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LIBBY PURVES One Summer’s Grace
Family cruise around Britain with small children in a 30ft modern gaffer, narrated by a born reporter. Observant, witty, and proves it can be done.
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JULIA JONES THE SALT-STAINED
18 ROBIN KNOX-JOHNSTON
BOOK Not exactly Arthur Ransome but sailing is at the heart of this new children’s title (first of a trilogy) based on the East Coast.
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A WORLD OF MY OWN Cunning title this – RKJ, ‘distressingly normal’ according to a psychiatrist, just went ahead and became the first to sail solo non-stop round the world, and the only finisher in the Golden Globe race.
ED: GREENHILL AND MANNERING Inshore Craft
How the form of these boats fitted their local conditions, and influenced the development of traditional yacht designs. Still works as an ‘I Spy’ of such boats. Newly republished.
23 JAMES DODDS
PETER NICHOLS A VOYAGE FOR
MADMEN The Golden Globe solo, non-stop round-the-world race 1968-9 (nine entrants, one finisher, one bizarre, tragic death) continues to intrigue.
TIDE LINES James Dodds’ paintings of clinker dinghies are iconic. This big, generous book combines artwork, biography, including his early years as crewman and shipwright, and a unique insight (by Ian Collins) into the region from which he draws his inspiration.
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AROUND THE WORLD Tough Nova Scotian tall-ships skipper at a loose end restored boat and set off. Why Spray is the name of choice for so many yacht owners.
JOSHUA SLOCUM SAILING ALONE
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE OLD MAN
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AND THE SEA The sea as metaphor for the futility of life, but with authentic boatmanship detail. Won both Nobel and Pulitzer prizes.
VITO DUMAS ALONE THROUGH THE
ROARING FORTIES Argentinian yachtsman made first solo circumnavigation south of the three great capes in 32ft yacht, 1942-3. Gripping stuff.
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JONATHAN RABAN
COASTING Among the more literate titles here; around Britain in 1982, with perceptive commentary on the state of the nation but also with a real feel for sailing and his boat.
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