Tom Cunliffe

Sailing, Yachts & Yarns (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sailing, Yachts and Yarns is a selection of British sailing legend Tom Cunliffe's most entertaining, outspoken and instructive writing from the pages of Yachting Monthly magazine. Tom's regular column for this leading sailing magazine gives him free reign to explore a wide range of topics. He has a gift for capturing the magic of sail and finding pearls of practical wisdom in the most unlikely nautical adventures. Sailing, Yachts and Yarns is a wonderful miscellany of wit, wisdom and wonder. It will make you laugh and make you think - and make you want to cast off to enjoy the delights of life afloat.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fernhurst Books Limited
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119999218
• Artikelnr.: 44623689

Autorenporträt

Tom Cunliffe is Britain's leading sailing writer. He is a worldwide authority on sailing instruction and an expert on traditional sailing craft. His hints and tips could help all yachtsmen! He has crossed oceans in simple boats without engines or electronics and voyaged to both sides of the Atlantic from Brazil to Iceland and from the Caribbean to Russia. He has cruised the coast of America and Canada and logged thousands of miles exploring both sides of the English Channel. Tom's nautical career has seen him serve as mate on a merchant ship, captain on gentleman's yachts and skipper of racing craft. His private passion is classic sailing boats and he has owned a series of traditional gaff-rigged vessels that have taken him and his family on countless adventures from tropical rainforests to frozen fjords. Tom has been a Yachtmaster Examiner since 1978 and has a gift for sharing his knowledge with good humour and an endless supply of tales of the sea. He also writes for Yachting Monthly, Yachting World and SAIL magazines, and wrote and presented the BBC TV series, The Boats That Built Britain.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Introduction. Holy cow! Passing it on. Uncharted territory. On
watch for eddies. Cunliffe's law of diminishing returns. Together in the
end. Jonah and the wave. Lessons learnt from a puffin. In the drink. Here's
hoping. Glad to be trad. Fight for the Wight. Join the club. The clock is
ticking. Life is looking up. Good, becoming poor. Winged wonders. Good,
bad, or just unlucky? The sacred sound of silence. Testing times. Always
read the label. Where's Wallander? Weather or not. Wrestling the python of
modernity. Touching the bottom. Dead cert. Spring fever. Strike a light.
Russian away from freedom. All suggestions welcome. Spirits of the sea.
Skipping with joy. The ability for stability. Sheer delight. The big bang.
A wise investment? Centenary celebrations. Under pressure. Trials and
tribulations. Troublesome seagulls. Skip it skipper. Feeling the pinch.
Reckoning with doubt. For your comfort and safety. Grief relief. Put your
money away. Going sideways fast. A life of luxury? Don't neglect your
bottom. What a stitch up! Don't read all about it. Owning or bemoaning?
Fail safe. Fearing for steering. Eastern delights. Turning on technology. A
break in the weather. Signs of the times. If in drought. . . . The perfect
platform. Don't forget your old friends. Music to my ears. Size matters.
The power and the glory. Sailing through red tape. Resisting the rising
tide. The right sort of customs. Too much of a good thing? A thousand miles
from land. When plastic's not fantastic. No cause for alarm. The boating
backbone of Britain. Cheap and cheerful around the world. Hearing voices.
The plastic revolution. Clearing the pipes. The pierhead jumper.