A crippled boat & a lot of broken dreams. A broken marriage & a hunger to sail down into the Indian Ocean. This is both a love story about a boat, his beloved Tetranora & a story of a voyage out of love & into life. Along the way it explores ancient sailing routes from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. Just how did ancient trading vessels get around the Mediterranean & up & down the Red Sea & across & back from India & Southeast Asia? If boats of this era only had a squaresail, how on earth did they make to weather against the prevailingwinds that headed them? & just how did a navigator cross these foreign seas riddled with reefs & beset by tides & winds? In many ways the highs & lows of life on board an old 31 foot sailing boat mirror some of the experiences of the ancients. Sitting in the cockpit of a small sailing boat you are a lot closer to the same seas that the ancients sailed on & the same winds & storms that rattled their halyards than you are in a library. This book tells not only of life after love & of the love of an old wooden sailing boat, but of the adventure of the voyage & of ancient voyagers as well.‘ Rod interweaves his own story with pieces of philosophy & history related to the places he sailed through’. Sailing Today ...

Kim Sturgess was a weekend sailor: he enjoyed club racing & several brief sailing holidays, but had never attempted a substantial expedition. Reaching the age of fifty focused the mind & he decided to sail around Britain. While many cruising sailors would not contemplate a 1900 nautical mile voyage, he broke the voyage into a series of day sails, making it an achievable ambition for him, largely single-handed, & for many other weekend sailors who might dream of sailing around their home isl&. This book tells the quirky traveller`s narrative of the voyage & visits to forty-eight towns. Evoking the spirit of both Jerome K. Jerome with his Three Men in a Boat & Joshua Slocum`s Sailing Alone Around the World, Kim shares his thoughts & struggles, recounting how easy it is for anyone to become an adventurer here at home. But don`t expect to always agree with him
- he has been described as ”the Jeremy Clarkson of yachting”!
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This new book, based on a highly successful series of articles in Practical Boat Owner magazine, is a detailed practical guide to sailing around the UK
- all by means of day sails. Roger Oliver, a passionate sailor, explains his in-depth passage planning, boat preparations, weather checks & log-keeping, as well as his choice of routes, detailed navigation, sail trim tips & on-passage maintenance, all for the benefit of sailors who have a yen to follow in his footsteps. Packed with a wealth of practical tips on seamanship, anchoring in high winds, coping with big seas, problem-solving, harnessing the tide, sailing short-handed & living aboard for extended cruising, this book will be a godsend to the many thousands of sailors who enjoy coastal cruising & who will discover (as did Roger) that it is perfectly possible to cruise around the whole of the UK in a series of day sails. With this book to h&, & inspired by Roger's detailed route maps & spectacular photographs, anyone can experience the thrill & enjoyment of sailing around the beautiful & varied UK coast from any starting point.
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Capus takes us on an exploratory journey via the loss of a Spanish vessel laden with gold & jewels in the South Seas, the burial of treasure, an ancient map, & a long & dangerous voyage across the Pacific, to prove that Robert Louis Stevenson`s `treasure island` actually exists; & that it exists in a place quite different from where hordes of treasure-hunters have been seeking it for generations. In fact, he posits, it was for this reason alone that Stevenson spent the last five years of his life in Samoa. On a long trip round the Pacific islands with the idea of writing articles for American periodicals, Stevenson, travelling with his beloved wife, Fanny, & stepson Lloyd Osbourne, had no notion of stopping at Samoa when their ship made landfall in December 1889. Yet, only six weeks later, at the age of 39, he would invest all his available assets in a patch of impenetrable jungle & spend the rest of his life there. This book traces what led Stevenson to Samoa & the origins of his famous story. For facing him from this unlikely spot was another island
- a conical isle, Tafahi, where legends abound, & it was, Capus suggests, this isle that would cause him to change the course of his life.
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Alex Capus follows every step of Robert Louis Stevenson`s last years, studying every clue left behind by the Scottish writer & reaching his own conclusion about the most dramatic turn in Stevenson`s life: his decision to settle in Samoa, where the climate was poison for his already diseased lungs. When he arrived there in 1889, neither Stevenson nor his family particularly liked the Pacific island & wanted to stay for only a few days. Yet soon afterwards he changed his mind &, intriguingly, spent what little remained of his savings on a plot of land & began living there on a meagre income. Before long Stevenson set about building an opulent villa & lived out the rest of his days in splendour. What had happened? Capus asserts that Stevenson not only wrote the world-famous novel ” Treasure Island” here but searched for the treasure himself & furthermore found it towards the end of his life, on a little island he could see from the peak of the mountain in Samoa where he settled. ...

Covering Kilmore Quay & Carnsore Point, northward via Malin Head to the Bloody Forel&. This 12th Edition

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Sailing Directions for the East & North Coasts of Ireland has been edited by Norman Kean & compiled from information gathered by members of the Irish Cruising Club, supplemented by the contributions of many others who sail, live & work around the coast of Irel&. The cruising guide describes 160 ports, harbours & anchorages (30 for the first time), 90 aerial photographs, 160 new sea level images & 96 plans, &

Includes:: information of adjacent areas & passage notes for yachts approaching or leaving from the south or northeast. Chapters cover Kilmore Quay to Dublin Bay, Howth to Ardglass, Strangford Lough to Fair Head, Ballycastle to Lough Swilly, Fanad Head to Bloody Foreland & the crossing to Great Britain & the Isle of Man. Appendices cover charts & admiralty publications, maritime safety information, table of distances, abbreviations, Irish language glossary, & customs & immigration requirements.

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Sailing Directions for the South & West Coasts of Ireland has been edited by Norman Kean & compiled from information gathered by members of the Irish Cruising Club, supplemented by the contributions of many others who sail, live & work around the coast of Irel&. The cruising guide features 152 colour plans (50 new), 170 aerial & 210 sea levels colour photographs, & the text has been fully revised in respect of navigational aids, facilities & shore-side amenities. Chapters cover Rosslare to Cork Harbour, Cork Harbour to Crookhaven, Dunmanus Bay & Bantry Bay, Dursey Sound to Cahersiveen, Valentia to the Shannon, Loop Head to Slyne Head, Slyne Head to Erris Head & Erris Head to Bloody Foreland. Appendices cover charts & admiralty publications, customs & immigration requirements, maritime safety information, tidal streams, table of distances, abbreviations & an Irish language glossary. ...

High adventure on a small budget
- this is Charles Stock`s philosophy as he cruises his midget 16 -foot gaff-rigged sailing cruiser
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Sailing for Kids is aimed at children aged 8-15 who are taking their first steps into the fantastic world of sailing. Packed full of colour photographs & diagrams, this straightforward & easy-to-understand guide is the perfect introduction to the sport. It is based on the Optimist dinghy, which is the most popular children`s sailing dinghy worldwide, & endorsed by the UK Optimist Class Association. Topics covered include what to wear, setting up the boat, sailing & safety. For those who want to go further, there are also tips on sailing faster & preparing to race. ...