Free MP3s

If you'd like to try downloading a complete compressed MP3 file (in .ZIP or .SIT format) to see if this will work for you, we offer these FREE! downloads:

• Bookends editorial from June 1998: Ode to Joy in Praise of Good Old Boats by Don Casey, 1 MB [Windows] | 1 MB [Mac]
• Ride of Our Lives by Charlie Lewis, 6.3 MB [Windows] | 6.3 MB [Mac]
• Get Off the Lake, an essay by our editor, Karen Larson. 4.2 MB [Windows] | 4.2 MB [Mac]
• Past the Yardarm, remembering Stan Appleby, by Don Davies. 6.7 MB [Windows] | 7.0 MB [Mac]

Listen to sample audio from our available audiobooks:

Trekka Round the World by John Guzzwell - 2:40 minutes, 1.2 MB.

Into the Light by Dave and Jaja Martin - 2:15 minutes, 660 KB.

Bookends by the editors of Good Old Boat magazine - 2:00 minutes, 550 KB.

The Solitude of the Open Sea by Gregory Newell Smith - 2:30 minutes, 745 KB.

So Long, Foxtrot Charlie by John Vigor - 2:06 minutes, 1.0 MB.

Sally Steals an Elephant by John Vigor - 2:00 minutes, 1.0 MB.

Danger, Dolphins, and Ginger Beer by John Vigor - 3:50 minutes, 1.7 MB.

Sailing Alone Around the World by Captain Joshua Slocum - 2:28 minutes, 1.2 MB.

A Year in a Yawl by Russell Doubleday - 2:18 minutes, 1.1 MB.

Telegram from the Palace by Geoffrey Toye - 3:39 minutes, 1.7 MB.

A Voyage Toward Vengeance by Jule Miller - 1:21 minutes, 644 KB.

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Updated: April 13, 2008