A world-class sailor who plans to resume circumnavigation quests relates the story of his other voyages around the world: from becoming in 1973 the first American to round Cape Horn solo, to barely su
Bill Conan, a middle-aged adventurer, has entered a 30,000 mile solo race around the world in the sloop Josephine, seeing it as his last chance to win status and success. Risking the ultimate test of
Unlikely People is a tribute to the unique men and women that give up the shores and take to the seas. After thirty years of sailing aboard Unlikely VII he has met devils and saints, fools and philoso
The Improbable Voyage is the astonishing account of TRistan Jones' 2,307 mile voyage across Europe in Outward Leg. Continuing his round-the-world journey, Tristan traveled from the North Sea to the
Amid the internationally acrimonious atmosphere of 1811, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater stumbles upon a bold conspiracy by which the U.S. could defeat the Royal Navy, collapse the British government and
Captain Cracker Jack Kemball of the tea clipper Erl King races Captain Richards of the Seawitch from Shangai to London. The wager: his daughter's hand in marriage.
To deliver an urgent message to the British squadron, Nathanial Drinkwater, now a lieutenant, must first face his old enemy, Edouard Santhonay, and then the tyrannical Morris, commander of the Cyclops
This is the paperbound reprint of a 1997 book. Jessop, an ocean liner stewardess and nurse, survived two famous maritime disasters. Here she spins true tales of wartime, fellow stewards, impossible p
This clear and detailed handbook on renovating boats provides step-by-step instructions on various boat fitting out techniques with helpful photo accompaniments.
At the age of 16, author Max Wood went to sea on a British coastal trader, beginning a 50-year career at sea. He relates his adventures during his apprenticeship on one of the last commercial voyages
