Practical Books

Sailing with safety in your pocket

This card booklet contains seven of the most useful knots in order of importance to a seafarer. Well that might throw up a few arguments!Monday is ...

Beginning with the 10 knots everyone needs to know, this heavily illustrated book also covers bends, hitches, loops, bindings, fishing knots, splic...

Using sequential diagrams this book illustrates how to tie the most commonly used knots. In full colour, it illustrates clearly how to tie each kno...

Hervey Garrett Smith was the foremost marine illustrator of the 1950s and 1960s, and his wonderful drawings of traditional ropework quickly propell...

This book shows you how to tie 50 knots. Some have been chosen for their fame, some for their beauty and some because they are knots that everyone ...

The Complete Day Skipper is a totally practical hands-on manual that covers the RYA Day Skipper syllabus in a way that reflects a skipper's growing...

First published in 1944, and reprinted many times since then, the latest reissue of this magnificent book contains, for the first time, fully illus...

Learn how to design, make, repair, improve, and maintain sails If you want to produce sturdy sails for daysailing and cruising, built of low-tech m...

The Reeds Channel Almanac covers the south coast of England from the Scilly Isles to Dover, the Channel Islands and northern France from Calais to ...

A clear introduction to the world of knots, from the practical to the decorative. Illustrated step-by-step instructions on how to master over 50 kn...

Traditional Sailing Skills for Classic Boats by Tom Cunliffe Tom Cunliffe is one of the world's greatest champions of traditional sailing boats, a...

This wonderful collection of Des Pawson's personal ropecraft recipes combines an expanded and now full-colour collection of projects from Des's pop...

This manual takes both novice and experienced boatowner through minor to major repairs of electrical systems, engines, electronics, steering system...

The first cruising logbook for navigators of powerboats. Suitable for both planing and displacement craft. Beautifully presented with gold blocking...

Discover practical skills that you won’t find anywhere else with these two hundred handy tips to make yourself a better yachtsman.By: Tom Cunliffe...

An easy, step-by-step guide containing everything you need to know about standing and running rigging on a boat.By: Danilo FabbroniRigging covers ...

In easy stages sailors can learn how to master one of the oldest of the mariner’s arts – celestial navigation.By: Tom CunliffeCelestial navigation...

Welsh Canoe Classics is an illustrated guide to some of the finest tours of Wales' waterways. Scenic lakes, broad estuaries and whitewater rivers, ...

Cruising on a small boat is a continuous learning experience. Sometimes you discover answers on your own, but more often the best lessons come from...

This little book does the same job as Solent Hazards for the south coast of the Isle of Wight, from the Needles to Seaview. Lots of local secrets a...

'What Jimmy Cornell doesn't know about cruising isn't worth knowing' - Yachting World One of the most influential cruising yachtsmen writing today,...

Long established as the bible for long-distance cruisers and a bestseller for more than 25 years, World Cruising Routes is the indispensable planni...