The rebuilt Thames Sailing Barge Cambria features heavily in this film, which is all about the so-called TSBs – their role in trade which has now developed into charter mainly around the waters of the Thames Estuary. And this is not surprising, since director Michael Maloney lives in Faversham, where Cambria was restored. The film [...]
Tall Ships, Small Ships, craftsmanship, classic boat sailors – all brought alive in photos and captions that capture the revival of old and vintage boats during the decades since the first Brest Festival in 1992
8th July will see the launch of Paul Heiney's new book – a passage north to the Arctic circle. Billed as "An honest portrait of human life on the ocean waves and a colourful, good-humoured insight into the private life of the much-loved puffin," it follows Paul as he sets sail from the east coast [...]
Incorporationg The Rigger's Apprentice and The Rigger's Locker "Once every few generations a writer comes along who adds to the real body of knowledge available to the ropeworking world, and here indeed is a first class practical book on rigging," is how the knot and ropework guru Des Pawson describes this book in its forword. [...]
A Sailorman's Story. As the age of sail as a widespread commercial activity drifts beyond memory, we increasingly have to go to the archives to find out how things were done. And so a book like this autobiography from Jim Lawrence is a very welcome addition to the library of such works. Jim, a practical [...]
A selection of plans, drawings and notes. Compiled by Jeremy Burnett with a foreword by Nigel Irens Ed Burnett worked with Nigel Irens on some significant designs in the late 1990s, including the Westernman modern pilot cutters before starting out on his own at a unit on the Dart in Totnes, opposite Baltic Wharf. Ed's [...]
An update of the standard text for gaff rig sailors of cat boats, cutters, sloops, yawls, ketches and schooners – now with updated sections on modern gaffers, replicas and the big class. This is principally a book on rigging, sail trim, and handling and surely answers most of the questions you might have about your [...]
It’s often the sailing of our youth that seems later to be the most vital and exciting. We look back at the times of danger and treat them like trophy sails, safe now in the cabinet of experience, to be revisited as something rather marvelous. This book by Peter Clutterbuck has more than its fair [...]
A Century of Six Metres Since 1907 the Metre Boats have both fascinated and challenged the very best designers of each age to produce boats for the very best helmsmen and crews to compete in the most prestigious international events. As a development class, the Six Metres have been the test-bed for innovative designs [...]
