is incomplete but still absorbing.

You can find Moby Dick online. You can't say it doesn't have sailing in it.

Good Hunting, limab

The thoughts on Coaster2 remindedd me he did write a story called Overboard, but while the protagonist owned a boat, it was incidental to the story. Hwever, that reminded me ov Overboard by Oyster50. TThis was quickly abandoned owing to the pressure of other stories, but he did offer it out to others who might be inspired to take it forward.

So we have OVERBOARD! by HandyMan

And Overboard Too! by Friar Tuck.

They both spring off in different directions after incorporating Oyster50's opening chapter. (That's why I didn't link to the original.)

I haven't read these yet, but
https://storiesonline.net/a/mark-west
Has "Elcanto and the circumnavigation of the world." Currently in part 2. The story of Magellan's journey.

Son of a Sailor by SmokinDriver.

Argon s in the navy is a great series of stories

https://storiesonline.net/a/Catman
Has a boat based series starting with If I Had a Boat.

Not quite sailing is at the heart but 'Maid Elizabeth' by Smilodon A Love story set against the background of the Second World War. The story starts in 1936 with Jack and Beth meeting in Jack's father's boat yard. They are from very different backgrounds but even so, over the next few years, friendship turns to romance. Then the war intervenes... It is behind the paywall.

https://storiesonline.net/universe/945/the-tugboat-man