The sea had been calling Bob and Liz Cooper for years but it always got the answerphone. Then one day they called back, bought a boat, cast off from their old life and sa... (More)
A Home Afloat is a lifestyle book, providing a wealth of inspiring ideas for anyone wanting to make their home aboard a boat of whatever shape and size. Covering motorboa... (More)
Jimmy Cornell has influenced the contemporary cruising scene more than any other sailor. He is the acknowledged authority on ocean routing and his bestselling World Cruis... (More)
In 1968, the Sunday Times organised the Golden Globe race - an incredible test of endurance never before attempted – a round the world yacht race that must be completed s... (More)
Dave 'Sharky' Clarke might be a typical northern lad, yet from a very early age he harboured an extraordinarily untypical ambition. He dreamed not only of sailing, but of... (More)
Austin worked on the design of cutting edge offshore racers & developed torpedo nets to guard ships during the war. After the war he was the most successful of the design... (More)
Lawyer, Emma Pontin at age 32 embarked on a new career as an ocean-racing yacht skipper & instructor. But hours before the start of a transatlantic race in 2006, Emma rec... (More)
At sea there are plenty of reasons to keep your head down.......at least if you are Gavin Chance, yacht broker, ex-policeman and gone-to-seed Olympic hopeful. Gavin is be... (More)