The inspiring and exciting story of how Robin Knox-Johnston became the first man to sail non-stop around the world on his own little ketch Suhaili, in 1969.
Saved from an inglorious end as a garden ornament, Amulet, a 26-foot wooden keelboat, amateur-built in Scotland in 1964, was restored and sailed to the Hebrides by Cumbrian-based author and former lighthouse keeper and charter yacht skipper, Bob Orrell.
The Boat Data Book is a treasure trove of invaluable technical information for builders, designers, surveyors, owners and anyone maintaining their own boat.
Knife-edge decisions, adrenaline rushes, extreme weather, bitter rivalries, heart-stopping races - they are all in a day's work for sailing's superman' Ben Ainslie.
Initially a most reluctant sailor, Sandra Clayton fell in love with sailing and the sea, and the urge to write it all down became irresistible. Writting has been her pastime or her job for most of her life.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston is britain's greatest living sailor here he shares a collection of distilled wisdom, acute observations and fascinating anecdotes.
The book will be highly practical as well as narrative, enabling anyone reading it to follow in the author’s footsteps (from any starting point in the UK).
Every yachtsman or motorboater has at some point entertained the idea of catching their own supper, but until now there hasn’t been a book to guide them through it.
Spanish Castle To White Night, Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09
Book & DVD pack
This is the story of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, ripping and roaring through seven seas - from Spain, past Africa and on to Asia, round the Americas and back to Europe.
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Spanish Castle To White Night, Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09
Ellen MacArthur rocketed to international sailing stardom in the course of the 2000/2001 Vendee Globe around the world singlehanded race, in which she came a dramatic second.
Book "Taking on the world" with DVD "The Ellen Macarthur story 1998-2004
This magnificent book follows the late Sir Peter Blake on his final voyage. It tracks the legendary yachtsman as he takes the blackexpeditions exploration vessel Seamaster to the environmental pulse points of the planet in order to generate greater awareness of the need to take better care of our world.
An enthralling collection of dramatic stories of yachts lost at sea. From the tragic sinking of the yacht Ouzo, run down or swamped by a P&O ferry in the English Channel, to an eyewitness account of the wreck of Hooligan V.
Do you dream of sailing around one of the Great Capes? Would you like to cruise up the Amazon or windsurf across the Pacific? How about competing in the America's Cup or Volvo Ocean Race? These are just a few of the 100 extraordinary experiences included in this book.