News Archive

Book of the Week: 'Expert Sailing Skills' By Des Ryan, , 10:29 AM Fri 29 Jun 2012
Looking for a present for your keen sailor? 'Expert Sailing Skills' is meant for those who can already sail, but caters for all those missing pieces of wisdom that the sailing school doesn't teach. ...[more]

Book of the Week: Doina Cornell's 'Child of the Sea' By Naomi Webb/Sail-World Cruising, 10:15 AM Fri 1 Jun 2012
Child of the Sea is the true story of a young British girl growing up aboard the family’s 36 foot yacht whilst sailing more than 68,000 miles around the world and visiting 54 countries on the way. In 1975 the family set off cruising, and apart from returning home that first winter, they didn’t set foot in England for another six years, having completed a circumnavigation. ...[more]

Book of the Week: Doina Cornell's 'Child of the Sea' By Naomi Webb/Sail-World Cruising, 9:31 AM Fri 1 Jun 2012
Child of the Sea is the true story of a young British girl growing up aboard the family’s 36 foot yacht whilst sailing more than 68,000 miles around the world and visiting 54 countries on the way. In 1975 the family set off cruising, and apart from returning home that first winter, they didn’t set foot in England for another six years, having completed a circumnavigation. ...[more]

Book Review: Knox-Johnston on Sailing By Lee Mylchreest, , 10:56 AM Tue 10 Apr 2012
British sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston was first man to circumnavigate the globe non-stop and single-handed in 1969 in one of the most famous race sagas of all time. Sir Robin went on to a life of high achieving sailing, now probably the world's most revered living sailor.The collection of his best writing, Knox-Johnston On Sailing, was published last year and was a Christmas bestseller in the UK. ...[more]

Book Review: Knox-Johnston on Sailing By Lee Mylchreest, 9:35 AM Tue 10 Apr 2012
British sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston was first man to circumnavigate the globe non-stop and single-handed in 1969 in one of the most famous race sagas of all time. Sir Robin went on to a life of high achieving sailing, now probably the world's most revered living sailor.The collection of his best writing, Knox-Johnston On Sailing, was published last year and was a Christmas bestseller in the UK. ...[more]

Book Review: 'Sail Away' by Nicola Rogriguez By Des Ryan, 7:10 AM Fri 6 Jan 2012
Sick of your own particular rat race? The nine-to-five routine? There’s never been a better time to buy a boat and sail away. Some Western economies are on the brink of collapse and a decent return on investments is hard to find - so why not cast off on the adventure of a lifetime? ...[more]

Book Review: A Passion for Design By Lee Mylchreest, 1:07 AM Fri 9 Dec 2011
Looking for something really special for that yacht-mad sailor at Christmas? You can't go past the 200 page, spectacularly illustrated coffee table book, 'A Passion for Design.' Germán Frers is one of the top names within an elite group of international yacht designers with Nautor Swan and Hallberg Rassy in the portfolio. ...[more]

Book Feature: 'RYA Offshore Sailing' By Rob Tickner/Sail-World Cruising, 7:36 PM Mon 28 Nov 2011
A couple of weeks ago we ran a feature on RYA's excellent treatise on Passage Planning. This week there's another guide from the RYA for cruising sailors, this time on offshore sailing in general, written by experienced sailor in many of the world's waters, Dick McClary. If you're just beginning to poke the bow of the boat into the ocean, 'RYA Offshore Sailing' could be a handy acquisition. ...[more]

Book Feature: Two new books from the authors of 'Two's a Crew' By Nancy Knudsen, 3:57 PM Sun 27 Nov 2011
First there is the adventure tale in Australia's Southern Ocean, sailing where even few Australian cruising sailors go, then there is the companion practical book, the result of a lifetime of sailing. Here are two new books from the authors of 'Two's a Crew', Jack and Jude Binder. ...[more]

Book of the Week: RYA Passage Planning By Rob Tickner, 9:10 PM Sat 19 Nov 2011
Planning, planning, planning. One of the great arts of seamanship. No sea voyage, whether long or short, offshore or within sight of land, should go ahead without adequate planning and this book is your perfect companion to help you prepare thoroughly before setting off. ...[more]

Book of the Week: DIY guide to replacing your boat's engine By Sail-World Cruising, , 7:54 PM Tue 15 Nov 2011
There's nothing worse than instruction manuals which read as though they were written badly in another language and then translated by a someone who doesn't understand the subject. If this frustrates you too, then you'll relate to this book. It is a practical, step-by-step illustrated guide to replacing a boat's engine, aimed at the DIY boat repairer. ...[more]

Book Feature: 'The Somali Pirates' aka 'Deadly Waters' By Sail-World Cruising, 11:49 AM Sun 16 Oct 2011
Are you fascinated by modern-day pirates? Then this might just be the book for you. Somali pirates have for many years terrorised long range cruising sailors with robbing and looting, but the game changed radically in the last year or two, with kidnapping, ransom demands and murder. Author Jay Bahadur, who has spent months infiltrating the world of the Somali Pirate, gives us a close-up look ...[more]

Book of the Week: Two's a Crew by Jack and Jude Binder By Sail-World Cruising, , 12:14 PM Fri 23 Sep 2011
Now in its second edition, Two’s a Crew is a cruising narrative by Jack and Jude Binder of their circumnavigation of Australia between February 2007 and June 2009. As they say in their first chapter, the story really starts many years before. ...[more]

Book Review: Small Boat to Freedom By Rob Tickner, 3:08 PM Wed 29 Jun 2011
Not everyone is prepared to resign from a perfectly good job, sell off the family real estate, ask their spouse and teenage son to board a 31-foot performance cruising yacht, and then set sail for a questionable financial future in another country, in the opposite hemisphere. ...[more]

Book of the Week: SEAsoned: A Chef's Journey with Her Captain: By Maryglenn McCombs, , 12:10 PM Fri 10 Jun 2011
If you love both eating and sailing this might be the book for you: Victoria Allman, yacht chef to the rich and famous, has published a new book, SEAsoned: A Chef’s Journey with Her Captain. It is a tantalizing travel adventure tale. ...[more]

Book Review:'Sailing, Yachts and Yarns' by Tom Cunliffe. By Rob Tickner, 6:52 AM Sun 15 May 2011
'Sailing, Yachts and Yarns' is a treasure chest of nautical wit and wisdom. Tom Cunliffe has chosen the very best of his writing for Yachting Monthly magazine to ensure a lively mix of anecdote, opinion and instruction. ...[more]

Book of the Week: 'Shooting Stars and Flying Fish' By Des Ryan, 9:08 AM Thu 5 May 2011
When Nancy Knudsen and her architect husband Ted Nobbs decide to escape their high-pressure corporate lives and follow a dream of sailing around the world together, little do they guess where their journey will lead them and the strange events which are to turn their lives upside-down. ...[more]

'Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas By Zeke Barlow, VCStar/Sail-World Cruising, , 5:39 PM Sat 23 Apr 2011
While 15-year-old Dutch sailor Laura Dekker is still amble-sailing her way around the world, 16-year-old American sailor Abby Sunderland, who had to be rescued from the South Indian Ocean in her non-stop attempt has written a book about her attempt at the 'youngest' record. Just released, it's called 'Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas.' ...[more]

Book of the Week: Batavia, gripping, horrifying, the best read! By Rob Tickner/Sail-World Cruising, 10:14 AM Tue 5 Apr 2011
The story of the Batavia must be one of the most fascinating, if horrifying sailing shipwreck stories of all time. It combines a tale of sea-faring adventure, mutiny, love, lust, criminality, a reign of terror, murders most foul, sexual slavery, natural nobility, survival, retribution, rescue, first contact with native peoples with the unlikely tale of the birth of the world's first corporation ...[more]

2011-2012 Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands - out now By Sail-World Cruising, , 12:42 PM Mon 28 Mar 2011
2011-2012 Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands by Nancy and Simon Scott, the fifteenth edition of this popular cruising guide, is out now. It has been completely re-designed and updated in its style, with more Virgin Island photography and full color detailed anchorage charts. ...[more]

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