Sailing narratives, authors A–C

I'VE BEEN AROUND

Tania Aebi

In 1985, at the age of 18, Tania Aebi sailed around the world alone, and her account of her trip, Maiden Voyage, became a worldwide best-seller. This, her second book, is a compendium of her reflections on sailing, and her twenty years' experience as a prefessional sailor, filed with anecdotes, observations, opinions, cautionary tales and good advice..

228 x 148 mms • Illus • ISBN 0 954275098• Price: £11.95 pbk

THE THOUSAND DOLLAR YACHT

Anthony Bailey 

Anthony Bailey's classic was first published in the USA nearly 30 years ago but never before printed in the UK.

‘…elegantly written and should warm the heart of anyone with more than a drop or two of seawater in their veins.’

Sunday Telegraph

216 x 138 mm | 226 pp illus. | ISBN 085036 459 0 | £8.95 SB pbk

 

THE COAST OF SUMMER

Sailing New England waters from Shelter Island to Cape Cod

Anthony Bailey

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

‘… evocative pictures of this beautiful coastline sailed for over thirty years whilst a staff writer for The New Yorker.’

Little Ship Club

216 x 138 mm | 358 pp | ISBN 085036 450 7 | £12.95 SH hbk

 

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CRUISING JAPAN TO NEW ZEALAND

The Voyage of the ‘Sea Quest’

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, enduring violent storms, and witnessing a deadly crocodile attack before finally reaching their destination.

236 x 157 mm | 320 pp illus.| ISBN 1 57409 182 4 | £18.95 SH hbk

LONDON GOES TO SEA

Restoring and sailing an old boat on a budget

Peter J Baumgartner

A candid and captivating account of restoring a 27-foot Cape Dory sloop over the course of four years, and sailing it in New England waters. With crucial insight for anyone considering a similar project, Baumgartner combines a brisk, entertaining narrative and a thoroughly practical handbook.

‘…with a Thoreau-like enthusiasm for natural solitude and quiet anchorages’

Cruising Association

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SAILING AROUND THE WORLD

A family retraces Joshua Slocum's voyage

Guy Bernardin Translated by Jeremy McGeary
With an introduction by Herb McCormick

Guy Bernardin, with his wife and small son, retraces Joshua Slocum's famous circumnavigation in a replica of Spray. This is the story of a happy family at sea. With the full text of A Critical Analysis of the Yawl Spray, from The Rudder Magazine, 1909.

236 x 157 mm | 256 pp illus. | ISBN 1 57409 148 4 | £16.95 SH hbk

RED SEA PERIL

Shirley Billing

In 1996, the Billings were taken at gunpoint from their yacht in the Red Sea, and held for a month, accused of spying. A detailed and highly personal record of a drama which grabbed headlines across the world, this is a compelling tale for all who sail abroad.

'…a stirring account, passionate and truthful…'

Good Old Boat

With 147 b/w photos, 9 line drawings, and 16 maps

229 x 149 mm | 256 pp | ISBN 1 57409 137 9 | £12.99 SH pbk

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LETTERS FROM THE LOST SOUL
five year voyage of discovery and adventure

Bob Bitchin

Follow the exploits of 'a very large tattooed captain' and his crew as they discover the highs and lows of life at sea in this irreverent and entertaining tale. A travelogue with a difference, by an author whose joie de vivre is apparent on every page

'…Bob Bitchin - once hell on wheels - has become one helluva seagoing storyteller.'

Herb McCormick - Yachting Correspondent for the New York Times

Illustrated with 52 colour photos

235 x 157 mm | 288 pp illus.| ISBN 1 57409 181 6 | £14.95 SH pbk

THE SAILING LIFE

Bob Bitchin

Bob Bitchin has a unique perspective from which to describe The Sailing Life. As founder and editor of the highly successful magazine Latitudes & Attitudes, he surveys and comments on the good and the bad, the funny and the sad, the practical and the theoretical of the sailing scene. This collection of his editorials and other writings is full of useful advice, keen observations and, yes, some outrageous comments as only Bob can put them on paper.

Readers of his bestseller, Letters from the LOST SOUL, will be delighted with this unique guide to the Sailing Life. Like Latitudes & Attitudes, Captain Bob is down to earth, irreverent, and always entertaining.

'With Latitudes & Attitudes, and his huge personality, Bob has managed to bring a breath of fresh air to the cruising way of life. It's okay to be irreverent. Latitudes & Attitudes broke the snooty, yachtie stereotype and helped to make the cruising lifestyle feel accessible to the mainstream, not just to specialists. Bob is definitely not mainstream, but he knows optimism is universal to those who are ready to hear it, and the ability to enjoy the one life we get is inextricably linked to optimism, by land or by sea, by hog or by boat.'

228 x 148 mms • 224 pages Illus • ISBN 1574092219 • Price: £11.95 pbk

DESPERATE VOYAGE

John Caldwell

In May 1946, stranded in Panama after the Second World War, Caldwell set out alone on a 9000-mile journey aboard the 29-foot Pagan to rejoin his wife in Sydney.

'could rank alongside the best thrillers for the sheer irrepressibility of its hero…the book is compelling, a testament to man's determination to survive when most of us would have given up…You'll find it hard to put this one down.'

Motor Boat Monthly

210 x 132 mm | 324 pp illus. | ISBN 0 92448 620 1 | £12.95 SH pbk

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A SINGLE WAVE
Stories of Storms and Survival

Webb Chiles

Tales from the author's own experience of surviving capsizes, swampings and shipwrecks in many oceans - enough troubles from Cape Horn to Florida, to Tahiti to the Red Sea to South Africa to Bali to New Jersey 'to cause one to take a serious interest in gardening.' Beautifully written by an extraordinary sailor.

235 x 157 mm | 208 pp illus. | ISBN 1 57409 072 0 | £14.99 SH hbk

RETURN TO THE SEA

Webb Chiles

Webb Chiles, whose adventures were previously chronicled in A Single Wave, returns with a beautifully written account of his fourth circumnavigation. Leaving astern the bleak winter of Boston Harbour and his despair over the near-fatal loss of his previous vessel, his joy in being at sea again, with his wife, Carol, makes this a joyous and inspiring story. He observes the great harbours of the world with a true sailor's eye and presents a unique philosophical view of life under sail.

"Webb Chiles may be sailing's worst lunatic - and its best living writer."

John Riise, Latitude 38

236 x 157 mm | 224 pp illus.| ISBN 1 57409 180 8 | £16.95 SH hbk

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CATBOAT SUMMERS

John E Conway

A series of short tales, each recounting one of the Conways' many extraordinary experiences in New England waters aboard their hand-crafted, almost 100-year-old vessel. With a useful and instructive appendix on details of the restoration.

230 x 148 mm | 224 pp illus. | ISBN 1 57409 171 9 | £14.95 SH pbk

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