Reviews of current and new sailing titles
Ten years after the first edition this is a welcome update from two sailors who have a huge amount of medical experience. Dr Mackenzie as a retired Surgeon Commander RN, was a consultant in renal and intensive care while also an advisor on the medical aspects of yachting to for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. [...]
HMS Ocean (VI) 1998 – 2018 The Mighty ‘O’ by Richard Johnstone-Bryden Drawing on official records and interviews with a cross section of those who have served in Ocean, including the majority of the former Commanding Officers, this book is the first account of the Royal Navy’s only purpose built helicopter assault carrier HMS Ocean, [...]
You know the seven Ps don't you? (Proper planning and preparation prevents piss-poor performance.) It's a useful old army adage that sailors can apply every time they go to sea. And the effect of passage planning really encapsulates all of that; it's a mental exercise that you (and your crew) should go through before you [...]
Learning how to read a chart is an essential skill to the sailor and paper charts are still the best when it comes to seeing "the bigger picture". Paper charts do need to be treated with respect though, and this book cites the oft-retold story of how a ship took a 50 mile detour around [...]
Hints, tips, advice and yarns from Britain's most famous sailor; this is a great book to dip into when you've just come off watch or are waiting for someone to get back from the showers. And that's because it should be a book to take aboard while cruising. Sir Robin's writings over 50 years or [...]
Frank Mulville (1924 - 1997) was a yachtsman of repute for his various books relating family adventures afloat. This is more of a discussion title and, as it was published in 1981 would at first appear very outdated for today's ocean sailor. But while the techniques of sailing with electronics have so changed blue water [...]
This book reviews the 166 years history of the America's Cup to date, wrangling over the years all the way from the early 1870 British challenges by the cantankerous James Ashbury to the recent ostracising of Grant Dalton’s team in the run up to the last cup only for ETNZ to be victorious and taking [...]
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 [...]
Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Clyde Cruising Club Sailing Directions and Anchorages – Incorporating the Yachtsman's Pilots by Martin Lawrence Pub Imray - Second Edition "A relentless recital of potential hazards can create an air of impending doom with what is intended to be a leisure pursuit," says editor Edward Mason in this edition of the CCC [...]
