The Norton Boater's Log: An Innovative Log, Guest Register, and Boat's Data Manual

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My goal in assembling this log book was to provide the blend of practicality, flexibility, thoroughness, and personality that I've long thought has been missing in log books. I've included an innovative way to record weather observations and plenty of open space so navigators can enter the information that's important to them NOW. I've also included safety skills, a summary of the rules of the road, pages for recording the names of your gear, a section for listing guests -- and dozens of funny or inspiring quotes by great boating writers. Norton has packed all this into a great looking book. John Rousmaniere, author

John Rousmanire is the Mick Jagger of writing about sailing but with more grace. My wife and I found this log to be perfect for our gentle overnight excursions and coastal cruising, even if we didn't keep rigorous track of every measurement Rousmanire provides for. We used the extra space for diary entries, and at some point will be able to review some fine memories (and count up our sea-time if we ever want to go for licenses). Now my grandchildren are being introduced to sailing and have started a copy I gave them. The illustrations and brief quotations on each page from sea lore, poetry, and wisdom are just right for conveying the romance of sailing for fun.
-- Chris Cory

Read the author's comments above. Everything he tried to do, he did. This is the first useful log book I've owned. It's a helpful tool as well as an enjoyable way to document sailing trips.

This fit all my requirements. It needed to be compact, have lots of room for my record keeping and be attractive.

It's always a good idea to have a log book so that you can see what you've done both recreation wise as well as maintenance wise. Since my boat is for pleasure I would have liked a few more guest sign in pages. Other than that it's a great log book.