Essential Reading

I feel that these books are very important additions to a Vancouverites bookshelf

The day has come. At 5pm this afternoon the time had come to clear my desk at ExaClair Ltd, my employer for the past eight months. I started there pretty much as soon as got back from India last year, and it was certainly an emotional farewell. It is rare to work in a place where you have such a strong rapport with the colleagues you deal with on a daily basis - you have all been great to me! (Those who find this :p)

I am now extremely excited to get the flight out the way. A nice 8 hours with Air Transat, an airline that confirms that air travel could NOT be made any cheaper. I see many failed attempts at trying to sleep, and a meal that wants to have something pretending to be chicken at its centre piece, but actually has more of a resemblance to a slab of wet rubber. Not that I am complaining or anything.

One thing flights are good for though... Reading! Here are two books that I feel are truly key reading for someone who is about set off to live amongst the jet set marina dwellers that dock their yachts and such like along False Creek. At least with Reeds Maritime Flag Handbook I will be able to recognize whether someone is from La Société Nautique de Genève or whether lifejackets have to be worn!