Welcome to The Nautical Mind Bookstore

An independent bookstore and chart agency, The Nautical Mind has been delivering personal and professional service from our storefront in Toronto Harbour since 1980, and from nauticalmind.com since 1995. Our clients range from dinghy sailors on Georgian Bay to cargo vessel captains in Hong Kong, while our staff includes seasoned tug, tall ship, and yacht crew. The selection of marine books and charts we carry is unmatched — if you need any information on ships or the sea, we’ll send it your way—quickly, reliably, seven days a week.

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New Books and New Editions!

Posted: September 25, 2016

Recently, some fantastic new books have come into the store. New Editions Instant Weather Forecasting Alan Watts This is a fantastic resource for any sailor or cruiser. Each pair of pages discusses a type of weather, and provides a photographic example. This is a fantastic onboard reference for judging weather by sight, and is also […]

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From Zero to Yachtmaster, Part I

Posted: September 11, 2016

Several months ago in this blog we looked at the kinds of books and information that are needed to sail around the world. In Part I, we looked at Planning Basics. This was followed by a discussion of Charts, Cruising Guides and Pilots, and then Part III was Reference Books. Those blog posts assumed a […]

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 Official Distributors for

International Maritime Organisation
Canadian Hydrographic Service
Witherby's Seamanship International
NOAA
Wooden Boat Publications
Random Penguin
Dok Mar
The Nautical Institute
McGraw Hill
Paradise Cay
Imray Iolaire
Brown, Son & Ferguson

  What our Customers Say

I placed an order on Thursday morning for ‘Marine Diesel Engines Nigel Calder’. I received an email by noon stating the product was in stock and shipping right away. When I got home from work Friday night the book had been delivered.

I’m not easily impressed but there are no words to explain my amazement at this overnight turn around time. I was impressed to say the least.

Thank you for your expediency and efficiency. Please pass on my appreciation to all involved.

I found my book it on my doorstep this morning, you guys don’t mess around. Now all I have to do is get the boat launched. Thanks!

The book arrived safely. I thank you for the excellent service.

Our books arrived this week, and we appreciate not only the order updates, but the special packaging! My husband enjoyed perusing the chart wrap, and the book arrived in great shape. Nautical Mind has customer service wired.