By S. Lester

This is the story of a sailing voyage around Britain during the spring and summer of 2005. Starting at Dartmouth, it calls in at traditional fishing harbours, busy yachting centres, bustling holiday resorts, secluded lochs and the cities of Aberdeen, Newcastle and Ipswich before returning to the River Dart. It includes the stories of Starry Gazy Pie and the Blind Piper of Gairloch, teh Cod War and the decline of the fishing industry, the drowning of the sixteen cities of the Cantre'r Gwaelod and the last days of the West Coast Puffers.

Pb 216pp

By P. Gogarty

'The Coast Road' presents an idiosyncratic and illuminating snapshot of England and what it is to be English today. In this, his second travelogue, the award-winning writer Paul Gogarty travels 3,000 miles in a motorhome, exploring intimate coastal communities and ruminating on the future of the English coast.

320p 234x156mm Hb

By D. Rainsbury

An anthology of articles previously published in the yachting press. Each covers a channel or harbour entrance which is notorious for having difficult tide and current conditions. David Rainsbury discusses the best way to handle each of these fearsome passages and relates his own experiences. Full of sound practical advice. An imortant companion for anyone visiting these treacherous corners of the British Isles and Brittany.

246x189mm 160p Full colour. Pb

by Dag Pike
2010
A tour of over 30 minor harbours around the coasts of southwest Britain from Lyme Bay to the River Severn. Illustrated with evocative colour photography, this book aims to paint a picture of what harbours were like in the past and what they are like now. They can make an interesting alternative for visiting yachtsmen looking for somewhere off the beaten track to visit and explore, perhaps by small tenders. Many of the harbours were built to last and they can be rich in history and rewarding to visit both by land and sea.

Paperback, full colour.

By S. Fisher
2006
This is not a pilot, but an anthology of articles, each dealing with a particular stretch of coast around Britain that were first published in The Canoeist magazine. A fascinating read for anyone interested in Britains long and varied coastline. Fully illustrated with coloured mapping and the author's photos.

A4 224p Pb

The West Coast of Mainland Scotland
by Patrick Roach and Gordon Buchanan
2010

'Lochs and Lights' is one of a series of attractive tours of coastlines using views from the air. This addition to the range covers the mainland part of the West coast of Scotland, one of the most attractive sailing areas in the British Isles. Starting from the estuaries of Galloway on the Solway Firth, the tour leads northwards across the Firth of Clyde, taking in Ardnamurchan, Oban, Loch Linnhe, Mallaig and past Skye to reach the lonely and dramatic cliffs of Cape Wrath. Patrick Roach’s outstanding aerial photos, taken in a typical range of weather and tidal conditions, are matched by a commentary and description by West coast based yachting journalist, Gordon Buchanan.

Paperback

By P. Heiney
2005
A captivating celebration of Britains nautical heritage, seen through the astonishing variety of Britain's maritime museums, historic ships and coastal attractions.
This guide covers Britain's 600 maritime ships and museums and gives a fascinating insight into everything from lighthouses and Cornish shipwrecks, to Lord Nelsons birthplace, the Armada's legacy, the tea clippers, Scotish fisheries and much more.
Pb 320p 192x128mm

rrp £12.99 our price £10.49

An Artists View of Britain's Islands
By P. Collyer
2005
A companion book to 'Encompassing Britain' and 'Rain Later Good'. Peter Collyer draws the reader along his enchanting path, inviting us to share, via his paintings the many breathtaking sights and enjoy the fascinating stories that he uncovers during his visits. From St Michaels Mount to the Shetland Isles, from Lundy to the Farne islands.

260x260mm 160p Hb

rrp £27.99 our price £22.45

by Peter Collyer

This book is based on a series of brilliant and detailed paintings by Peter Collyer. The book consists of 43 superb colour reproductions of the author's intricate watercolour paintings of the shipping forecast sea areas and coastal stations.

192pp, full colour, hardback, re-issue 2005

rrp £29.99 our price £23.99

By T. Cunlife
2009
How often we have longed for the wings of a sea eagle, to see what we cannot see from the sea. Powered flight has finally given us this chance, and Patrick Roach, the maestro of the airbourne camera has excelled himself with this series of images between Portland Bill and the Isles of Scilly.

Pb. 250x210mm. Full colour. 48 pp.

With only sixty miles solo skippering experience and one successfully laid (and recovered) anchor he takes on some of the most challenging waters in Europe in a sometimes tense, often hilarious personal odyssey. Over 1,700 miles he confronts his temperamental ally, the sea, in sandbars, tidal sluices, the Atlantic swell of the exposed west coast and an injurious summer storm which leaves him, literally, singlehanded.

By N. Ardley

Tales through a sailing year, is a compilation of interlinked stories about cruising around the Lower Thames, Swale and River Medway. The area has been very much overlooked, in the yachting literary world - often derided even - yet it is a fantastic local cruising area, full of history, wildlife and seemingly remote anchorages - far from the madding crowd.

Pb. 224pp

By Waller/Dando/Burchett

A comprehensive yet compact reference book that will help you identify all the flora and fauna that you will come across at sea, on the beach or in the skies above.

Fully illustrated. Hb 500p

by Peter Collyer

The Channel Islands are as different from each other as they are from their larger neighbours. In a brilliant series of paintings and sketches, artist Peter Collyer offers the beauty of the islands he has grown to love. The accompanying text brings the exquisite watercolours to life.

160pp, original watercolours and sketches throughout, hardback with dust jacket

RRP £27.50 OUR PRICE £21.99

Sixty years of painting on the Thames.

For sixty years, members of the Wapping Group have met to paint by the River Thames 'en plein air'. Outdoors and undaunted in all weathers, come rain or shine, they have set up their easels from the broad tideways of the estuary to the willow-fringed backwaters up-river - taking in the whole of riverside London in between. With 200 illustrations, the story of the Group since 1946, a meditation on the pleasures and pains of painting outdoors, and personal accounts by all the current members, this book captures the essence of the Wapping Group, "the last proper artists' society left in England".

96pp, hardback

Exploring the East Coast in Pictures
By C. Jarman
2008
A lavishously illustrated book captures the essence of the East Coast of England between Lowestoft and Ramsgate.

The continual movement of sand, shingle and mud along the coast moulds each estuary, laying down new mud flats criss-crossed with strange patterns clearly seen in some of the excellent aerial photography.

Pb. 48pp Colour photograhs on every page. 250x200mm