Category: Books
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The Magnificent Sixes by Tim Street
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… […]
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The Piper Calls the Tune by Euan Ross
This is the Second Edition of a book which set out to tell the story of the famous Pipers – a One Design Class which originated in the 1960s on the Clyde, and its impressive… […]
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The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey by Patrick O’Brian
There is a peculiar appropriateness and not a little poignancy about this final episode of O’Brian’s sweeping saga of Naval life – and so much else – in the early 19th century. It’s an unfinished … […]
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Messing About in Boats by John R Muir
A charming and evocative account of leisure sailing – plus a bit of work on boats – in UK waters in the 1930s and 40s recounted with humour by naval surgeon John Muir. This is… […]
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That Hamilton Woman by Barry Gough
This pocket hardback takes its title from a classic black-and-white Hollywood movie from 1941 starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. But this is the almost incredible story of Emma Hamilton, Admiral Nelson’s famous mistress, and… […]
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Heavy Weather Sailing by Peter Bruce
Now in its 7th edition this is the bible for the offshore sailor and a good, nay essential book to digest before planning a cruise anywhere out of coastal waters. It has up to date… […]
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Forgotten Songs and Stories of the Sea by Caroline Rochford
This is as much a compendium of fascinating stories as a collection of songs (the songs sadly have no tunes for those can read music). But still you’ll find yourself reading and reading it. It’s… […]
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Sea Charts of the British Isles by John Blake
With previously unseen records from the Admiralty Library, the National Maritime Museum, the Pepys Library, UK Hydrographic Office and National Archives this book travels clockwise around the UK using historical charts and many accompanying illustrations… […]
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World Cruising Routes 8th Edition by Jimmy Cornell
The latest in a line of editions that began in 1987 sees Jimmy rusing in his introduction on how he made a successful transit of the North West passage in 2015 which he attributes to… […]