OffCenterHarbor.com asked our guides to share their favorite books that should be in every boater’s library…
I seem to start each winter with a backlog of reading squirreled away. It’s always a mix of books, magazines, papers and newsletters. Some of it’s pretty dated by the time I get to it. The subject matter is varied; much of the writing is new, or new to me; and I never quite make it through the stack. Despite the wealth of new reads each year, a few old friends seem to turn up in the pile as well. Here’s a sample of a few boating books I seem to revisit each winter:

michael steele says:
Ronald Beekman
We love your Tugboats.
randall spurr says:
Hi Bill, I hope you and Jane are enjoying your winter, its almost over here….but alas it may take longer up your way.
Warm regards,
Randy and Martha
Ronald Beekman says:
Hello Bill,
I com from Holland and like the way you built boats.
In my place at home, i am built also an boat of Iain Oughtred the Guillemot.
It is my first sailboat, before i built an Canoe the Prospector.
My work is building kitchens for living.
Boats is an hobby and i like it a lard.
In Holland are all boats polyester, thats not my style.
I like what you doing there in the USA.
So i follow your videos its perfect.
Sorry for my bad Engels.
Greetings Ronald Beekman.