Mike Riley's Sailing Books Page
Sailing Books for the Rest of us

Sometimes when you wake up in the middle of the night:

Do you think about your life,

And Wonder why?

Are you the kind of person:

Who wants to know what is over the next horizon?

A horizon full of adventure and love?

A life worth living?

Who wants more out of life-but doesn't know how?

Are you the type of person:

Who is sick of doing the same thing, day after day?

Endlessly, over and over, again and again?

Forced to work and live in a rut?

Who wants a life worth living, but doesn't know how?

Are you the sort of person:

Who wants to make a change?

Who is looking for inspiration, looking for a way?

Looking for a guide, looking for a hint?

Who surfs, seeking a different path?

Welcome to my life. For years, decades, I refused to talk about it.

I said it is my life, why should I share?

But so many are so unhappy, so many are so sad.

For forty years I have lived a better way.

A way so full of happiness and joy.

Come, take a peek, it might be just what you are looking for.

Education of a Falcon by Mike Riley

This is the true story of my son's education during a double circumnavigation of the globe!

It is full of True Romance and Adventure! Follow the incredible adventures of Mike, Karen, Falcon and the Voodoo dog Ilia as they sail in search of an everlasting honeymoon!

Read in horror as the trio experiences shark attack, whale rammings, pirates, hurricanes; but laugh as they somehow get thru each challenge.

Some live lives of quiet desperation; but not this group! Share their continuing adventures. Laugh with incredible happiness. Cry and use up all your hankies. This is the real thing.

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Education of a Falcon is now for the first time available in print!

Write to: sailing.books@yahoo.com or

education.of.a.falcon@gmail.com

To get your first edition delivered to your door!

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The Tigers will Eat you Alive by Mike Riley

Why do people enjoy telling horror stories? Stories that are intended to scare you from your intended course in life. In this book follow more of Mike and Karen's earlier adventures sailing around the world. Important book for sailors intending to go foreign. Funny and zany, it still drives home an important message.

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The Hong Book by Mike Riley

On the West Coast of Thailand above Phuket lie one of nature's most incredible displays of beauty combined with awesome adventure. Long forgotten by the world the secrets of the world of the Hongs is detailed in this cruising guide. It has been out of print for years but by popular demand is returned here in its former glory. A must for any complete sailing library.

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Boat Improvements in Exotic Ports While Circumnavigating by Mike Riley

Why work seemingly forever to get your boat ready to go cruising? Go now, fix her up as you sail from one paradise to the next. This is a lighthearted look at one couple who did just that, and are still somehow married and in love. Read about how you and yours can convince yourself that you are in heaven even though the boat is sinking, the GPS is receiving Fm radio, you are clearing into a country in revolution with bullets flying over and thru the yacht club, and the stove is convinced it is a robot. This is one book you have to have when your world is in chaos and you need something to make you laugh.

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