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H W TILMAN Mischief in Patagonia


Sailor (in pilot cutters usually) and mountaineer. Master of the self-deprecating one-liner; “He knew more than I ever would about sailing which is no great praise.”


4 5 PETE GOSS


CLOSE TO THE WIND Possibly the most under-rated of Britain’s solo circumnavigators, Pete turned his back on victory in the 1996 Vendée Globe to rescue Raphael Dinelli. His take on this and his many other triumphs and failures – thoughtful, modest, honest – is what makes this book truly indispensable and inspiring.


ARTHUR RANSOME We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea


The Swallows find the sea is very different from lake sailing (as growing up is from childhood). Crossing the North Sea in a gale is vividly conveyed. A true sailing classic for any age.


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SWATCHWAYS The old East Coast favourite, evoking mud, creeks, isolated anchorages (as they still are in our imaginations) in sitting-headroom yachts, by prolific author, designer, and magazine editor. Of his many other works, Sixty Years a Yacht Designer is worth seeking out.


MAURICE GRIFFITHS THE MAGIC OF THE


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ERIC HISCOCK CRUISING UNDER SAIL


The godfather of blue-water cruising was a prolific writer, sometimes of autobiographical logs (Wandering Under Sail, about Wanderer II, is also recommended). This volume is the reference tome, with everything from anchors to astronavigation.


8 E A (PETER) PYE


RED MAINS’L Postwar doctor buys 1890s Polperro fishing boat, converts her, gives up medicine and sails away (with wife) to the Caribbean. Breezily told with perceptive side-glances on their various ports of call, especially war-torn Spain. The boat, Moonraker, is still around.


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