Sailing / yachting

The Skipper's Cockpit Racing Guide is an at-a-glance reference for dinghy and yacht racers, covering everything they need to know to improve their performance – and win.

In the era of commercial sail, clipper ships were the ultimate expression of speed and grace.

In the era of commercial sail, clipper ships were the ultimate expression of speed and grace.

The Skipper's Mast and Rigging Guide is a new title in our popular series of cockpit guides that are designed for easy reference on board in all weather conditions.

Sailing Strategy is considered a racing classic.

Des Sleightholme, former Editor of Yachting Monthly" for many years, is well known for his irreverent outlook on the Establishment and for his unfailing eye for the funny side of things; here he takes on a hilarious anecdotal romp through his sailing life.

Des Sleightholme, former Editor of Yachting Monthly" for many years, is well known for his irreverent outlook on the Establishment and for his unfailing eye for the funny side of things; here he takes on a hilarious anecdotal romp through his sailing life.

There are more than 4000 miles of navigable waterways in Great
Britain, with more in Ireland and Europe.

'Monumental!

'Monumental!

Storms, fatigue, equipment failure, intense hunger, and lack of water are just a few of the challenges that ocean rower Mick Dawson endured whilst attempting to complete one of the World's 'Last Great Firsts'.

Octogenarian Anthony Smith's journey was originally inspired by both the Kontiki Expedition of Thor Heyerdahl (who he knew) and the incredible story of the survivors of a 1940 boat disaster, who spent 70 days adrift in the Atlantic, eventually reaching land emaciated and close to death.

Every man's dream - to sail around the world.

Meet Bryn, the self-proclaimed unluckiest girl in the world.

This is not a story about someone who grew up around boats and made a miraculous voyage across open oceans.

Set against the backdrop of mankinds epic spaceodyssey is the tale of a dream that wouldntdie and a stone boat that eventually sailed40,000 ocean miles.

Sail Tales is about the adventures a humble sailboat owner had over the years.

My Hand on the Tiller is an account of the authors sailing experiences over his lifetime.

This is a book of days and moments spent sailing on the east coast of Newfoundland and over the Atlantic to the Azores.

At one point after the boom vang broke loose, the boom and the sail shifted to a higher position.

David Vann has loved boats all his life.

Originally published London 1931, this is a well illustrated book that will prove invaluable to the class of yachtsmen for whom it is intended, with much information that will still be found practical and relevant to the modern reader.

A guide for racing yachtsman that is as useful today as when it was first published.

A fascinating collection of articles by various authors, first published in 1886.

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE*From when he was twelve years old Robert Radnor had been in love with the idea of being a sailor.

Benjamin Lundy crossed oceans under sail in the late nineteenth century and over one hundred years later Derek Lundy, his great-great nephew, has re-created that journey.

Mit der Erfindung der Freizeitparks erkundet der Leser eine spannende und gleichsam lehrreiche Reise durch die Geschichte von Freizeitparks.

This book will appeal to anyone who enjoys small boat cruising, or anyone considering taking up the sport.

Comfort is not a measureable quality, mainly because it means different things to different people.

St Mawes Sailing Club was founded in 1920 and has functioned without interruption from that date, with the exception of the war years.

Alfred Mylne the First designed exciting, beautiful yachts, which have won many races over the past 120 years - some are still collecting prizes.

Beautiful boats last a long time, but ugly ones die young.

For many years in Yachts and Yachting magazine, these very practical, workable sketches by yacht designer Ian Nicolson appeared regularly and they apply to every part of a boat.

Getting afloat need not be difficult or expensive if you were to build your own boat.

This fully revised third edition of a classic manual is a mine of information for yachtsmen to customise their boats.

This trilogy tells how Ian Nicolson, yachtsman, naval architect and author, joined a Canadian and a Norwegian to sail the 45-foot ketch Maken from England via the Panama Canal to Vancouver, Canada.

Throughout history sailing has been instrumental in the development of civilization, affording humanity greater mobility than travel over land, whether for trade, transport or warfare, and the capacity for fishing.

More than just a book about sailing, Go for the Green is a clarion call to bring sailing out of the doldrums and into an expanded role as a catalyst for the more environmentally sensitive enjoyment of the sea.

Breaking down the complicated concepts of speed, acceleration, torque, fluid mechanics, and surface physics, Physics of Sailing provides a lively, easily accessible introduction to the basic science underlying the sport of sailing.

This book is a sailing travel-adventure demonstrating how dreams can come true for those who have the desire to accomplish, persistence, a sense of adventure and are willing to take risks in order to make their dreams come true.

'If you fall far enough, it's hard to know when you hit bottom.

Following Dolphins Under My Bed and Turtles in Our Wake comes the third leg of the Claytons' voyage, two early retirees who decided to live life sailing from place to place to fulfil their dream.

Following Dolphins Under My Bed and Turtles in Our Wake comes the third leg of the Claytons' voyage, two early retirees who decided to live life sailing from place to place to fulfil their dream.

Jim Saltonstall has coached multiple National, European, World and Olympic racing champions, including Ben Ainslie, one of Britain's most successful Olympians.

Jim Saltonstall has coached multiple National, European, World and Olympic racing champions, including Ben Ainslie, one of Britain's most successful Olympians.

By the same author as the bestselling Total Loss,this is a new collection of terrifying and compelling accounts ofyachts lost at sea.

For anyone learning to sail in either dinghies or yachts, this book is easy to read with lively colour illustrations.

Following in the Yachting Monthly paperback series (Confessions, Further Confessions, etc) this book is based on a popular run of articles over the last eight years in Yachting Monthly, in which navigational and seamanship problems are posed and the highly respected author (former RYA Training Manager Bill Anderson) gives his opinion on the best way to resolve them.

Most boating is done in coastal waters, yet being close to land canoften present greater dangers than sailing offshore.