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Antarctica to , challenges faced during new a . Illustrated with 500-plus Too Cold for photos, this new book is based on A Passion for Mermaids the Sea, now out of print. by David J. Forsyth 600pp. hardcover 2017 $59.95 Forsyth writes about what hap-

new pens when the The Frozen Frontier: dream of the cruis- Polar Bound through ing life meets real- the Northwest Passage ity, describing his by Jane Maufe experiences living A transit of the North- the sailing dream as west Passage is not a well as the disappointment, defeat, and surprising voyage to be undertaken realities that came with it. Forsyth begins with

new by average sailors in small how he joined a sailing community, acquired the 200,000 Miles: A Life of Adventure boats. But David Scott Cowper, the 73-year-old skills, crewed on others’ boats, and found the by Jimmy Cornell skipper featured in this book, is no ordinary funds to buy and equip his own Alice Rose. Their Jimmy Cornell draws on his extensive knowledge sailor. Cowper has sailed through six of the seven voyages took them through the Great Lakes, of offshore cruising in this memoir positioned to known Northwest Passage routes. This account, the St. Lawrence River, and the North Atlantic help sailors—weekend skippers or experienced written by Cowper’s crew, is about the most from Labrador to Florida. navigators—plan a long voyage. The meat of his northerly (through the McClure Strait). Maufe 228pp. softcover 2017 $27.95

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back in print autumn of 1968, Donald Crowhurst set sail from Fatal Storm: The Inside Story of the as a participant in the first singlehanded Tragic Sydney–Hobart Race non-stop around-the-world sailboat race. Few by Rob Mundle knew that he was an inexperienced deep-water In 1998, this major sailing event became one of sailor—his goal was to showcase a navigational the world’s major sailing disasters. The weather device he had developed. Crowhurst’s boat was forecast as the race began held no hint of gale-force found in mid-Atlantic eight months later but the winds nor multi-storey waves, so the 115-boat fleet skipper was not on board. was well out to sea when these horrifying condi- 304pp. softcover 2017 $21.95 tions arrived. Six sailors lost their lives and 57 had to

be rescued. Mundle recounts the details using vivid new in softcover first-hand accounts. A Race Too Far 400pp. softcover 2017 $21.99 by Chris Eakin Eakin masterfully tells the

back in print story of the ground-breaking The Strange Last Voyage and often tragic 1968 Golden of Donald Crowhurst Globe race. Nine sailors by Nicholas Tomalin & Ron Hall started the race, four pulled Republished as the tie-in out within weeks. The five competitors who con- edition for a movie starring tinued each have a remarkable story. They were Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz Chay Blyth, who’d rowed the Atlantic but had (“The Mercy”), this is jour- no sailing experience, Nigel Tetley, who led the nalists Tomalin and Hall’s gripping reconstruction pack until his boat sank, Donald Crowhurst, who of one of the great voyaging mysteries. In the tried to fake his passage, went mad, and walked

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was his attempt to sail around With Jean- new The Reluctant Sailor the world non-stop. Dismasted du-Sud by Janet Peters in the Pacific, he repaired Around the Persuaded to give up her his mast and completed the World DVD voyage, returning to Gaspé by Yves busy life in Toronto, sell her after 282 sailing days. “Not Gélinas house, and move onto a since Bernard Moitessier has During his circumnavigation, sailboat, Janet Peters began there been a better example Gélinas filmed his sailing tasks an adventure that would of someone being so perfectly and daily chores, and confessed last six years. Circling the world with her husband in tune with their boat, the sea his worries, joys, and dramas Solara on she encountered many storms, sailed and themselves,” writes Andy to the camera—creating a frank on immense bodies of water for weeks at a time, Schell, publisher of the English record of the experience of and toured small isolated islands that only sailors edition of Gélinas’ classic singlehanded sailing. His film on small boats can reach. She learned how well new memoir. First published in won nine awards at seven inter- her boat could handle rough seas and high winds, Jean-du-Sud and the French in 1988. national film festivals. Bonus CD overcame her fears, and became an important Magick Byrd 185pp. softcover 2017 $32.95 includes additional photos and partner to her husband—especially during their by Yves Gélinas text. 100 min. challenges in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. Gélinas’ “performance piece” DVD $33.95 362pp. softcover 2016 $25.00

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new navigator Francis Chichester. As a young man, strength. Flanagan’s book recounts the Cape’s A Man for All Oceans: Chichester fled England for New Zealand after history through the stories of people who’ve Captain Joshua Slocum the First World War. There he built a resource taken on the route and made it around—thus and the First Solo Voyage development business and took up flying, gaining membership in the “Cape Horners’ Club.” Around the World becoming the first pilot to fly solo from New 224pp. hardcover 2017 $36.00 by Stan Grayson Zealand to in 1930. It was only after the

Slocum is recognized as next war (he served in the RAF) that he took up new the first man to sail alone sailing—becoming in 1966 the first man to sail Exposed: The Dark Side around the world. This new and comprehensive solo around the world by the clipper route. of the America’s Cup biography, written by a small-boat sailor, draws 320pp. hardcover 2017 $51.95 by Alan Sefton & on previously unknown original source materials Larry Keating

and photos. Destined to be the standard work on new The America’s Cup is Joshua Slocum, it reads like an adventure narrative. The Cape notorious for intrigues, A fascinating appendix compares Slocum’s Sailing Horners’ Club spying, cheating, double- Alone Around the World with Thoreau’s Walden. by Adrian Flanagan dealing, and hard-fought 288pp. hardcover 2017 $44.95 Extending far into court cases—often before the boats even hit the the , water. This unique and candid history examines

new interrupts the issues, experiences, and shenanigans of Never Fear: Reliving the Life the flow of ocean and participants from 1977 to the present through of Sir Francis Chichester weather systems at the interviews that expose the intensity of the emo- by Ian Strathcarron bottom of the world, tions and battles. The authors show how respect This is the first biography in funnelling both into a maritime superhighway can change to hate when actions and rulings stall decades to recount the life of only 500 miles wide—which can build massive or speed up the competitive process. the renowned British circum- seas and accelerate wind speeds to hurricane 288pp. hardcover 2017 $47.00

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new or search for the Northwest new Undaunted: A Life in Passage with Franklin’s doomed crew or watch Dust to Racing and the Inside angry pirates such as Daniel Collins behead their Deliverance: Story of my America’s Cup crewmates. But you can have all these adventures Untold Stories by Jimmy Spithill while safe, warm, and well fed through these from the Jimmy Spithill is the legend- gripping stories for the imaginative reader. Maritime ary skipper who steered 272pp. softcover 2017 $22.99 Evacuation on Oracle Team USA to victory September 11th in the 2010 and 2013 America’s Cup. Spectacularly, new by Jessica DuLong in 2013, he beat New Zealand against massive Last Voyage to Wewak In the mayhem odds, coming back from a 1–8 record to win by Simon J. Hall that followed 9–8—“one of the greatest comebacks in sports The third in a series of the 2001 World history” according to the Wall Street Journal. This memoirs by an expe- Trade Centre is his autobiography. rienced British Master attacks, Manhattan’s roads, bridges, and tunnels 208pp. hardcover 2017 $34.00 Mariner, this narrative were closed. Millions of people would have been describes a way of life stranded but for the efforts of the boats that

new that was transformed work New York’s rivers and waterways. This is the Astounding Sea Stories: in the late 20th century. Like many other long- little-known story of how local mariners collabo- Fifteen Ripping serving officers, Hall’s career was capped by rated to execute a huge maritime evacuation in Good Tales sailing under flags of convenience, with all the less than nine hours. The author is chief engineer edited by Tom McCarthy old certainties of life at sea vanished. An elegantly of the 1931 NYC fireboat John J. Harvey, which Few people would want written account of life at sea, industrial change, was called out of retirement to pump water on to test their mettle in an and moving on. Ground Zero. ice-encrusted boat with 192pp. softcover 2017 $29.95 224pp. hardcover 2017 $30.95

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new Archives. Entries range from Captain ’s galleons, brigantines, and other dazzling tall ships Off the Deep End: notes about discovering the South Pacific and that took part. If you saw the ships or missed the A History of Madness at Sea Australia to records of great naval battles such as events—or if tidbits like this appeal to you: the by Nic Compton Waterloo and Trafalgar. A multi-faceted picture of sail-training schooner When and If was built for the Did you know that, in the 18th life at sea in eras gone by emerges from the pens American General George S. Patton, who hoped century, the Royal Navy’s physi- of officers attempting to stop piracy in the Carib- to sail it around the world after the Second World cian found that sailors were bean, surgeons who recorded the health of the War—you’ll want this book. seven times more likely to have severe mental men they tended, and naturalists who noted the 176pp. softcover 2017 $19.95 illness than the general population, thanks to exotic plants and animals they encountered.

the pressures and conditions of life at sea? 304pp. hardcover 2017 $47.00 new This book is the first detailed study of how Tin-Can Canucks:

the vast, lonely, and powerful sea has affected new A Century of sailors over the centuries. It discusses desperate Port of Call: Canadian Destroyers shipwrecks, cannibalism, inexplicable multiple Tall Ships Visit by S.D. Campbell murders, and strange modern cases—including the Maritimes A detailed and techni- Donald Crowhurst’s suicide. by Allan Billard cal history of the 256pp. hardcover 2017 $32.00 Tall ships carry an destroyer-type warship undeniable aura in the Royal Canadian

new of adventure and Navy. Campbell takes Tales from the Captain’s Log romance. More than his portrait right to by The National Archives 30 visited Maritime the present, with a look at the process the navy A collection of fascinating ports during “Rendez-Vous 2017,” a spectacular has undertaken to acquire the next generation excerpts from logbooks in the summertime event ten years in the making. Billard of surface warships. collection of Britain’s National provides details and histories of the schooners, 348pp. softcover 2017 $17.95

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new sail competitively HMS Erebus and HMS Terror—never returned. Notable Boats: in a serious offshore More than a century and a half passed before Small Craft, ocean race from the vessels were seen again: the Erebus was found Many Adventures Marion, Massachus- beneath waters in 2014 and Terror in 2016. by Nic Compton & sets, to Bermuda. This richly illustrated book is an essential guide to Peter Scott The author, a emerging details about the crews’ acts of heroism, This charmingly writer/sailor who endurance, and dark desperation. illustrated collection teaches a history 176pp. softcover 2017 $37.00 of 36 iconic boats of navigation course at Harvard University, has and their remarkable stories ranges from Slocum’s taken part in two such crossings. His sailing experi- new Spray and Casanova’s gondola to the Bluenose and the ence and love of seagoing adventure enliven his The Warship Anne Pardeys’ Seraffyn, covering a wide sweep of boat lore recounting of each running of the race. by Richard Endsor from the 19th to the 21st century. This is a perfect 156pp. hardcover 2017 $65.00 On the shore at Hastings, book for readers interested in sailors who have England, an amazing voyaged on the oceans of the world and the vessels new sight is revealed at low that took them on their adventures. Sir ’s Erebus tide: the remarkably 160pp. hardcover 2017 $40.00 and Terror Expedition: complete remains of a 17th-century warship, HMS Lost and Found Anne. The ship, launched in 1678, ran aground in

new by Gillian Hutchinson 1690 during the battle of Beachy Head and was Corinthian Resolve: The Story of the Marion– British explorer Sir John torched to prevent capture by the enemy. The Bermuda Race Franklin set sail in 1845 to wreck is owned by the Hastings Shipwreck Mu- by Mark J. Gabrielson search for the Northwest seum, which has recently attempted to bring the Beginning in 1977, every other year has brought Passage. His expedition was expected to bring the Anne back to life using simulation and modelling. amateur (Corinithian) sailors the opportunity to voyagers home in three years but his two ships— 160pp. hardcover 2017 $47.00

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new entertaining little book answers a foundational to explore and experience specific locales through The Impractical Boat Owner question new owners should ask themselves: food and drink. She both highlights specialist by Dave Selby what will my boat’s name say about me? Names merchants, legendary bars, and local markets This collection of Selby’s common, trendy and rare are listed alphabetically and includes regionally inspired recipes for columns for Practical Boat Owner in categories such as “Pun Intended,” “Don’t Even drinks and nibblies. magazine has been expanded Go There,” and “Too Much Information.” The 176pp. softcover 2017 $27.00 with additional “Lessons Not author’s sense of humour plus historical tidbits

Learned” hints and tips. make this a good read as well as a source new edition Amusing and instructive, the contents cover an arc of inspiration. The Klutz Book from Dave’s first flounderings afloat to his latest 160pp. hardcover 2017 $19.00 of Knots flounderings afloat. The bunglings dissected include: by John Cassidy

first attempts at sailing, how not to sail single- new A step-by-step handed, mysteries of maintenance, how not to sail The Boat Drinks illustrated guide with a dog, the impenetrable mysteries of naviga- Book: A Different to tying 23 useful tion and weather, how not to race, and more. Tipple in knots, hitches, 112pp. softcover 2017 $19.00 Every Port ties, and wraps. by Fiona Sims The book’s

new Food and wine board pages are Yacht Were You Thinking? writer Fiona die-cut so that An A–Z of Boat Names, Sims serves up each knot can be practised next to its illustration Good and Bad an expert look at using (included) lengths of nylon cord. Any knot by Jonathan Eyers the drinking culture in key sailing ports in five enthusiast aged 8 and up can learn from and have As we all know, first impressions regions—Atlantic, Mediterranean, Baltic, Pacific, fun with this little volume. can make a difference. This and the Caribbean—and encourages readers 20pp. hardcover 2017 $19.99

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FOR YOUNGER CREWMEMBERS Richard Scarry’s Boats The Pirate Pig by Richard Scarry by Cornelia Funke

new Prolific children’s author Stout Sam and deckhand Pip find Maisy’s Sailboat Richard Scarry turns his at- a barrel on the beach with a pig by Lucy Cousins tention to fun and fascinating inside! They call her Julie and are It’s a perfect day to go sailing boats of all kinds in this sturdy delighted when she starts to find in Maisy’s boat, so Maisy and and delightful board book. treasure… until pirate Barracuda Bill gets in on Charley set out for the blue lagoon to fish and Ages 3 and under. the action. Ages 5 to 7. snorkel. How many colourful fish will Maisy see 24pp. board book 2015 48pp. hardcover 2010 under the water? What adventures will they both was $5.99 | now $2.99 was $21.95 | now $5.99 have on the waves? Ages 3 and under. 18pp. board book 2017 $8.00 Blue Boat Toy Boat by Kersten Hamilton by Randall de Seve &

new When a family on a sail- Loren Long The Ferryboat Ride ing outing is hit by an Toy Boat is happpy until one by Robert Perry & Greta Guzek unexpected storm, only day the wind pushes it into “Do you believe / in ferry tales / one boat is tough enough the big lake, full of fierce of seeing pods / of flying whales?” to handle the waves and waves, a grumpy ferry, a sassy schooner, and a growl- Simple four-line rhymes and vibrant illustrations howling winds: Blue Boat! A rhyming book about ing speed boat. Time to figure out how to sail back take readers on a ferryboat ride along the British a ship that saves the day. Ages 2 to 5. to safety! Gorgeous illustrations. Ages 2 and up. Columbia coastline. Along the way, children 32pp. hardcover 2016 40pp. hardcover 2007 can spot seagulls, lighthouses, kayaks, tugboats, was $21.99 | now $9.99 was $19.99 | now $9.99 sailboats, and whales. Ages 3 and under. 26pp. board book 2016 28pp board book 2014 20pp. board book 2017 $9.95 was $10.99 | now $5.99 was $8.99 | now $4.99

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Reeding for Knowledge In addition to its texts for professional mariners, Reeds puts out pocket-sized guides on practical topics for pleasure cruisers. Great for stocking stuffers.

new engine problems—and some weird and will help you brush up on planning theory and more. Reeds Cooking ones, too. Step-by-step instructions flag etiquette and usage. 176pp. softcover 2015 at Sea Handbook are illustrated with colour photos 160pp. softcover 2015 was $21.99 | now $8.99 by Sonja Brodie and diagrams that show you exactly was $14.95 | now $8.99 Packed with invalu- what to do. Reeds Outboard able advice for 128pp. softcover 2013 Reeds Motor Troubleshooting feeding a hungry was $18.00 | now $5.99 Ocean Handbook crew for a weekend, Handbook by Barry Pickthall a week, a month, or a long-term Reeds by Bill Provides solutions—both cruise or ocean passage. Maritime Flag Johnson permanent and “get me home” 144pp. softcover 2017 $19.00 Handbook A study patches—to common and edited by aid ashore unusual outboard problems. Reeds Miranda and quick- 128pp. softcover 2013 was $18.00 | now $8.99 Diesel Engine Delmar-Morgan reference Troubleshooting 2nd ed. afloat, Handbook Covers national this guide by Barry Pickthall maritime flags, reflects the Use this guide to special ensigns, RYA Ocean Yachtmaster syllabus. solve common yacht club burgees, and signal flags— Covers navigation, weather, route-

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new in softcover “Buck” Longhurst, an author, shipping expert, new Steamboats & Sailors and former Purvis employee, tells the story of the Torn in Two: of the Great Lakes company’s growth from a part-time business to The Sinking of the by Mark L. Thompson its commercial success of today. Daniel J. Morrell and Spanning more than 72pp. softcover 2017 $34.95 One Man’s Survival three centuries—from on the Open Sea the launching of French new By Daniel Schumacher explorer LaSalle’s Griffon The Inland Steel Schumacher tells the in 1679 to the sinking of Fleet: 1911–1998 gripping tale of the Edmund Fitzgerald and life aboard today’s by Raymond A. Dennis Hale, a 26-year- 1,000-foot behemoths—this volume traces the Bawal, Jr. old watchman on the Daniel J. Morrell, a 600-foot long rise, recent fall, and overall evolution of For nearly ninety iron ore freighter that had plied the Great Lakes travel and commerce by ship on the Great Lakes. years, Inland Steel’s for six decades. In November 1966, Hale reported 232pp. softcover 2017 $48.95 fleet of lake freighters for duty only to see the Morrell heading out to transported the raw open waters. He scrambled and successfully

new materials for making rejoined the ship at its next stop—but his haste Purvis Marine steel to the company’s industrial complex at was rewarded by disaster: 72 hours later, Hale Limited: Indiana Harbor, Indiana. Bawal traces the firm’s was being tossed about by a violent Lake Huron, 50th Anniversary involvement in the Great Lakes shipping industry clinging to a liferaft next to his crewmates’ by G.I. (Buck) Longhurst through the twentieth century and describes its frozen bodies. It would be another 27 hours Purvis Marine, based significant achievements, including the commis- before the Morrell was even reported missing. in Sault Ste. Marie, is sioning of groundbreaking vessels such as the When the raft was finally found, Dennis Hale Canada’a second largest steamers Wilfred Sykes and Edward L. Ryerson. was the only man still alive. tug and barge operator. 103pp. softcover 2016 $30.95 200pp. hardcover 2017 $38.95

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back in print electronic navigation have moved most offshore new The Barefoot Navigator: navigators to adopt press-button convenience. But edition Wayfinding with the traditional skills are still invaluable when things Illustrated Skills of the Ancients go wrong: batteries fail, aerials go overboard, Navigation by Jack Lagan electronics get wet. This guide’s simple approach by Ivar Dedekam An exploration of ancient to celestial navigation—the worked examples 3rd ed. Today’s seafaring techniques, require only addition and subtraction—explains new yachts which used the patterns its reputation and longevity. carry radar, and behaviour of the 80pp. softcover 2017 $23.00 GPS, chart environment—clouds, plotters, AIS,

currents, winds, sun, stars, and ocean birds—as new and other wayfinding tools. Lagan provides a unique analysis How to Read Nature electronics of how to employ no-tech navigation even in by Tristan Gooley that make today’s world. When most of us go for a long offshore 240pp. hardcover 2017 $35.95 walk, a single sense—sight— passages possible for those without a deep often dominates our experi- knowledge of navigation. That’s great—until they

new edition ence. When Gooley heads stop working. Dedekam’s book covers all bases, Celestial Navigation out, he uses all five senses to teaching you to navigate with traditional tools— for Yachtsmen take in everything nature has to say. In this compass, log, and plotter—as well as GPS, radar, by Mary Blewitt, revised by instructional book, the author of the bestsellers chart plotter, and even basic celestial navigation. Andy Du Port How to Read Water and The Natural Navigator shares Each method is explained using detailed illustrations 13th ed. Since this book was his knowledge and includes 15 exercises to and examples, making this a straightforward and first published more than sharpen your own senses. easy-to-follow guide. six decades ago, advances in 160pp. softcover 2017 $25.95 84pp. softcover 2017 $31.95

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new Introduction to Electronic Carrying On in Nautical Style Chart Navigation Montreal designer Natalie Tessier and her company, Ga-Oh (Algonquin for “the god of the winds”), by David Burch make elegant, strong, and practical bags from recycled sails and sail covers. No two are exactly the This book explains the con- same; each has a label sharing details about its “source boat.” tent and use of electronic navigational charts (ENCs), 1. ZEPHYR 3. MOUSSON 5. BISE A light, durable The adjustable Straps adjust for which neither resemble nor briefcase that strap makes this shoulder bag function like paper charts (or their “raster” will carry a 15˝ a shoulder or or crossover electronic counterparts). ENCs call for a new laptop. crossover bag. comfort. Will fit approach to “reading charts” and Burch’s goal is 1 30 x 40 x 5* 33 x 34 x 7* an iPad. 2 $88.00 $115.00 21 x 23 x 6.5* to make these much more helpful tools as familiar $92.00 to all mariners—whether they be professional 2. CORIOLIS 4. CHINOOK A versatile Sailcloth body 6. MISTRAL or recreational, or navigate large vessels or small, © 3 shoulder bag/ plus canvas A Kevlar mes- power or sail, racing or cruising—as their backpack with bottom create senger bag with a rope handle. a sturdy tote. a comfortable paper-chart forerunners were. 5 6 40 x 23** $88.00 45 x 43 x17* wide strap. Will 140pp. softcover 2017 $59.95 4 $110.00 fit a 15˝ laptop. 31 x 36 x 11* $140.00

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new edition course in print—covering everything from the advice on the theory and practice of sailing, sea- Illustrated Seamanship fundamentals of dinghy sailing to handling larger manship, navigation, meteorology, heavy weather by Ivar Dedekam craft, cruising, navigational skills, meteorology, sailing, and coping with emergencies. 2nd ed. In this book, Ivar ropework, sailing with children, and how to buy 320pp. hardcover 2017 $54.00 Dedekam explains the basics a boat. Updates in this edition discuss the latest

in three areas of seaman- developments in technology, equipment and new edition ship that all sailors should safety, rules and regulations, and best practices. Chapman Piloting master: ropework, boat Great photos and illustrations. & Seamanship handling, and anchoring. His instructions cover 448pp. hardcover 2017 $45.00 edited by Jonathan traditional techniques and each element is clearly Eaton

explained alongside detailed colour illustrations, new edition 68th ed. With this making this a straightforward and easy-to-follow The Complete new edition, the guide (one of three instructional publications that Yachtmaster leading and most Dedekam Designs has produced). by Tom Cunliffe extensive how-to 80pp. softcover 2017 $31.95 9th ed. Long reference for power established as the and sail boaters celebrates its 100th birthday!

new edition standard reference Updates cover new or changed technologies, The Complete for Yachtmaster maritime laws and regulations, safety tips, and Sailing Manual students, this book is maintenance procedures. From anchors and knots by Steve Sleight also relied on by skip- to sailing theory, sail-handling systems, and weather, 4th ed. Written for both pers at every level of this book explains absolutely everything about boats novice and experienced experience. In this fully revised edition, Cunliffe and boating in easy-to-understand text and thou- sailors, Sleight’s practi- is particularly insightful about the characteristics sands of illustrations. cal guide is a sailing of a good skipper and continues to provide expert 920pp. hardcover 2017 $66.00

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