Boating: Sport and leisure

Seabreezes are the lifeblood of cruising and racing sailors - but they
are a fickle resource and it's vital to be able to predict and read the
situations when they will blow strongly, change direction (annoyingly)
or vanish altogether.

A new volume in the Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science series from the International Olympic Committee, this volume Canoeing provides an accessible and comprehensive summary of the topic.

For readers who relish the image of clinging to a sinking makeshift raft while fighting off sword-wielding and delirious mutineers wrenching the last cask of water from a sailor's sun-scorched hands (while sharks circle in famished anticipation), Shipwrecked!

This book covers the practical syllabus a student skipper needs to pass advanced sailing exams.

This is a murder mystery that takes place in the northwest, and involves sea kayaking, rare book collecting and a beloved Newfoundland dog, who rides in the heroines kayak.

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

An Alaskan Affliction is packed with pure entertainment, featuring highlights from decades of Alaska hard core adventures.

In Sunlight North: The Wisdom of the Arctic Wilderness, Clarence A.

Christian Beamish, a former editor at The Surfers Journal, envisioned a low-tech, self-reliant exploration for surf along the coast of North America, using primarily clothes and instruments available to his ancestors, and the 18-foot boat he would build by hand in his garage.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NEW BLOOD DAGGER ***Don't miss the utterly gripping new thriller from Egan Hughes - LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON is out now*** 'This one really pulled me in' JANE CORRY 'Tense, thrilling and full of twists and turns' ANGELA MARSONS 'A summer must-read' WOMAN'S WEEKLY 'A masterclass in storytelling' THE COURIER 'Addictive, I was gripped from the opening chapter' JO SPAIN 'Plunges the reader in and leaves them gasping for air' RACHEL EDWARDS 'Utterly addictive' CRIME MONTHLY 'Gripping' HELLO __________________You love him.

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023**Flares Up is a true story of adventure, tenacity and the capacity of the human spirit to triumph over adversity.

With his last-gasp victory as part of the Great British coxless four team at the Athens Olympics, Matthew Pinsent clinched an historic fourth Olympic Gold to add to the three already won with his legendary rowing partner Steve Redgrave.

'A masterpiece.

In a tale remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatable kayak.

“A pleasure .

The official and legally required handbook for every boat owner.

For anyone who owns a boat, this is the handbook you need to own.

This is a wonderful cherry-picked collection of humiliating misadventures from the enduringly popular Confessional column of Yachting Monthly magazine.

The 12th edition of this bestselling textbook is proof of the success of Mary Blewitt's concise and clear style in explaining a particularly difficult skill, and it has been the bible for many generations of ocean navigators.

'Nobody grows old living a number of years; people grow old only by deserting their ideals.

The 1866 transatlantic yacht race was a match that saw three yachts battle their way across the Atlantic in the dead of winter in pursuit of a $90,000 prize.

There were too many degrading disasters, mortifying mishaps and groan-worthy gaffes for one collection, so following on from Yachting Monthly's Confessions, here is another wonderful collection of humiliating misadventures from the enduringly popular Confessional column of Yachting Monthly magazine.

This highly popular guide to emergency first aid at sea has been updated throughout.

Drawn from the best of Adrian Morgan's entertaining columns musing on the world of traditional boats and the joys of building, sailing and working on them, here is his long-awaited bunkside read.

The 1866 transatlantic yacht race was a match that saw three yachts battle their way across the Atlantic in the dead of winter in pursuit of a $90,000 prize.

This is a wonderful cherry-picked collection of humiliating misadventures from the enduringly popular Confessional column of Yachting Monthly magazine.

The 12th edition of this bestselling book is proof of thesuccess of Mary Blewitt's concise and clear style in explaining aparticularly difficult skill, and it has been the bible for manygenerations of ocean navigators.

There were too many degrading disasters, mortifying mishaps and groan-worthy gaffes for one collection, so following on from Yachting Monthly's Confessions, here is another wonderful collection of humiliating misadventures from the enduringly popular Confessional column of Yachting Monthly magazine.

Learn to Navigate has been a bestseller since first publication.

This highly popular guide to emergency first aid at sea has been updated throughout.

'Nobody grows old living a number of years; people grow old only by deserting their ideals.

Learn to Navigate has been a bestseller since first publication.

Drawn from the best of Adrian Morgan's entertaining columns musing on the world of traditional boats and the joys of building, sailing and working on them, here is his long-awaited bunkside read.

One of Britain's greatest living sailors shares a collection of distilled wisdom, acute observation and fascinating anecdotes.

Bob Shepton is an ordained minister in the Church of England in his late 70s, but spends most of his time sailing into the Arctic and making first ascents of inaccessible mountains.

This is a book with no practical purpose whatsoever.

This is a book with no practical purpose whatsoever.

Everything creaks and bends in heavy seas what will not bend will simply snap.

Everything creaks and bends in heavy seas what will not bend will simply snap.

Bob Shepton is an ordained minister in the Church of England in his 70s, but spends most of his time sailing into the Arctic and making first ascents of inaccessible mountains.

When paddlers think of whitewater, they rarely think of Texas.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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