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  • Boatlines

    Scottish Craft of Sea, Coast and Canal

    by Ian Stephen ...
    People are drawn to the harbours and boats of Scotland whether they have a seafaring background or not. Why do boats take on different shapes as you follow the complex shorelines of islands and mainland? And why do the sails they carry appear to be so many shapes and sizes? Then there are rowing craft or power-driven vessels which can also be considered ‘classics’, whether they were built for work ... Read more

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  • Boatlines

    Scottish Craft of Sea, Coast and Canal

    by Ian Stephen ...
    People are drawn to the harbours and boats of Scotland whether they have a seafaring background or not. Why do boats take on different shapes as you follow the complex shorelines of islands and mainland? And why do the sails they carry appear to be so many shapes and sizes? Then there are rowing craft or power-driven vessels which can also be considered 'classics', whether they were built for work ... Read more

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  • Under Full Sail

    by Rob Mundle ...
    How the mighty clipper ships transformed Australia from convict outpost to a nation.More than one million Australians can trace their heritage to the migrant ships of the mid-to-late 19th century...The story of the Clipper ships, and the tens of thousands of migrants they bought to the Australian colony of the nineteenth century, is one of the world's great migration stories. For anyone who ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Voyages of a Simple Sailor

    by Roger D. Taylor ...
    Aged just 23, and already set on a life of adventure, Roger Taylor signed up as an able seaman on the square-rigger Endeavour II, bound from Australia to New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. It was the realisation of a boyhood dream. The dream was cruelly shattered when the ship was caught in a fierce tropical storm off the coast of northern New Zealand. For several days, the young crew fought in ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Blue Water, Green Skipper

    A Memoir of Sailing Alone Across the Atlantic

    by Stuart Woods ...
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stone Barrington series tells the true story of his journey sailing alone across the Atlantic Ocean.Stuart Woods had never owned more than a dinghy before setting out on one of the world’s most demanding sea voyages, navigating single-handedly across the Atlantic. How, at the age of thirty-seven, did this self-proclaimed novice go from small ponds to ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Knox-Johnston on Sailing

    by Robin Knox-Johnston ...
    One of Britain's greatest living sailors shares a collection of distilled wisdom, acute observation and fascinating anecdotes. _x000D_This book is a collection of provoking, insightful and perceptive pieces of writing by Robin Knox-Johnston. His forthright and compelling views are based on a wealth of experience and expertise. The spotlight of his steely gaze falls upon the great ocean races and ... Read more

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  • Yachting Yarns from South Australia

    Tales and History of 10 Extraordinary South Australian yachts

    by Judith Roinich ...
    Yachting Yarns is great news for lovers of all things nautical. This captivating book with its fascinating sea stories is a must for anyone with maritime interests.It traces the history of 10 South Australian sailing vessels, each from its construction through its life journey and is interspersed with humorous anecdotes. To promote the remarkable achievments of South Australian sailors, author ... Read more

    $1.49 USD

  • A Gigantic Whinge on the Celtic Fringe

    by Martin Edge ...
    “A Gigantic Whinge on the Celtic Fringe” is the story of a circumnavigation of Ireland aboard my 27ft yacht in 2011.From the Firth of Forth I went through the Caledonian Canal and round Ireland anti-clockwise, which many people consider to be the ’wrong way round’. Most, but by no means all of the journey, was sailed solo.On the way I skirted a lot of the bits of what is sometimes called the ... Read more

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  • More Yachting Yarns from South Australia

    The tales and history of 10 extraordinary South Australian yachts

    by Judith Roinich ...
    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 through their life journey and is interspersed with humorous anecdotes. To promote the remarkable ... Read more

    $1.49 USD

  • Ocean Crossing Wayfarer

    To Iceland and Norway in a 16ft Open Dinghy

    by Frank Dye ...
    This classic sea story recounts Frank Dye's intrepid voyagesin his open 16ft Wayfarer dinghy to Iceland and Norway, which must rankamong the most hazardous sea adventures of our time.Encountering the whole gamut of weather, such is Frank Dye'sseamanship that he and his crew survived gales up to Force 9, capsizingand a broken mast, finally arriving safely to a Scandinavian welcome.It is a hair ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Wreckers

    A Story of Killing Seas and Plundered Shipwrecks, from the 18th Century to the Present Day

    by Bella Bathurst ...
    An “entertaining” historical investigation into the scavengers who have profited off the spoils of maritime disasters (The Washington Post).Even today, Britain’s coastline remains a dangerous place. It is an island soaked by four separate seas, with shifting sand banks to the east, veiled reefs to the west, powerful currents above, and the world’s busiest shipping channel below. The country’s ... Read more

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  • The General Grant´s Gold

    Shipwreck and greed in the Southern Ocean

    by Madelene Ferguson Allen, Ken Scadden ...
    The wreck in 1866 of the General Grant in the desolate sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands is one of the world's great nautical mysteries, a story that still tantalises and thrills. The General Grant was rumoured to contain a fabulous hoard of gold found in the Victorian goldfields; gold estimated to be worth in excess of US 10 million. This is the story of both the extraordinary shipwreck itself and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD