It is a story of considerable interest and some small historical value. It does not compete with any of the major narratives of the sea, but it is supplementary to them in its relation of the domestic detail of a ship and in the occasional light it throws on the temper of the men and the conditions of their life.

In 1928, Erling Tambs and his bride set off from Norway in the old pilot cutter Teddy, with no sextant or barometer, and only one and sevenpence in small change. They had no special destination and no urgency, but it was the beginning of three years of adventurous and often accident-prone sailing amongst islands in two oceans. At Vigo the crew of two was increased by the gift of a dog, Spare Provisions, and at Las Palmas by the birth of Tony, and in New Zealand by a daughter, Tui. Moments of high drama occurred, too: the Tambs family were in New Zealand at the time of the great earthquake of 1931, and they were also forced to endure a terrifying and disastrous shipwreck. But the charm of the narrative lies in the delightful picture of the Tambs family afloat, and in their encounters with people and places in the more exotic corners of the world.

The steamer moved upriver at half-speed, and the sounds of life fell with the sun. The shores grew blurred. The quiet was the dusk. The ship itself was hushed, and her men about their duties appeared at a task spectrally, out of nowhere. She might have been trying to reach her destination unobserved. The tired air spilling over the steamer's bows hardly reached the bridge. The bridge caught the last of the light, and a trace of anger that flushed the murk banked in the west, to which the ship was moving, was reflected in the face of an officer there, and gave him the distinction of a being exalted and stern. He was superior, and seemed to be brooding down over some passengers sitting in a group on the indistinct foredeck. They were murmuring in conversation, with a child asleep on a shawl beside one of the chairs.

From inside sleeve: This book is the combined log and diary of - 19th-century pioneer of small-boat sailing. R.T. McMullen undertook no long ocean voyages; none of his sailing was done outside the hme waters of the British Isles; most of it was in the English Channel. 'Down Channel' will be reckoned by many, however, to be the most valuable volume in the Mariner's Library "The secret, or one of the secrets, of McMullen's eminence," writes Authur Ransome, was that "he set himself a much higher standard of efficiency in amateur sailing than had ever been set before." He was also the first to emphasize that the worst danger to small boats in rough weather is not the sea but land. Full though it is if sound practical advice, based in the hard lessons of experience, the book gains charm and authority from the frankness with which McMullen records his own frequent early mistakes, and it is a delightful and unforgettable personality that emerges unconsciously from these severely nautical logs.

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A tale of a voyage of a very small yacht on the North and Baltic Seas in the summer of 1887, told with great detail and color. "The Falcon on the Baltic" is a favorite classic among nautical enthusiasts.

This vintage book offers a glimpse into the sea-faring lifestyle of times past with an authentic account of a life lived at sea. Retold with the lucidity and fondness that can only belong to one who has lived it and loved it, "A Gipsy of the Horn - Life in a Deep-Sea Sailing Ship" is highly recommended for readers with an interest in the history and development of sailing. Many old books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing "A Gipsy of the Horn" now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sailing.

Collection of thirteen strange tales: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste The Murder of George Glass The Steward of the Lennie The Caswell Barque The Running Amok in the Frank N. Thayer The Crook Ship The Filipinos of the Ethel The Strange Affray in the Leicester Castle The Negro of the Veronica The Mystery of the White Rose The Sinking of the H.M.S. Victoria The Mystery of the Maine The Disappearance of the Waratah

In 1869, Empson Edward Middleton, an English ex-soldier and man of means, built himself a 23-foot sailboat and set about becoming the first man to single-handedly circumnavigate England. He chose the most difficult route he could think of, one of poorly charted sea lanes and powerful tides, and recorded his remarkable feat in this book, which served as his log and diary. The Cruise of the Kate is an incredible tale from the days when all a navigator had to steer by was the compass and the stars, along with the occasional landmark and passing vessels. Middleton's lively, detailed account of his daring but successful voyage brings to life the condition of solo ocean sailing more than a century ago.

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Gerbault's continuation of his circumnavigation aboard Firecrest from New York to France.

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For centuries boats had been built as strongly as possible to withstand the enormous power of the sea. But Patrick & Colin had a theory that if you built one as lightly as possible, she would lift over the tops of the waves and so survive. To rove it they had built the smallest boat that would carry two men and their stores. Then they sailed more than 10,000 miles, to four continents before arriving in New York, their destination. This is a true tale of high adventure in our time, and takes you away from the problems of this century into a world where man by his skill and judgement must make use of the vast elemental forces of nature to bring him safely to the place where he would be.

a great story about sailing in the sea.

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