I decided I needed the book we discussed so I went online to Amazon.com
 and ordered it!  While there I found references to a number of books I 
tought you might be interested in:

the Hornblower series by C.S. Forester
the Bolitho stories from Alexander Kent
the Drinkwater series from Richard Woodman (e.g., "An Eye of the Fleet")
the Ramage series from Dudley Pope
Revolution at Sea Trilogy/James L. Nelson
Lobscouse & Spotted Dog : Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the
                     Aubrey/Maturin Novels 
                     by Anne Chotzinoff Grossman, Lisa Grossman Thomas