CIWSA Book Club

If you are a CIWSA member, love to read, and love all things maritime, this group is for you!  We meet by Zoom, at 7:00 p.m., every-other month, generally on the fourth Thursday of the month. The Zoom link is sent out a few days before each meeting.

2025 Schedule  

January 30 – An Affair with the Sea, by Peggy Slater, with Shelly Usen

March 27 – Why We Swim, by Bonnie Tsui

May 22 – Maiden Voyage, by Tania Aebi

July 24 – Island of the Blue Dolphins (Read this one first) and Zia, both by Scott O’Dell

September 25 – The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, by David Grann (just the first half of the book)

November 20 - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, by David Grann (the second half of the book)

Most books are available in multiple forms, including audio.

Just to wet your appetite (pun intended), here is a list of the fabulous works we have

discussed over the last three years: 

Since the onset of the club, we have had great discussions about the following works:

• Taking on the World, by Ellen MacArthur
• Ten Degrees of Reckoning, by Hester Rumberg
• The Perfect Story, by Sebastian Junger
• The Hungry Ocean, by Linda Greenlaw
• Escape from the Ordinary, by Julie Bradley
• Crossing Pirate Waters, by Julie Bradley
• Flying Cloud, by David W. Shaw
• A Sail of Two Idiots, by Rene D. Petrillo
• Two Years before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
• Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time, by Dava Sobel
• The Kon-Tiki Expedition, by Thor Hyerdahl
• Aka, by Tristan Jones
• Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe, by Lawrence Bergreen.  
• Ice, by Tristan Jones
• Steady as She Goes: Womens’ Adventures at Sea, edited by Barbara Sjoholm
• Diary of a Sea Captain’s Wife: Tales of Santa Cruz Island, by Margaret Holden Eaton
• The Island of Sea Women, by Lisa See
• Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansin
• Rowing to Latitude: Journeys along the Arctic’s Edge, by Jill Fredston
• Classic Sailing Stories: Fifteen Incredible Tales of the Sea, edited by Tom McCarthy

We would love to add members to the group. If you are interested in joining or just want more information, please contact Sarah Freifeld at smallfrei@aol.com or text/phone to 

661-713-2755.