Sailing 10

The Observer newspaper once wrote of Dudley Pope that he was ‘an author who really knows Nelson's navy’, whilst the Guardian maintained he had an 'expert knowledge of naval history'. Imagine, theref……続きを見る

Originally published London 1931, this is a well illustrated book that will prove invaluable to the class of yachtsmen for whom it is intended, with much information that will still be found practic……続きを見る

Windsurfen ist mehr als nur eine Sportart. Windsurfen ist ein **Lebensgefühl!** Und **Bjørn Dunkerbeck** verkörpert dieses Lebensgefühl wie kein anderer seiner Zunft. Sein **Spirit des Surfens** sch……続きを見る

In seiner Autobiografie zieht Bernard Moitessier die sehr persönliche Bilanz eines wirklich bewegten Lebens. Tamata ist viel mehr als Segeln. Es ist die Erzählung eines ungewöhnlichen, gelebten Trau……続きを見る

The 1866 transatlantic yacht race was a match that saw three yachts battle their way across the Atlantic in the dead of winter in pursuit of a $90,000 prize. Six men died in the brutal and close-fou……続きを見る

The Integrity was one of the best known American sailing craft of the 1960s; built ina famous boatyard in Dartmouth, New England, not far from where Slocum built the Spray, she was the dream boat of……続きを見る

How is it that someone who gets seasick and loves her two showers a day attempted to sail across the Pacific in a small yacht with her new husband and baby? It can be summed up in two words. Love. A……続きを見る

Getting afloat need not be difficult or expensive if you were to build your own boat. Most of the boats described here are suitable for beginners, and are small and light enough to be carried on a c……続きを見る

32 dni jadranja čez Pacifik v soncu in dežju, v strahu in smehu Ko se jadrnica oddalji od kopnega in nas vseobsegajoča modrina posrka vase, se začnejo dogajati čudeži. Kar je bilo prej zapleteno, po……続きを見る

'A masterpiece.' New Yorker 'Wholly riveting, brilliantly researched.' Evening Standard 'A meticulous investigation into the seeds of disaster... fascinating, uncomfortable reading.' Sunday Times In……続きを見る

'A wonderful read... It's one of those books that gives you a new pair of eyes to see the world in a different way. I've been transported by it... You'll love every minute, the writing is absolutely……続きを見る

All his life Test Pilot Scott Crossfield has carried on a love affair with airplanes. As a child he learned secretly how to fly, and the unyielding ambition to become a superb aviator spurred him to……続きを見る

This unique book covers the author, Clay Blair Jr., and Robert Marx’s diving adventures from the search for the Monitor off of Cape Hatteras, to the discovery of the Spanish treasure galleon “El Mat……続きを見る

Vincente Blasco Ibanez in Blood and Sand, wrote a novel that can never lose its popularity because it presents a blazing picture of Spanish life as it can be lived only in Spain. A life that was fla……続きを見る

Like countless Gloucester fishermen before and since, Howard Blackburn and Tom Welch were trawling for halibut on the Newfoundland banks in an open dory in 1883 when a sudden blizzard separated them……続きを見る

At seventeen, he ran away to sea. By twenty-two, he was the captain of his own brigantine. Discovered by Hollywood, he acted in more than forty motion pictures including THE ASPHALT JUNGLE and DR. S……続きを見る

COMMANDER Gordon McGowan, cast in the role of master of a three-masted bark by order of the U.S. Coast Guard, found himself short on square rigged sailing knowledge and long on re-fitting problems w……続きを見る

In May 1946 John Caldwell set out to sail from Panama to Sydney to reunite with his wife who he hadn't seen for more than a year. Eager to reach his destination and unable to secure any other form o……続きを見る

Presents a voyage undertaken by twelve people on a North Sea trawler in 1959, from England to New Zealand with adventures along the way. 続きを見る

Responding to Titanic's distress calls in the early hours of 15 April 1912, Captain Arthur Rostron raced the Cunard liner Carpathia to the scene of the sinking, rescued the seven hundred survivors o……続きを見る

Hans-Werner Wienand ist auf der Suche nach Abgründigem, Skurrilem und Komischem in der Welt der Segler. Der Publizist, Satiriker und Weltumsegler findet Situationen, die sich zugetragen haben könnte……続きを見る

More than 80 years ago, Caroline Mytinger, a portrait artist, and her childhood friend Margaret Warner set out by freighter from San Francisco with little more than $400 in their pocket and a tin of……続きを見る

The story of the tall frigates spans one of the most exciting eras of American history. As the first vessels of the United States Navy, these brave sailing ships defended the interests of the new na……続きを見る

Over the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. in Flirting with Mermaids, he recounts t……続きを見る

We bought our 22'6" Gaff cutter in 2007, and have been lavishing love, attention, and time on her ever since. When she was 75 years old, in 2012, we decided to collect together our various blog post……続きを見る

Described in graphic & amusing detail, making a living from the sea. The artistic Ms. Hadman went to Alaska in 1938 to paint and draw, but while there met and married a fisherman in the Southeast. H……続きを見る

In 2001, sixty-year old author Doann Houghton-Alico and her husband embarked on a ten-year sailing circumnavigation visiting forty-one countries and sailing over 43,000 nautical miles. As an award-w……続きを見る

Basierend auf meinen Erfahrungen als Charterskipper habe ich einen kleinen Bildband verfasst, der all denen eine Hilfe sein kann, die sich das erste Mal mit dem Thema YACHTCHARTER auseinandersetzen.……続きを見る

I hope to encourage Cruising Sailors to give thought as to how they can avoid and if unable, can prevail over a variety of unwanted and/or nefarious interference. I speak from my military background……続きを見る

Lee Shore Blues is not your average nautical book. Peter Heiberg takes us on an irreverent charge through the highlights of his life at sea, from evading the homosexual advances of a 300-pound stewa……続きを見る