By Rona Cant

Rona Cant was a single mother of two, working as a secretary, when she decided to do the BT Global Challenge Round the World Yacht Race. This is her story of a 10-month voyage in her yacht called 'Save the Children'.

By Nick Moloney

This superb account of the ultimate race against time, thirteen men sail a course west to east around the world non-stop. They chase the dawn every day in their attempt to set a new world record. Lavish full colour photographs throughout.

This title is being sold in association with the charity 'Sail 4 Cancer' and with every copy sold, £6.00 will be donated to the charity. Please visit their website to discover all their activities - www.sail4cancer.org

Hb. 192pp Full colour photographs throughout. 250x200mm

RRP £17.95 OUR PRICE £9.99

by Hal Roth

Drama of a singlehanded sailing race around the world.
The incredible account of Hal's first BOC Challenge Race is captivating, fast paced and highly personal story of the drama of his participation in the world's most demanding race.

334pp, maps & photos

by Pete Goss

Paperback edition of Pete Goss's best-selling account of his participation in the 1996 Vendee Globe round the world yacht race, in the course of which he became a national hero for turning round in the Southern Ocean and beating back 160 miles to rescue fellow-competitor Frenchman Raphael Dinelli, whose boat had sunk underneath him.

Paperback

By O. Dewar
Foreword by Dame Ellen MaCarthur
2006
Lavishly illustrated with spectacular colour photographs. This book introduces the most extreme aspects of sailing. There are sections on Inshore Racing, The Americas Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, Offshore, Fully Crewed, Solo Sailing Pioneers, Offshore Solo, Solo Round the World, For the Record, Extreme Cruising, The Southern Ocean, When it all goes Horribly Wrong. The perfect gift for any sailor.
200 colour photos. 160p 265x210mm Hb

By J. Rousmaniere

In August 1979, the 600-mile Fastnet Race, which began in fine weather off the Irish coast, became, for the men and women sailing it, a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, 60-knot storm swept across the Atlantic, with a speed that confounded weathermen, into the fleet of 303 boats. For 24 hours, over 2500 men and women were smashed by 40-foot breaking waves.

Pb. 150x230mm colour photos.

By R. Mundle
2nd Ed.
2008
The 1998 Sydney to Hobart race became one of the Worlds major sporting disaters. 115 yachts started, 44 reached Hobart and six sailors tragically lost their lives. Rob Mundle, one of Australia's leading journalists tells this story of courage with compassion, vigour and understanding. It is a salute to the rescuers and a tribute to those who died.
'a riveting and harrowing story of the storm which devastated a sporting nation'

Pb. 384pp 32 pages colour photographs.

RRP £8.99 OUR PRICE £7.99

By R. Knox Johnson
2008
At the age of 67, Britain's record breaking sailor threw himself into another challenge - the Velux 5 Oceans Yacht Race. Within days of setting sail, his boat capsized. This is the story of the adventure.

Pb. 320pp 130x200mm

by Nick Ward with Sinead O'Brien

The second edition of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year is updated with a new chapter describing Nick’s eventual completion of the Fastnet Race thirty years after his first, ill-fated attempt.

The world-famous Fastnet Race takes yachts from the Isle of Wight to the Fastnet Rock off the southwest coast of Ireland and back. The 1979 race began in perfect conditions, but was soon engulfed by the deadliest storm in the history of modern sailing. By the time it passed, the havoc caused was immeasurable, and fifteen sailors had lost their lives.

Paperback, 320pp, 198x129mm, colour photo sections.

By R. Mundle

With stunning photos and unprecedented access to the boats and their crews, this chronicle captures the entirity of the race. There is a complete history of the famous race, on-board interviews, leg by leg analysis, full details of all seven competing teams.

Hb. 160pp colour photos throughout

By Tracey Edwards

Tracey stormed to fame when she brought 'Maiden' home with an all female crew in the 1991 Whitbread Round the World Race. This is the inside story on her early struggles and an amazing career in top level sailing.

Hb 250p

by Bernard Moitessier

The best-selling story of the first Golden Globe Race, a solo, non-stop circumnavigation, rounding the capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin, and Horn. For seven months, the veteran seafarer battled storms, doldrums, fatigue and lonliness. Then, nearing the finish and several weeks ahead of his nearest competitor, he gave up the race and headed for Tahiti. In this intimate self-portrait of a dual personality, the hardened seaman and the sensitive mystic, he explains why.

240pp, illustrations, paperback

Ellen MacArthur

Just after 10.00 on the night of February 7th 2004, Ellen MacArthur crossed an imaginary line in the sea off Brittany to become the fastest person ever to sail solo round the world. Most experts thought that the record would be beyond MacArthur. But in a superhuman effort that forced her to dig deeper than ever before, she proved the doubters wrong. Her effort captured the world's imagination and the scenes that greeted her return to Falmouth were euphoric.

Drawing on logs, emails, sound and video diaries, this beautifully designed, fully illustrated book captures the drama, excitement, danger, joy and tears of a truly extraordinary achievement - in Ellen's own words.

Pb. 288pp Colour photos throughout

By C. Eakin
2009
In 1968, the "Sunday Times" organised the Golden Globe race - an incredible test of endurance never before attempted - a round the world yacht race that must be completed single-handed and non-stop, going into port for repairs or supplies would mean disqualification.
Forty years on, Chris Eakin recreates the drama of the epic race, talking to all those touched by the tragedies surrounding the Golden Globe: the survivors, the widows and the children of those who died. It is a book that both evokes the primary wonder of the adventure itself and reflects on what it has come to mean to both those involved and the rest of us in the forty years since.

Hb. 320pp 225x145mm

by Olivier de Kersauson

In December 1988, Olivier de Kersauson set out from Brest on a solo round-the-world race in his 75-foot multihull 'Pulain'. For 125 days, he sailed alone, cut off from the world and uncertain of his return. The Roaring Forties brought terror, the South Pacific, temptation, but the challenge kept him on course for the Horn.

183pp, illustrations, paperback

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

By Ellen MacArthur

Paperback version of best selling book.

129x198mm 416p Pb

By Peter Nichols

The story of the 1967 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, focusing on the individual stories of the contestants. Varied and vivid personalities, the race seems to belong to a bygone, golden era rather than the high tech solo racing technology of today. A fascinating look back to how it used to be.

Paperback, 240pp