Category: Books
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Good Little Ship by Peter Willis
This is a book about Arthur Ransome’s favourite cruising yacht – the 1931 seven ton 28ft Hillyard-built Nancy Blackett, named after Ransome’s most famous character, the leading Amazon, Nancy from the Swallows and Amazons book… […]
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Skipper’s Medical Emergency Handbook by D Campbell Mackenzie and Dr Spike Briggs
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… […]
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HMS Ocean – The Mighty O
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… […]
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Passage Making Made Perfect Alastair Buchan
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… […]
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Understanding a Nautical Chart by Paul Boissier 2nd Edition
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… […]
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Knox-Johnston on Seamanship & Seafaring by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
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.… […]
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Single-Handed Sailing by Frank Mulville
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… […]
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Exposed – The dark side of the America’s cup by Alan Sefton and Larry Keating
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… […]
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A History of Sailing in 100 Objects by Barry Pickthall
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… […]