Lynx offers researchers a “cruize of opportunity” to books, periodicals, web sites and information sources on a variety of subjects related to the sea and all those who sail on her. Among the links are tall ships, nautical museums, maritime history, naval associations and marine biology.
Books
- The Rover by Joseph Conrad
- The Rescue by Joseph Conrad
- Sea Stories by Lincoln Colcord
- Wooden Boats by Michael Ruhlman
- he Age of the Fighting Sail by C.S. Forester
- The Dawn’s Early Light by Walter Lord
- Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
- The Seaman’s Friend by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
- Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain 1808-1833 by Charles Tyng
- Mr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick Marryat
- Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian
- The Young Sea Officer’s Sheet Anchor by Darcy Lever
- The Marlinspike Sailor by Hervey Garrett Smith
- The Art of Rigging by Captain George Biddlecombe
- 1812 Maritime Trilogy by William White:
- – A Press of Canvas
- – A Fine Tops’l Breeze
- – The Evening Gun
- Seamanship in the Age of Sail by John Harland
Films
- Damn the Defiant! (1962), directed by Lewis Gilbert
- That Hamilton Woman (1941), directed by Alexander Korda
- Blackbeard the Pirate (1952), directed by Raoul Walsh
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), directed by Frank Lloyd
- The Bounty (1984), directed by Roger Donaldson
- Captains Courageous (1937), directed by Victor Fleming
- Old Ironsides (1926), directed by James Cruze
- The Sea Wolf (1941), directed by Michael Curtiz
- Captain Blood (1935), directed by Michael Curtiz
- High Wind in Jamaica (1965), directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Television
- Horatio Hornblower (A&E)
Web sites
Lynx Links
- American Sail Training Association
- U.S. Naval Institute
- Michael Ruhlman and his book Wooden Boats
- Rockport Marine
- Newport Harbor Nautical Museum
- Fort McHenry
- Fort McHenry
- Piscataqua Maritime Commission and Portsmouth, NH
- Fell’s Point, Maryland
- Bitter End Yacht Club
- Orange County Boy Scout Sea Base
- Historical Sea Stories by W.H. White