Want a coffee table book that also fits into the bookshelf aboard between the pilot guide and Reeds almanac? Step forward this enticing volume with its curiosity shop approach that dominates 225 pages of stories from Barry’s long association with the sea and sailing. So you go from a four page synopsis of the America’s cup to the Henri Lloyd sailing jacket; from the story of the Breton plotter to Garmin’s GPS Map. There are many interesting boats, from the first planing dinghy to the schooner Bluenose. There are hammocks, cross-staffs, portholes and vikings. And if you’re getting bored on board, or can spot someone who is, then this is the book to read. Every time you pick it up you learn (or even re-learn) something. DH
Pub Bloomsbury, 225pp, 2016, hardback £20