By A. Watts
2008
Weather Wise is a highly practical, lively and very accessible guide to weather phenomena for the outdoors enthusiast. Suitable for sailors, climbers, skiers, fishermen and golfers, it explains how forthcoming weather will affect them, how to predict what is coming and assess how severe it will be.

Pb. 160pp 216x138mm colour photos and diag. throughout

RRP £12.99 OUR PRICE £10.50

By B. Webb
English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Greek

This edition of this multilingual dictionary, specifically geared to yachtsmen, has now been expanded and now includes English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, GreekIt coversdevelopments in electrical, electronic and mechanical equipment, GRP boat construction and the patterns of charter, flotilla and cruising skippers. Arranged in subject categories for easy reference.

Pb. 240pp 148x210mm

RRP £17.99 OUR PRICE £14.50

By G. Harrison
2008
Whether embarking on a career teaching sailing or looking to teach your children to sail, this step by step guide will get the best out of you and your students.
It takes the coach through the basics of teaching somebody to sail from their point of view and gives constant tips on how to help the student understand new ideas. For every new concept introduced there are off the water instructions and exercises to do once on the water. It is suitable both for those running formal courses and for parents looking to teach their children.

Pb 152pp

RRP £14.99 OUR PRICE £11.99

By S. Keeling
2008
The Sailor’s Book of the Weather introduces the key principles that influence the weather and gives the sailor the tools to forecast from observations and make the most of available information. Wind, clouds and knowledge of weather patterns and local conditions all contain ample hints to allow the informed forecaster to accurately predict the weather. Illustrated with charts and over 100 photographs, this book is a must on every boat and essential reading whether you are on the water in land, on the coast or venturing further afield.

Pb 164pp

RRP £14.99 OUR PRICE £11.99

By R. Heikell
2008
Rod Heikell provides first-hand advice on sailing these enticing waters. From tips on anchoring, berthing bow or stern-to, what weather to expect, facilities and the costs of keeping a boat there, to advice on navigation, popular routes, formalities and what to expect ashore, each country around the Med is covered — including a section on shoe-string cruising for those on a tight budget. This book will prove invaluable to Mediterranean novices and old-hands alike.

Pb. 176pp 246x171mm colour photos throughout

RRP £16.99 OUR PRICE £13.50

By D. Fabbroni
2008
covers every aspect of standing and running rigging on a boat, explaining the role of every part and how they influence eachother. Easy step-by-step guides explain how to choose and fit your equipment before going on to describe how to tune your rig to achieve better performance. Alternate configurations are examined and the bewildering array of lines simply explained. Where calculations are used they are kept easy and straightforward to understand.
Running Rigging, Backstay, Genoa Sheets, Genoa Cars, Main Sheet, Afterguys and Sheets, Halyards and Reefing Lines, Standing Rigging, Spreaders and mast Tuning, Winches

Pb. 184pp

RRP £14.99 OUR PRICE £11.99

By P. Manley
2008
The complete navigation reference for beginners and experts including electronic simulators for GPS, chartplotting, radar and AIS.
unique combination of modern and traditional disciplines to boat navigation. Although the pencil and paper chart method will not be introduced until it is demonstrated this knowledge is vital. This practical approach to the subject will ensure that although modern electronic methods remain at the forefront, readers will never lack in knowledge to navigate their boat safely in any circumstance.
GPS,Finding your position, Passage Planning, Radar, PC's.

Hb. 200pp

RRP £19.99 OUR PRICE £15.99

English Edition
Karl-H. Bestandig
English Ed. by Anna & Rod Bailey
Updated 2008 - 9

Eastern Adriatic - including 760 maps and 46 charts.
Covers Croatia, Slovenia and Montenegro

Detailed, up-to-date information on more than 1000 ports and anchorages. Very popular for its detailed charts and descriptions, also includes section on Adriatic weather, currents, maritime signals, ecology, regulations and documents.

English edition, 124pp, paperback

by Derek Pratt

The Thames - A photographic journey from source to sea.

The Thames is an extraordinary river: linking London to the countryside and the sea, the Thames is the heart of the capital and its waters the lifeblood of England. Following the river is a voyage through Britain's history, as its varied path joins landmarks of the past with the urban landscape of the modern world. This stunning photographic journey offers a unique and comprehensive showcase of the Thames we know ... and the Thames we don't...

Derek Pratt's photography gives readers a unique insight into the river's many facets, comparing the rural idylls with the urban landscapes, the industrial buildings with the famous views, the royal landmarks with the river used by people all along its course for daily recreation and famous events. London has so often been the beginning and the end of the Thames story, and whilst it forms a major part, this book gives an altogether more complete and unexpected view of one of the most famous, remarkable and well-loved rivers in the world.

Hardback, 160pp, 250x250mm, colour photos throughout.

RRP £19.99, OUR PRICE £15.99

Winning Tides - Hill Head Plateau - Super Zoom.
By G. Sunderland

From the author of 'Winning Tides' and 'Winning Knowledge' this book covers the Hill Head Plateaux tides in detail. An additional survey was required to further understand the complex tides caused by The Bramble Bank, Southampton water and the shallow ground of the Plateau.

' Just loved getting back out on the Solent and with the increased resolution of tide measurement points we found some great detail. Tide lines are shown in this addition along with some really great definition. This book will satisfy the knowledge hungry racer in a very new way.'

by Dag Pike

Weather forecasts give you a lot of information about the weather to come but they often leave out a lot of the detail, and the timing of changes can be vague. This book shows you how to translate the basics into practical weather forecasts so that you can work out what it will be like in your area and along your proposed route. Sailors will be able to make better use of the available wind and avoid difficult areas, whilst powerboat drivers more interested in the sea conditions will be able to find the smoothest waters for a better ride.

96pp, paperback, 216 x 138mm, 2008.

RRP £9.99, OUR PRICE £7.99

by Dag Pike

Written by one of the most experienced navigators in the world, '50 Ways to Improve Your Navigation' is packed with colour photographs and diagrams, and will quickly become your guide to safe and effective navigation whatever the weather and wherever you are.
From planning your trip through to navigating at night and in fog, this is a complete and comprehensive tool kit for all seafarers, power and sail.

Paperback, 96pp, 216x138mm, 2008. Colour photos and diagrams.

RRP £9.99, OUR PRICE £7.99

by Dag Pike

You may have learnt the important basics of powerboat driving, but now it is time to learn how to translate these basics into practical handling techniques that you can use to give a better ride and have a smoother passage.
Written by one of the most experienced powerboat drivers in the world, it is your guide to practical handling techniques that will get you safely to your destination in fine weather and foul.

Paperback, 96pp, 216x138mm, 2008.
Colour photos and diagrams.

RRP £9.99, OUR PRICE £7.99

Dramatic first-hand accounts of yacht losses at sea
by Paul Gelder

This is an enthralling collection of 50 dramatic stories of yachts lost at sea. First published in 1985, Jack Coote's book of first-hand accounts has been comprehensively updated and revised, with the addition of more than 20 new stories, including the loss of Pete Goss's 4m pound catamaran, Team Philips, in an Atlantic storm at the end of 2000.

Paperback, 288pp, 2008.

By A. Buchan

Simple, practical, get-you-home navigation techniques, which can be used if electronic navigation systems aboard a yacht fail.
Topics:
1. Understand the principles behind the techniques you are using.
2. The techniques explained in a simple and easy to use manner, requiring no complicated mathematics.
3. Employ every technique using materials and equipment likely to be found on every boat.
4. Put these techniques into practice.

Pb. 200pp

RRP £14.99, OUR PRICE £11.99

By A. Buchan

This guide contains a series of headings and tips to help prepare a passage plan. The companion is laid down the side of a sheet of paper and the plan for that voyage is written down opposite each heading and prompt.

Covers: routing, pilotage, points of departure, landfalls, weather, tides and currents, safe havens, lights, communications, watch keeping, safety checks and drills, rations, fuel supplies, safety checks, stowage

Pb. 24pp, spiral bound

Issue 2

Guide to Skandis Team GBR's preparations for Beijing 2008. Includes exclusive interviews with our Beijing hopefuls; fitness and nutrition – a mere mortal tries out the training regime of an Olympic classes windsurfer; an insider’s guide to the regatta venue, and the psychology of winning

By K. Colwell

Designed to complement the RYA Sea Survival Course and the ISAF Offshore Course.

RYA Sea Survival Handbook will teach you all you need to know about preparing to go to sea, emergency procedures, safety equipment, life-saving signals, handling heavy weather and choosing the most suitable life jacket or buoyancy aid.

by Jon Emmett

The tools and techniques you need to win.

Jon Emmett shows you how to break racing down into 12 key topics and how to highlight your own strengths and weaknesses for each. It goes on to cover goal setting and the action plans needed to achieve these. Incorporates essential tips from high profile successful Olympic racers and their approach to each of the key skills.

Paperback, colour photos and diagrams, 270pp, 2008.

RRP £14.99, OUR PRICE £11.99

Written by master mechanic and bestselling author Paul Dempsey, this hands-on resource covers new engine technology, electronic engine management, biodiesel fuels, and emissions controls.

The book also contains cutting-edge information on diagnostics, fuel systems, mechanical and electronic governors, cylinder heads and valves, engine mechanics, turbochargers, electrical basics, starters and generators, cooling systems, exhaust aftertreatment and more.

Packed with over 350 drawings, schematics, and photographs.

390pp, paperback, 4th ed. 2008

By D. Chivers
2007

Among many of Austin Farrars' design ideas were the Pushpit., and the Clamshell folding dinghy. Respected by those who met him and worked with him. His work on dinghy design and building, and subsequently as one of the leading sailmakers of his day, stays with us today. His work on the design of spinnakers and wing rigs is still current and many of today’s sailmakers learnt the trade under Austin.

Coming from a family where invention was encouraged, Austin was fortunate to be yacht and dinghy racing in the hey day of the 1930’s. He worked on the design of cutting edge offshore racers and developed torpedo nets to guard ships during the war. After the war he was the most successful of the designers of the International 14 class and Seahorse Sails .

Pb. 236pp 189x246mm 180b/w illus.

by Philip Plisson

365 photos from the world-famous photographer Plisson, all never before published with quotes from Nietzsche to Franklin.

Hb. 600pp, 8"x8"

By H. Macdonald

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 wrong weather it can be deadly. No one will ever forget the carnage of 1998.

This year, Kirsten McKenzie must win. The bank she's inherited is in trouble, and desperately needs the PR boost of a race victory. Everyone thinks she'll do it - she's got the fastest boat and the best record. Everyone, that is, except a boy called Moses who claims to be able to see the future. He doesn't foresee victory. He sees a storm, mountains of water. He sees disaster.

Petra Woods is Director of the Sydney New Coastguard. She doesn't want to believe Moses' warning, but as the race draws closer and his other predictions start coming true, she might not have a choice. The only option may be to plunge in between the perfect race and the perfect storm.

Pb

Small Boat: Big Drean
By D. Clarke

The Atlantic is 76m square miles of turbulent menace, vengeful and forgiving in turn. An unforgettable account of the challenge the author set himself.

252pp 234x156mm Hb. illus charts and photos

by Alison Noice

This companion to 'Day Skipper for Sail and Power' by the same author contains practice questions and test papers with fully explained answers on all parts of the Day Skipper course, whether sail or power. It includes chartwork, tides, pilotage and passage planning, seamanship, anchorwork, ropework and rules of the road.

A free practice chart is included, as well as extracts from tide tables, tidal curves, almanacs and pilotage notes.

128pp, paperback, 2008 edition.

RRP £18.99, OUR PRICE £15.99

By J. Karl
2007

Covers all modern methods of celestial navigation including H.O. 229 and 249, direct calculations using calculators and 72 different exercises in five categories of interest. A textbook for today's celestial navigators.

Pb. 273pp 7"x10"

By J.E. Osterlund

The Adèle is one of the world's most famous super-yachts, a magnificent beauty that plies the oceans with the grace of a thorough-bred. The author and photographer Jan-Eric Österlund has sailed this extraordinary yacht from the pack ice in the Arctic Ocean in the north, to Antarctica in the south and from the Mediterranean in the East, to New Zealand in the west. Together with photographer Rick Tomlinson, he tells the tale of this wonderful journey, which is illustrated with some 400 pictures. They visit legendary places – including Spitsbergen, the Galapagos Islands, the Marquesas and Fiji – they meet people from many different cultures and they encounter polar bears, albatrosses, penguins and whales.

Hb 400 colour photos

The Story of an East Coast Fishing Smack
By M. Frost

The story of East Coast fishing smacks, particularly Boadicea CK 123, in the period between the wars. In telling it, her owner has combined an accurate and thorough record of the techniques of sailing this now extinct species of working boat with a sensitive description of the times and the people with whom he was involved. The boats and the men who sailed them were unpretentious, and in the end they were destroyed by commercialism

By S. Faure
A tempting insight into the delights of travelling "in the slow lane" along the canals, rivers, and waterways of Holland where over 5,000 miles of navigable water routes are available to those who explore this delightful country.
Freed from the noise and pollution of travel by road or rail, and the frustrations of journeys where time is of the essence, the author and her husband have spent long hours afloat discovering the hidden treasures that perhaps only those with time to spare may find.

300 sketches and paintings

By Stephen J. Pavlidis
2008

An excellent and much-needed cruising guide to this region. Includes the northern coast of Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, the Bay Islands and Mainland Honduras, Guatemala and the Rio Dulce. Loaded with sketch charts, photos.

Spiral-bound. Pb. 385pp

by Paul Goodison

The most up-to-date book on this very popular class. Lots of colour photographs and illustrations make the book a must for anyone interested in Lasers.

Detailed chapters on manoeuvring, upwind and downwind technique, care and maintenance, body weight and nutrition and sailing theory.

Paperback

The Complete Guide for Cruising Sailors
by Gregor Tarjan

Combining how-to manual, buyer's guide and coffee-table 'dream book', "Catamarans" covers every aspect of cruising catamarans from the technical details to the luxurious, relaxed lifestyle.

The author reviews basic concepts of multihull design, construction and performance; discusses the latest catamaran developments; and examines multihull seamanship and how it differs from sailing a monohull. He outlines desirable attributes of multihulls, explains what to look for when buying and presents a catalogue of noteworthy production boats illustrated with both photographs and floor plans.

Hardback, 304 pp, 279x216mm, full colour photos and illustrations throughout, 2008.

RRP £30.00, OUR PRICE £25.00

This is a handy-sized logbook, ideal for slipping in the pocket on deck to jot down the essential facts whilst underway.

In a convenient spiral binding with neat rounded corners and a splashpr