The Log
Arthur Beale wasn’t always a Yacht Chandler! 05
We supplied many prestigious explorers and mountaineers. Our next few posts will cover just a few of our surprising clients.
Tim Severin Timoth...
Got a New Diary for Christmas?
Well, turn to the page for "11th January" and enter - "Going to Dave Selby's Talk -"Marlin's Mission" at Arthur Beale 18:45". You won't want to mi...
Good Little Ship - A Talk by Peter Willis You've missed it!
Arthur Ransome’s "We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea" was inspired by his boat the "Nancy Blackett" which appears in the book as the Goblin.
But there...
Sailing Voyages - Success and Failure - A Talk at Arthur Beale - 25th October
On Wednesday 25th October Arthur Beale and Fernhurst Books will be hosting an evening looking at two contrasting voyages which are recounted in bo...
Mischief Among the Penguins
There will be some real Mischief Among the Penguins this weekend as I battle to control a large waddle of them in our new Christmas window dis...
Another successful evening!
On Thursday evening we had a virtually full house to hear Philip Temple talking about the adventurous expedition that he took part in to land on t...
The Sea and The Snow - How we reached and climbed a volcano at the ends of the earth
6th October at 18:45
Our next event should be a corker, especially if you have an interest in real adventure and high latitude sailing.
Fifty ye...
SOLD OUT - Tom Cunliffe's illustrated talk "Hand, Reef and Steer - Good Times and Bad in Gaff Rig" at Arthur Beale!
To celebrate the release of the fully updated second edition of his famous book "Hand, Reef and Steer" Tom has agreed to give us a fully illustrate...
Emma Bamford chooses Arthur Beale as the ideal venue for her book launch!
Wednesday 13th July 18:30
Emma Bamford is an author and journalist. She has worked at The Independent and the Daily Express and is currently Depu...
The Sea Chart by John Blake
Wednesday 4th May 1845. Entrance Free!
We have a great talk coming up this Wednesday 4th May!
I find sea charts completely fascinating and so I...
The Ashley Book of Knots – by Clifford W Ashley
It is back! It amazes me that it ever goes out of print but I think it has happened a few times. I reckon it is a cunning ploy to get people like...
Lost Rivers Of London
This evening some of us lucky ones are off to the launch of Nicholas Barton and Stephen Myers new edition of The Lost Rivers of London. A lot of ...