Product Description

Now in its 18th year, The Mariner's Book of Days is an ever-growing encyclopedia of nautical fact, fiction, and folklore, and has been hailed as the best, most entertaining nautical desk diary and calendar to see print. An invaluable reference, each annual edition is completely different from its predecessors, and all have become collector's items.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #718421 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 112 pages

Review
Peter Spectre's nautical miscellany is delightfully digestible. Each left-hand page has a selection of marine information and highlighted notes from past nautical adventures famous, infamous, and obscure. The right-hand pages are weekly day planners. Each day provides a brief note of a significant nautical event that occurred on that date along with plenty of white space for noting appointments, birthdays, anniversaries, and so on. --Good Old Boat

There are, of course, only two consolations for getting a year older and Peter Spectre s wonderful week-to-view mariner s diary is one of them. Each spread has the days of the week on the right hand page and for every single day of the year, there s an anniversary of something-or-other: January 1st, for example, notes the first publication of Jane s Fighting Ships in 1897; December 31st, the very last day of WWII, Loran-A nav system in 1980... and so on. Each of the left-hand pages has a crisp old line-art illustration with a miscellany of short quotations and longer pieces: for the week in October in which I write this, an account of the launch Narcissus encountering a sea-serpent in 1903; a listing showing the water resistance of various marine glues; a little bit of Lear Edward not King and this from George Putz: The notion that modern boat construction materials are immortal is baldly stupid. Everything breaks and is eventually thrown away and even morons these days come to understand there is no away. --Watercraft

This nautical desk diary and calendar is an ever-growing encyclopedia of marine fact, fiction and folklore. Entertaining and informative, every year the calendar is updated, making it a keeper well after the year is over and done. --Sailing Magazine

About the Author
Peter H. Spectre, a renowned writer with a lifelong appreciation of the sea and its traditions, is the former editor of WoodenBoat magazine and the current editor of Maine Boats & Harbors.

Customer Reviews

Fascinating journal and datebook
This is a lovely way to keep track of your appoinments while also enjoying fascinating bits of maritime history and other often little known nautical facts. There is enough space to keep a short diary entry for each day.

a must for the nautical person with a love of the sea
This is the best publication I have encountered regarding the traditions of the sea, folklore and useful hints for the sailor. Such tradition and customs must not be left to fade away. I read the '98 issue in one sitting and immediately purchased the '99 release. I highly recommend this book to those that love the traditions of the sea and confirmation of facts in the marine realm

Excellent as a journal
This is an ecxellent calendar and journal. I have used these for years to track my running and fitness progress. Sounds crazy I know, but it allows me to combine two passions, running and the sea. There is plenty of room to use this as a journal for daily-weekly notes. There are daily tidbits about the sea, sailing and really a lot of useful information.