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More Yachting Yarns from South Australia
The tales and history of 10 extraordinary South Australian yachts
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
MORE YACHTING YARNS is great news for South Australians and lovers of all things nautical. This captivating book with its fascinating sea and river stories is a must for anyone with yachting or maritime interests. It traces the history of 10 South Australian sailing vessels from construction...
Ashanti Sails South
Tales and Tips from Our Cruising Adventure - Canada to Florida and the Bahamas
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2016
ABOUT THE BOOK:
After three decades of hard work Carola and Elmar, her husband and captain, are about to fulfil their lifelong dream: To sail south on Ashanti, their CS 36T sailboat. Despite their misgivings of abandoning house and family, and whether their boat and 33-year marriage will survive...
Be Your Own Sailing Coach
20 Goals for Racing Success
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2008
If you want to win races you need to get organised! This unique guide shows you how to set your overall sailing goals, and breaks them down into manageable – yet stretching – mini-goals. Jon Emmett breaks racing down into 20 key skills (such as speed to windward and tactics) and, with detailed...
Asymmetric Sailing
Get the Most From your Boat with Tips & Advice From Expert Sailors
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2012
Learn the secrets of getting the most from your boat – whether you sail an entry level dinghy, high performance skiff, sportsboat or catamaran. Tips, advice and some great shortcuts from expert sailors in a wide range of classes gives you the inside knowledge to improve your techniques and get ahead...
Coyote Lost at Sea : The Story of Mike Plant, America’s Daring Solo Circumnavigator
The Story of Mike Plant, America’s Daring Solo Circumnavigator
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
When Coyote and its skipper, Mike Plant, went missing mid-Atlantic in November 1992, the sailing world held its breath. Now, twenty years later, the story around the mystery, tragedy, and enigma is told at last
"[Plant] is as close as yachting gets to a James Dean character, going his...
by Kelly Watts
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2012
At 35-years old, Kelly and Paul Watts sold their home and quit their jobs to sail around the world, without any sailing experience. Two days after purchasing their forty-two-foot sloop, they got caught in a forty-knot gale off the coast of Cape Fear, NC. Their sails ripped; the engine overheated;...
by Roger D. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Roger Taylor follows on from his highly praised Voyages of a Simple Sailor, taking us on three more extraordinary voyages aboard his junk-rigged Corribee Mingming. This simple, rugged 21’ yacht, developed and honed for effortless single-handed ocean sailing, goes where bigger and more sophisticated...
by Neil Bose
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
This is a book of days and moments spent sailing on the east coast of Newfoundland and over the Atlantic to the Azores. Newfoundland is a beautiful cruising ground, one of the best in the world for a short period of the year in July and August, perhaps from late June. Optimistically and romantically,...
by Paul Trammell
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
"Fear is here for us to face, and adventure waits on the other side. "
An immersive non-fiction adventure story, "Becoming a Sailor" captures the scene as one would experience it. Readers will feel that they are sailing in the ocean on a dark and windy night, beating into...
Sailing Strategy
Wind and Current
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2013
Sailing Strategy is considered a racing classic. Long out of print, it has champions who have been petitioning hard for its reissue. It is considered the best book ever written on the subject, and presents in detail techniques which are still completely relevant and applicable today. The author provides...
Ultimate Sailing Adventures
100 Extraordinary Experiences on the Water
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
Do you dream of sailing around one of the Great Capes? Would you like to cruise up the Amazon or windsurf across the Pacific? How about competing in the America’s Cup or Volvo Ocean Race? These are just a few of the 100 extraordinary experiences included in Ultimate Sailing Adventures._x000D_ There...
by Faith Van Rooyen
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
In February 2005, after three months of preparation in Kota Kinabalu in Northern Borneo, Senta set sail to cross the Balabac Straits and explore parts of the Philippines.In the blustery North east seasonal wind Senta fought her way up the east coast of Palawan Island, sailing in day light through...
Paul Elvstrom Explains the Racing Rules of Sailing
2017-2020 Rules
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Written by a sailing Olympian, this has been the most-trusted reference for racing sailors around the world for over 45 years and has sold 320,000 copies in the English language alone.
The unique approach devised by Paul Elvstrom offers bird's-eye views and detailed explanations of how the...
An Inexplicable Attraction
My Fifty Years of Ocean Sailing
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Sailing well into his eighties, Captain Eric Forsyth shows in his book, An Inexplicable Attraction: My Fifty Years of Ocean Sailing, that age need not be a barrier to an adventurous retirement. His love of ocean sailing was ignited in 1964 when he crossed the Atlantic with his wife, Edith, crewing...