I forgot two others I really enjoyed
Ordinary Seaman-Francisco Goldman
(Doesnt actually take place at sea, but an interesting perspective about ships and destitude mariners)
The Outlaw Sea-William Langewiesche
(This is an interesting Trilogy, William is the son of Wolfgang who wrote the 1944 book, Stick and Rudder -An Explantion of Flying, which became a standard ref for aviators)
The Perfect Storm-Sebastian Junger-
This story is well known in film and book, and even put Cape Pond Ice on the map, but what I have always found noteworthy is Junger’s description of the formation and power of hurricanes. If I was teaching Meteorolgy at a Maritime Academy I would open with his passage on hurricanes. In layman terms he spells it out, I keep this passage in my sea going journal of Terse Facts. Junger may enjoy the sensational like any good writer but he researches his topics well,