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Sallys Odd At Sea
With no rowing experience and certainly no sea-going experience, Sally Kettle took to the oars in her ocean rowing boat, Calderdale, in 2003, joined by an unlikely partner, Sarah K...» more
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Death Roll
The crew of the Pollux is working hard in the Australian sun to prepare for the America's Cup. In shark-infested seas and in the heat of bitter rivalry, the last thing needed is a man in...» more
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Left For Dead (Paperback)
The Fastnet Race is the world famous yacht race from the Isle of Wight to the Fastnet Rock off the Southwest coast of Ireland and back. The race of 1979 began in perfect we...» more
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Into the Bermuda Triangle (PB) Pursuing the Truth Behind the World~s Greatest Mystery
A pilot reports a strange haze enveloping his plane, then disappears; eleven hours after fuel starvation, as if...» more
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Confessions - Yachtsmen Own Up to their Sailing Sins
This pick of the pack from 20 years of the much-loved YM column The Confessional. A light bedside read, designed to fill one with the comforting...» more
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Further Confessions
Another selection from the much-loved column in Yachting Monthly magazine, where readers own up to embarrassing but educative misadventures in their boats. Cartoons by Peyton. A...» more
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Magic of the Swatchways
Classic writing from MG, doyen of the East Coast of England. Has inspired potterers and cruising men for more than half a century, and though the man is dead his writing is h...» more
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Only So many Tides
This is really the sailing autobiography of Jon Wainwright, a figure well known on the East Coast and in Old Gaffer circles. He and his boat Deva have had half a life-time of expe...» more
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Riddle of The Sands (Hardback)
One of the most loved nautical thrillers of all time. This is a classic, atmospherically set in the German Frisian islands of the North Sea coast. Funny, but gripping,...» more
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Sailing Just for Fun - High Adve nture on a Small Budget [Shoal Waters]
High adventure on a small budget is Charles Stock's philosophy as he cruises his midget 16-foot gaff-rigged sailing cruiser Sh...» more
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Worse Things Happen at Sea
"Worse Things Happen at Sea is the long-awaited follow-up to Jake Kavanagh's hugely popular Ups and Downs of a Lockkeeper. This time turning his humorous eye to the scrape...» more
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With a Pinch of Salt
Are you clewed-up about all those expressions that so enrich the language of sailors-not to mention the landlubbers who have Shanghaied their vocabulary?Do you know Captain Seta...» more
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Lighthouses of the World
This book is a beautifully presented panorama of over 150 lighthouses from 56 countries all around the world, all of which are accessible and many of which can be visited. Fr...» more
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Deadliest Catch: Desperate Hours
The Deadliest Catch is the hit TV series featuring the harrowing struggles of fishermen on the wild and freezing Bering Sea ù it's the perfect storm but for real. Thi...» more
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Diver [Tony Groom]
Diver is an honest, moving and sometimes hilarious account of a hair - raisingly exciting career, both in the Royal Navy and in commercial deep-sea diving-training the most unlikel...» more
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Ice Bears and Kotick
This is the story of an impossible boat journey that two men made for the fun of it. they rowed through pack ice and polar bears, survived whales, starvation and capsize and in...» more
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Disasters At Sea
Dag Pike draws on his experience as merchant navy captain, fast boat navigator and boat safety tester for RNLI lifeboats to focus on a wide range of disasters at sea. He compiles a...» more
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The Storm Prophet
The Sydney Hobart yacht race is world famous: the crowds at the Boxing Day start; the Harbour full of colour; giant super-maxis competing for line honours and glory. But in the wro...» more
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Author: Mike Peyton
Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical
Mike Peyton is the nautical world's best known and much loved cartoonist. For years he has made his mark, contributing witty, well execut...» more
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