Ocean Cruising
A Sailing Subculture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3593981 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jim Macbeth (Murdoch University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 319-343 |
| Publication date | 1992-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-954x.1992.tb00891.x |
| OpenAlex | W2168018620 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 11 |
Just after dawn, an English couple in their 30's haul up their anchor and motor across the stillness of Suva harbour. The hurricane season is approaching and they are embarking on the 2-3 week trip to Bay of Islands New Zealand for the southern summer. Three months earlier, as their yacht lay aground on the fringing reef of uninhabited Suvarov atoll, they wondered if they'd ever reach New Zealand. But, with the help of other cruisers and lucky tides their steel 36 footer was clear and safe in under 24 hours. What was to be a one year trip around the north Atlantic was now happily way off course in the South Pacific and likely to remain so for some time. That is just a glimpse of one small aspect of ocean cruising, the subculture of interest here. However, throughout the paper the ethnography of cruising is developed further. A model is proposed to show how individuals come to share the subculture ideology and then to participate in the lifestyle. Subsequently, 1 will place ocean cruising in the context of subculture theory by expanding the ethnography and relating cruising to other subcultures
Archaeology · Atoll · Bay · Context (archaeology) · Ethnography · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Reef · Sociology · Subculture (biology) · Watercraft · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Anthropology · Cruise Tourism Development and Management · Geology · History · Law · Maritime Security and History · Oceanography
Under Sail Alone at Sea
Connection and understanding
Community, life satisfaction and motivation in ocean cruising
Capturing Adventure
A review of research into lifestyle mobilities and digital nomadism
Grassroots Associations and Collective Identity
The capitalist voyeur
The offshore sailor
Applying regenerative thinking in yachting tourism. Insights from the Northern Adriatic Sea
New territory
The Dream and the Reality of Blue Spaces
Revisiting Weber's Concept of Disenchantment
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2025 (32) |
| Highly cited | No |