Sailing narratives, authors K–M

THE SEA NEVER CHANGES
My Singlehanded Trimaran Race Around the World

Olivier de Kersauson
Translated from the French by Alison Anderson

In December 1988, Olivier de Kersauson set out from Brest on a solo round-the-word 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.

202 x 137 mm | 183 pp illus. | ISBN 0 924486 22 8 | £7.99 SH pbk

FLIRTING WITH MERMAIDS

John Kretschmer

Humourous and terrifying, here are the most memorable of the author's adventures in 20 years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides - across the Caribbean with some eccentric Swedes, researching the Mayan mariners; landing in Aden at the outbreak of a civil war; discovering Force 13 winds in the Atlantic.

'…wildly festooned with adventure, romance and outrageous characters…'

Miami Herald

229 x 149 mm | 204 pp illus. | ISBN 1 57409 164 6 | £10.95 SH pbk

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CREEPING UP ON AUCKLAND

Courtenay A Latimer

In late 1959, twelve people set out on a voyage halfway round the world, from England to New Zealand. It was not a sailing adventure but a commercial project. The boat was the Aberdeen Anzac, a seventy foot trawler, and the plan was to make a good profit by selling her to the Wellington Fisherman's Cooperative. Perhaps unsurprisingly it didn't quite work out like that. In this book with the benefit of forty-five years' hindsight, C. A. Latimer tells the story of an ill-prepared, and prolonged passage, certainly not to be emulated-but one which proved to be strangely enjoyable for a number of unexpected reasons.

C. A Latimer was born in 1929 to a family of journalists on his father's side and flour and biscuit manufacturers on his mother's neither of which would explain his interest in all forms of ship and boat-from rusty Thames lighters to huge ocean liners.He worked for many years as a yacht broker with the East Coast Yacht Agency in Woodbridge.

•168 pages Illus • ISBN 0 9547062 2 6• Price: £8.95 pbk

CRUISE OF THE SNARK

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.

'Written in the robust, racy style which made his other books world best-sellers.'

Yachting World

216 x 138 mm | 340 pp illus. | ISBN 095381 800 4 | £9.95 SBSH pbk

LET ME SURVIVE
A True Story

Louise Longo
Translated by Alison Anderson

While cruising in the Bay of Biscay, 1994, Louise and Bernard Longo, and their six-year old daughter, Gaëlla, ran into a storm of such violence that Bernard decided they would be safer in their liferaft. Only Louise survived that tragic error of judgement, to be rescued after weeks of hunger, thirst, guilt, agony and despair.

216 x 142 mm | 160 pp illus. | ISBN 1 57409 006 2 | £14.95 SH hbk

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THE UNLIKELY VOYAGE OF JACK DE CROW
A Mirror odyssey from north Wales to the Black Sea

A J Mackinnon

A couple of quiet weeks' on the river Severn was the intention. 'Somehow things got our of hand,' writes A J Mackinnon. 'A year later I had reached Romania and was still going.' Equipped with his cheerful optimism and a pith helmet, this Odysseus in a Mirror dinghy takes you with him - 4,900 kilometres over salt and fresh water, through numerous trials and adventures. An epic voyage brilliantly told.

'This is a wonderful idea for a book - a series of ever bolder improvisations in the face of adversity, undertaken in praise of the spirit of adventure.'

Times Literary Supplement

'He must be considered the 'Captain Slocum' of the inland waterways of Europe. If you want a good read, go and buy this book.'

Royal Naval Sailing Association Journal

Illustrated with maps and line drawings by the author

234 x 156 mm | 356 pp illus. | ISBN 0 95381 805 5 | £12.95 SBSH pbk

SEASONED BY SALT

Jerry Mashaw and Anne MacClintock

The account of a one-year cruise, from Connecticut to Grenada and back, by an adventurous sailing couple. Brimming with humour, high adventure and understanding of the history, people, and economy of the many islands that they visit.

Mashaw and MacClintock convey much Caribbean history along with their highly personal account of mastering the technical skills of sailing…'

Prof.David Brian Davis,Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author

235 x 157 mm | 288 pp, illus, | ISBN 1 57409 155 7 | £18.95 SH hbk

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THE LONG WAY

Bernard Moitessier
Translated from French by William Rodarmor

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 loneliness. 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.

210 x 136 mm | 240 pp, illus.| ISBN 0 924486 84 8 | £13.95 SH pbk

BY WAY OF THE WIND

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.

210 x 140 mm | 192 pp, illus. | ISBN 1 57409 003 8 | £12.95 SH pbk

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SWAN
The second voyage

Jim Moore

The engaging story of a two-year, 10,000 mile voyage from Hawaii to the east coast of the United States, via the Panama Canal, with a sojourn in the Sea of Cortez.

'Every publisher who thinks of pushing out a boat book should study this one and learn from it … It is a paragon, combining entertainment and instruction … It is not often that one finds a book that is so enjoyable to read, and so replete with practicalities.'

Practical Boat Owner

151 x 229 mm | 224 pp | ISBN 0 71365 012 5 | £10.99 SH pbk

RESCUE AND RECOVERY
Iskra's ordeal in the Hebrides

Frank Mulville

Frank Mulville, twice prizewinner for the best book of the sea, sets off on a summer voyage to Spain and France. Disaster overtakes them when Iskra is torn from her mooring in a fierce gale.

'Among the many accounts of yacht voyages … Frank Mulville's Rescue and Recovery stands above the crowd.'

Lloyd's List

215 x 135 mm | 184 pp illus. | ISBN 085036 462 0 | £8.95 SBSH pbk

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SCHOONER INTEGRITY

Frank Mulville

From the accounts of Integrity's owner, Waldo Howland, and the crew who abandoned her, Frank Mulville pieces together the whole story - with a first-hand account of the climax.

'… a gift of description and a deep compassion for ships and people … he tells the story of Waldo Howland and his fated schooner with a seaman's understanding.'

Yachting Monthly

' … a gripping story of the best intentions gone awry.'

Wooden Boat

215 x 135 mm | 170 pp illus. | ISBN 085036 425 6 | £8.95 SB pbk

DEAR DOLPHIN
Iskra's Atlantic Adventures

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.'

Classic Boat

215 x 135 mm | 184 pp | ISBN 085036 464 7 | £8.95 SB pbk

NORTH STAR TO SOUTHERN CROSS

Frank Mulville

When prize-winning author Frank Mulville set out for Argentina aboard his classic gaff cutter Iskra the journey was to re-awaken memories of an unconventional childhood - running wild on the pampas and wartime adventures as thrilling as any novel.

'… Mulville shines out like a lighthouse. He is able to raise nautical writing to the realms of literature.'

Practical Boat Owner

215 x 135 mm | 254 pp | ISBN 085036 463 9 | £8.95 SB pbk

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