by Dee Caffari

The inspiring story of a teacher turned record-breaking yachtswoman.

In 2006, Dee Caffari became the first woman to sail solo round the world against the prevailing winds and currents. Her story is an adventure in the true sense of the word. It is about physical hardship in terrible conditions, overcoming solitude, sleep deprivation, the worry of crucial equipment failing, 34 days of gales, 12 metre waves, cyclones and a lightning strike. It is also about a woman who stepped outside her safe zone, gave up a good job and financial security, all because she wanted to sail. She dared to dream, and her courage resulted in a place in the history books alongside a handful of men.

Hardback, 208pp, 234x156 mm, 2007.
Colour photo section.

RRP £16.99, OUR PRICE £13.99

by Hal Roth

The captivating story of Hal and Margaret Roth's 46 month, 30,000 mile circumnavigation via the Panama and Suez Canals. 'The Roth's showed guts, determination, and skill.' - Sail. 'Fun to read for sailors and non-sailors alike.' - The Ellsworth American.

348pp, maps and photographs

'A charm restored and sailed to the Western Isles
By Bob Orrell

Amulet, a 26 foot wooden keel boat, amateur built in Scotland in 1964 was restored by Cumbrian based Bob Orrell. This is a humerous account of the author's love hate relationship with Amulet during the 18 month restoration and subsequent voyage to the western Isles.

224p illus.Pb

By Pauline & Tim Carr

After 25 years cruising the World's ocaens, the Carrs found themselves attracted to the lonely places of the high latitudes. They fell under the spell of South georgia, living there year round for over 5 years as its only civilian inhabitants.

Hb 256p 100 colour photos

By Emma Richards
2004
A stunning tale of a young woman's battle with the elements as she sails 30,000 nautical miles for 132 days solo.

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 Nan Jeffrey

A collection of travel stories as the author travels through the islands with her husband and small children.

Paperback

By N. & D. Popov

The Popov brothers have spent 30 years in the Bahamas and have worked closely with Bahamian organizations to broaden the knowledge of the Bahamas for locals and visitors alike. This book introduces the Bahamas of today, superb photos record all aspects of the Bahamas - natural beauty, friendly people, old traditions, lifestyles, wildlife etc.

by David Mercy

So begins an amazing true story of a journey to Antarctica in a 27ft sailing boat. After travelling through South America to Tierra del Fuego, the only continent David had never visited beckoned to him across treacherous waters. Ships booked for scientific expeditions wouldn't take him, and tourists cruises didn't appeal. Then he saw a little boat in the harbour, its name hand-painted in red on the hull: 'Beserk'.

Paperback, 272pp, 2006.

by Lee Hughes

What could make a man want to sail solo 2,500 miles up the east coast of the United States in a dinghy not much bigger than a king-size bed?

This book tells Lee Hughes' story as he makes his way up the Intra-Coastal Waterway, learning the ways of the sea by trial and error. He encounters thunderstorms and hail, unpredictable wind and wave conditions, snapping rudders, leaky tents and tigers in a shopping mall!

Paperback

by Herb Payson

In 'Sea Foam', a 36 foot ketch, Herb and Nancy Payson and their teenage children cruised the Pacific for six and a half years. The delights far outbalanced the drawbacks, and the terrors.

256pp, paperback

The Complete Voyages of the Lady Jane

By Robert Watson

With the aid of this book, you can sail with SJ and friends aboard the lady Jane without risking cirrhosis of the liver, penury or drowning. As serialised in MB&Y magazine.

240x171mm 96p 16 cartoons Pb

by Bob Roberts

Exciting sailing narrative trading under sail evoking vivid picture of those times in the Thames sailing barge Cambria. In 'Breeze for a Bargeman' he introduces some of the colourful characters that he has met over the years, Jim Mole, Dick Miller and Kitty Witch, in those trading days. Then Bob Roberts became part owner of the Whitstable fishing vessel, Quartette, and made passage to Rio de Janeiro, encountering various adventures on the voyage.

176pp, illustrated.

By Pat Henry

This beautifully written story of an eight year solo circumnavigation by a 56 year old American. She did not really plan it - just kept on going. She was lonely and despairing at times, but triumphed against all the odds.

Paperback, 320pp

by Jim Moore

Circumnavigating the world in a 36-foot sloop isn't generally regarded as an adventure to be taken lightly - especially when the adventurers are a couple with almost no sailing experience - but lightly is how Jim and Molly Moore took it. A refreshing and amusing inspiration to all long-distance sailors, actual or potential.

192pp, illustrations, paperback

By B. Moitessier

The story of the Moitessiers' honeymoon voyage from Europe to the Pacific Islands and back via Cape Horn. Setting off from Tahiti, they took the fastest and 'logical route' of the high latitudes; the Roaring Forties and Ice-bergs.

256p 210x135mm Pb

RRP £14.99 OUR PRICE £11.99

By J. Conway

In 1993 a family purchased 'Buckrammer' a 100 year old wooden boat. They set about restoring her into the family yacht and then chronicled a decade of adventures in the New England waters.

210p Pb

by Dag Pike

Around the world Dag Pike is a recognised authority on handling power boats under all kinds of conditions. He writes for major yachting magazines all over the world, and has published over thirty books. Dag was eight when he fell in love the sea. From then on, every moment was devoted to living with it and savouring it, whatever it might bring. A ship's officer and already ship-wrecked before he was twenty-one, he became the youngest sea captain of Trinity House, keeping our coasts clear and safe for navigation. Such experience was quickly snapped up by the RNLI, where his expertise in fast boat handling, particularly in rough weather, triggered the development of the Rigid Inflatable Boat. Rescued nine times and himself a rescuer many times more, his favourite challenge has yet to be realised - navigating the fastest boat around the world.

276pp, hardback, colour & b/w photos, 2006.

By N. & D. Popov

The authors are co-directors and founders of 'Island Expedition' - they have pioneered environmental and oceanographic education in the Bahamas and Caribbean. Their expeditions have covered over 100,000 miles. This book highlights the activities on the expeditionsand explores the natural wonders of the Caribbean with spectacular photography.

112p Hb

by Pyle

'Clean, Sweet Wind'is a lyrical evocation of a place and time, the Lesser Antilles from Grenada to the Virgin Islands around 1970. Before the tourist boom, life in the Caribbean revolved around boats and the communities that built them. Through these stories of boatbuilders and fishermen we glimpse a society as vivid as the aquamarine waters of its reefs and the patched sails of its graceful fishing boats and inter-island traders.

208pp, hardback

by Anthony Bailey

Sailing New England Waters from Shelter Island to Cape Cod

The New England coast, a small cruising sloop, warm winds - and Anthony Bailey's seductive storytelling powers.

358pp, hardback

By Susan Tyler Hitchcock

A family passage at sea. A family sail for 9 months around the Caribbean, facing challenges from nature, cultural barriers and their own fears. A wonderful account of the fulfillment of dreams.

210x140mm 352pp, illustrations, paperback

by Jack London

Knowing little of navigation, Jack London set out from San Francisco to Polynesia and Melanesia with his wife and two crew, in a schooner whose tendency to leak was not her only defect. A sailing classic.

340pp, illustrations, paperback

By L. & L. Pardy

A cruising tale full of the sights, sounds and fragrances of Central America and the Caribbean. The story of how the Pardys built their 24 foot cutter Seraffyn and went on a 7 year voyage from California to England, via the Sea of Cortez, on to Panama then to cartegena in Columbia, Jamaica, Key West, Cape Hatteras and Virginia.

Pb. 192p b/w photos

by Tere Batham

Tere Batham and her husband embark on a 14 month, 10,000 mile voyage home from Japan to New Zealand, accompanied by Miki, a Japanese girl. They navigate the whirlpools of Japan's Inland Sea, and thread narrow channels among islands strewn with temples and lashed by typhoons. Their route takes them via Japan's Southern Archipelago, the Taiwan Straits, Hong Kong, Macau, the Philippines, and Micronesia, exploring the ruins of megalithic Nan Madol, enduring violent storms, and witnessing a deadly crocodile attack before finally reaching their destination.

320pp, illustrations, hardback

Iskra's Atlantic Adventures

by Frank Mulville

When 'Girl Stella' hit the rocks with Frank Mulville and his family aboard, it wasn't only his boat that was lost - his self-esteem went too. It took six single-handed Atlantic crossings before he was able to lay to rest the ghost of 'Girl Stella'.

An entertaining and thought-provoking story.

184pp, paperback

By W. Tompkins

The thrilling record of the voyage of the 85 foot schooner Wander Bird around Cape Horn in the course of a voyage from Tangier to San Francisco. Many photos.

250p Pb US Pub.

By John Kretsch

A series of yarns about adventures and misadventures experienced by the author over 20 years of delivering yachts to all sorts of far flung destinations.

224p illus. Pb

by Beth Leonard

'Following Seas' is Beth Leonard's inspirational account of the three year circumnavigation she and her partner, Evans, made aboard their 37 foot ketch, 'Silk'.

Armchair sailors and adventurers alike will be drawn into Beth's voyage of discovery, and anyone with an unquenchable dream will find in these pages the encouragement to chase that dream.

204pp Pk. 100 colour photos. 230x176mm

RRP £14.99 OUR PRICE £11.99

by Tom Watkins

A hilarious glimpse into the secret lives of a motley crew of college professors who abandon their landlocked lives (and wives) for one week every year and go sailing. Tom Watkins vividly recounts a decade's worth of these annual escapes, as the adventurous academics fish, dive, drink and dream together in such exotic locales as the Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, and the Grenadines, all the while coming to a better understanding of themselves and each other.

128pp, illustrated, paperback

By Bill Schanen

'The essays in this book look at sailing and polemics of sail. In each piece, the authors true love for the sport and the people in it come through' Soundings

The author is the editor of Sailing Magazine in the US.

'The next time someone asks you why such an activity is enjoyable, you can simply smile and hand them this book' Sail Miami.

210p Pb

By R. Burke

This book is a catalogue of rewarding experience from swimming with Darwin's seals in the Galapagos to feeding the stingrays in Bora Bora. The book tells the story of the author's Bluewater cruise from the Greenwich Meridian in London to the International Dateline in the South Pacific. This is a sequel to the previous cruising book, 'Managing Your Bluewater Cruise', which is a preparation guide for those who want to go cruising. By contrast, this book is the personal story of the trip and experiences, together with a discussion about the yacht and its equipment.

by Hal Roth

Big adventures on the high seas from one of the greatest seafaring writers of our age.

Hal Roth's vivid, authentic tales of the sea have riveted readers around the world for forty years. Here, in one volume, are three of his classic sea stories, each one a white-knuckled, rail-down voyage into the unknown:
Two on a Big Ocean; Two Against Cape Horn; The Longest Race.

Hardback, 864pp, 2006