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Yachting Yarns from South Australia
Tales and History of 10 Extraordinary South Australian yachts
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Yachting Yarns is great news for lovers of all things nautical. This captivating book with its fascinating sea stories is a must for anyone with maritime interests.
It traces the history of 10 South Australian sailing vessels, each from its construction through its life journey and...
The Race
Extreme Sailing and Its Ultimate Event: Nonstop, Round-the-World, No Holds Barred
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
An invigorating behind-the-scenes look at the world of extreme sailing, The Race is also a taut, engrossing account of the first running of the competition called The Race, which began on December 31, 2000, in Barcelona and ended sixty-two days later in Marseilles. The most intense event of its kind...
The Complete Yachtmaster
Sailing, Seamanship and Navigation for the Modern Yacht Skipper 9th edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
The Complete Yachtmaster has been a bestseller since first publication and has established itself as the standard reference for Yachtmaster students as well as skippers of all levels of experience.
In this fully revised and up-to-date 9th edition, Tom Cunliffe brings together all the essentials...
Knox-Johnston on Seamanship & Seafaring
Lessons & experiences from the 50 years since the start of his record breaking voyage
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
On 14th June 1968 Robin Knox-Johnston set sail from Falmouth to take part in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race – the first, non-stop, single-handed sailing race around the world. He was an unknown 29-year old Merchant Navy Officer. Ten and a half months later he sailed back into Falmouth, the only...
by Diana Neggo
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Ever felt like stepping off the treadmill, taking a year off work and sailing a yacht around Australia? Well, if you are reading this then it’s a good chance you have, during an occasional daydream, let go the mooring lines of work and family and quietly left the harbour to see what lies around...
by Faith Van Rooyen
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Six months in a remote coral atoll sounds peaceful. And it was most of the time.Except for a fire on board, a visit from a North Sea rescue ship, a Hermit Crab Race Meeting, a dinghy sailing and rowing Regatta, a yacht wreck and other exciting moments.Then a two thousand mile voyage to Langkawi Island...
Big Waves, Small Boat, Two Kids
A Family Sailing Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Mark and Katya bought a thirty-four-foot steel sailboat. With their two daughters, they sailed around Lake Superior, then moved aboard for a year and sailed to the Bahamas. The sailing life proved both challenging and rewarding to the extreme, and big decisions made along the way stretched them to...
by William Albert Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
'There have been men before who have gone round the world, or as nearly as doesn't matter, in small sailing boats. There was Alain Gerbault and there was Capt. Slocum. But no one has ever written a book about sailing round the world as good as Mr. Robinson's... It is one of the most entrancing travel...
Winter in Fireland
A Patagonian Sailing Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
After tough assignments as a Canadian diplomat abroad, Nicholas Coghlan and his wife Jenny unwind by sailing Bosun Bird, a 27foot sailboat, from Cape Town, South Africa, across the South Atlantic and into the stormy winter waters around Tierra del Fuego, South America. Coghlan recounts earlier adventures...
Snow Petrel
(A father-son voyage to the windiest place on the planet)
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
When Ben Tucker and his kid brother Matt decided to sail south in search of icebergs on Ben's small home-built kiwi sloop, their father Jon was allowed to come along as their cabin-boy, on a promise of good behaviour.
The unfolding adventure took them through thick pack ice to become trapped...
by Captain Robert Engel
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2009
Sail Tales is about the adventures a humble sailboat owner had over the years. So where does one start writing about these adventures? You start at the beginning. That beginning was in 1967 when I was helping a friend of mine, Frank, re-build an old wooden boat that he had bought. Frank took the whole...
Occupation Circumnavigator: Sailing Around the World
Sailing Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2009
A hippy Sell Up and Sail , this entertaining and inspiring book is more than just a cruising narrative - it is an instructive account showing how anyone can circumnavigate (or even sail for an extended period) without huge funds. Lars Hassler originally set off intending to sail for three years, but...
Over the Top
The First Lone Yachtsman to Sail Vertically Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Only one person has ever sailed vertically around the world - Adrian Flanagan.
Sailing horizontally is difficult enough, crossing thousands of miles of ocean only to get near land at the Capes and battle treacherous currents. However, hundreds of sailors have still managed it. Adrian became...
by Faith Van Rooyen
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
At the beginning of March 2001, a three thousand mile voyage under sail brought Faith and Pierre to the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean.There at Perhos Banhos and Salamon atoll they enjoyed life in an uninhabited tropical paradise, visited only by fellow sailing enthusiasts. Five...