“This isn’t a sailing book – it’s a captain’s manual for real life at sea.”

Be The Captain is a modern, practical, and brutally honest field manual for offshore sailors.
Written by professional skipper, offshore instructor, and YouTube educator James Evenson
(Sailing Zingaro), this 424-page handbook distills 85,000+ nautical miles of real-world ocean
experience into an accessible, story-driven reference sailors actually use onboard.

With 6,000+ copies sold in the first 6 months, entirely through direct audience demand, Be The
Captain is rapidly becoming a new standard in cruising education, weather preparation,
emergency seamanship, and offshore decision-making.