by J D Sleightholme

In his usual hilarious tongue-in-cheek manner, Des Sleightholme seeks to introduce the newcomer to the joys of cruising, explaining how to go about choosing a boat, what is likely to happen on your first time out, coping with tides, knots and etiquette, and how to behave in marinas. Read it and you'll curl up!

96pp 30 cartoons, paperback

RRP £8.99, OUR PRICE £7.99

Mike Peyton is the nautical world's best known and much loved cartoonist. For years he has made his mark, contributing witty, well executed and poignantly funny cartoons to the yachting and boating press, poking fun at seafarers of all types and capturing in his distinctive cartoon style their often eccentric and idiosyncratic ways.

Now here, at last, is a wonderful collection of Mike Peyton's light hearted and amusing recollections of time spent messing about in boats, all illustrated in his unique cartoon style.

Paperback, 96 pp, 234x156 mm, colour cartoons.

The Pitfalls of Boating and How to Enjoy Them
By J. Quirk
2010

Based on a series of highly popular articles written for Classic Boat magazine, this witty collection dwells on the scrapes people get themselves into when building and sailing boats of all descriptions. Most sailors will find something to relate to in the escapades and faux pas detailed here, and the stories will undoubtedly bring a wry smile to any boater's lips. John Quirk's terrifically witty cartoons help bring these anecdotes to life.

Pb. 234x156mm 96pp

RRP £9.99 OUR PRICE £7.99

By Des Sleightholme

An anecdotal romp through the sailing career of Des Sleightholme. A wonderfully entertaining autobiography. Sleightholme is well known for his irreverent outlook on the Establishment and for his unfailing eye for the funny side of things. Here he takes us on a hilarious anecdotal romp through his sailing life, from childhood efforts to get afloat at all costs, to the tribulations of running a charter boat, to the high drama of a force 10 dismasting.

216x138mm 192p Pb Cartoons

RRP £12.99 OUR PRICE £10.99

By Des Sleightholme
Aug. 2003
The last book from Des and the eagerly awaited follow-up to 'A Funny Old Life'. Des is well known for his irreverent outlook on the establishment and his ability to see the funny side of things. This book contains further yarns and hilarious happenings throughout his life.

Pb 216x138mm 20 cartoons 20 b/w photos

RRP £14.99 OUR PRICE £11.99

By M. Peyton
2008

Mike Peyton is the nautical world's best known and much loved cartoonist.

Now here, at last, is a wonderful collection of Mike Peyton's light hearted and amusing recollections of time spent messing about in boats, all illustrated in his unique cartoon style.

Pb. 96pp 234x156mm

RRP £9.99 OUR PRICE £7.99

By S. Llewellyn
2010

This quirky, lighthearted compilation brings together many of nautical thriller writer Sam Llewellyn's articles for Practical Boat Owner magazine (read by 200,000 a month). Owner of a traditional Drascombe Lugger, Llewellyn is an advocate of keeping sailing simple, and in this wonderful collection of nautical observations he promotes the minimalist boating lifestyle - whilst poking gentle fun at the expensive, complicated, ostentatious forms of sailing. Laced with humour and tongue in cheek jibes, and illustrated throughout by cartoons from the inimitable Mike Peyton.

Pb. 96pp 216x138mm

RRP £8.99 OUR PRICE £7.25

'The funny side of sailing'

by Des Sleightholme

An entertaining collection of humourous observations on the nautical scene. The 'joys' of antifouling, the bloody-mindedness of marine engines, the dubious pleasure of sailing on a spring tide, skippers, launchings and novice crew are just some of the subjects aired by 'Old Harry'. Each episode is enlivened with a cartoon illustration.

96pp 25 b/w cartoons, paperback

'The funny thing about cruising...'

by J D Sleightholme

Here is another of Des Sleightholme's highly entertaining collections of humorous observations on the nautical scene. Perceptive, amusing and presented in his inimitable style, Des takes us through his many nautical hair-raising experiences. An ideal bunkside read.

96pp 15 cartoons, paperback

By M. Peyton
2009

Mike Peyton spots sailors' weaknesses, foibles and their best-forgotten embarrassing moments and turns them into instantly recognisable hilarious situations in his inimitable cartoons.

From shore-based faux pas to on-water mishaps, racing misjudgements and sheer incompetent boat handling, Mike captures every red-faced moment for the smug entertainment of every armchair or active sailor.

Pb. 96 pp. 234x156 mm. Illus., Cartoons throughout.

RRP £9.99 OUR PRICE £7.99

By M. Peyton

The latest collection of Peyton cartoons, plus the story of his 50 years of sailing on the East coast - including a sideways look at cruising over the past 50 years.

96p 240x171mm 60 cartoons in full colour, paperback

The nautical origins of everyday expressions
2007
by Bill Beavis & Richard G McCloskey

A charming etymology for all salty-minded people. It explains the fascinating shipboard beginnings of over 200 words and expressions, with the author's own cartoons.

96pp Pb 198x126mm

RRP £7.99 OUR PRICE £6.99

By R. Jayson

Lively, hilarious and sometimes bizare stories of sailing misadventures. Discover the hidden dangers of poodles in hurricanes, meet a couple bound together in epoxy...

Pb 172p
US Pub.

The Classic Boats Years

A collection of Des Sleightholme's best articles published in Classic Boat magazine between 1998 and 2002. Humorous and witty style, Des makes fun of of variety of nautical situations.

138x216mm 96p Pb
cartoons throughout

by Des Sleightholme

This is a wonderful collection of batty observations on the sailing scene. Wickedly perceptive, Sleightholme attacks pomposity with scarifying gusto, taking the micky out of everything and everybody afloat. Such topics as leaking boats, dragging anchors, the charms of twin keels, the Fastnet Race, moving house by boat, chartering and, of course, the perils of going aloft, are handled with pitiless relish.

96pp 20 line illustrations (paperback)

by Jake Kavanagh

This bestselling paperback takes a lighthearted look at a lockkeeper's job and the scrapes people get into.

Pb. 112pp 198x129mm cartoons throughout. 2009 edition.

by Jake Kavanagh

The long awaited follow up to 'Ups and Downs of a Lockkeeper'.
A humorous eye on the scrapes people get into when let loose on the open sea. A witty look at maritime mayhem.

198x130mm 128p Pb. 76 b/w cartoons. 2009 edition.

By Jim Crawford
2010
This lighthearted look at the various rules that govern the world of sailing is for anyone who’s come down on the wrong side of the race committee, anyone who’s broken into a sweat just reading the COLREGS, and anyone who thinks bureaucracy saps all the fun out of boating.

Pb. 130x199mm colour cartoons

RRP £7.99 OUR PRICE £6.99

Yachtsmen own up to their sailing sins
By Paul Gelder

'The Confessional' has become one of the first pages that readers turn to in 'Yachting Monthly' each month. Over 17 years literally hundreds of readers have owned up to their most embarrassing moments for the amusement and enlightenment of their fellows.

Enhanced by Mike Peyton's marvellously poignant cartoons, this book is a must for any boater afloat or ashore.

Pb. 96pp 70 line drawings, 50 b/w cartoons 216x138mm.
Reprinted 2011.

Yachtsmen own up to their sailing sins
By P. Gelder

Another wonderful collection of yachting faux pas which hundreds of humbled readers have owned up to in the pages of Yachting Monthly. Illustrated with Mike Peyton's poignant cartoons.

Pb. 216x138mm 96p 50 draw. 50 cartoons.
2009 edition.