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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Water sports & recreations > Boating
Life doesn't always give you a second chance to make another
choice...Cassie Lewis, a widow for over 20 years has begun to
realise there must be more to life. In-between working at the
family boatyard in picture perfect Dartmouth and raising two
children, she wonders where the years have gone. Both her children,
Tom and Polly, have inherited their father's love of sailing and
currently Tom is preparing for a gruelling round the world race.
When an accident forces Tom to pull out, Polly, to Cassie's horror,
insists she is capable of taking his place. As Polly prepares for
the race, Cassie unexpectedly finds herself with two keen and
eligible men vying for her love. With her BIG 5-0 birthday
approaching Cassie knows she has some big decisions to make but
will the worry over Polly's safe return, cloud her judgement? A
wonderful escape to the beautiful harbour of Dartmouth, Perfect for
the fans of Lucy Coleman, Jo Thomas and Sue Roberts Originally
published in 2003 as Call of the Sea
A pack of 10 charts for the Suffolk and Essex Coasts. The pack
includes: 2000.1 Suffolk and Essex Coasts 1: 120 000 WGS 84 2000.2
Rivers Ore and Alde 1: 35 000 WGS 84 2000.3 River Deben and Orford
Haven 1: 35 000 WGS 84 Plans Woodbridge, Tide Mill Yacht Harbour
2000.4 Harwich Approaches and Walton Backwaters 1: 35 000 WGS 84
Plans Walton Yacht Basin and Titchmarsh Marina 2000.5 Rivers Stour
and Orwell 1: 35 000 WGS 84 Plans Upper Orwell to Ipswich, Fox's
Marina, Woolverstone Marina, Suffolk Yacht Harbour, Shotley Marina
2000.6 River Blackwater 1: 35 000 WGS 84 Plans Maldon, Tollesbury
Marina, Bradwell Marina 2000.7 River Colne 1: 35 000 WGS 84 Plans
Wivenhoe, Brightlingsea 2000.8 River Crouch Entrance 1: 35 000 WGS
84 2000.9 Rivers Crouch and Roach 1: 35 000 WGS 84 Plans Fambridge
Yacht Haven, Bridgemarsh Marina, Burnham Yacht Harbour,
Continuation of River Crouch 2000.10 Orford Ness to Lowestoft 1: 90
000 WGS 84 Plans Lowestoft Approaches, Lowestoft Harbour, Lowestoft
Harbour - Lake Lothing, Southwold Harbour. The latest depth surveys
have been applied. The latest wind farm information is included
where relevant. There has been general updating throughout. The
2018 edition is now wirobound and tidal stream information is
included. Individual sheets of this atlas will no longer be sold
separately. However, 1st edition charts Y2, Y6 and Y12 are to be
published and are replicas of charts 2000.2, 2000.1 and 2000.5
respectively.
Frank Laskier was born 1912 and lived his early years in the
suburbs of Liverpool. As a teenager, Frank was an avid reader of
Conrad and Masefield and had a romantic view of the "call of the
sea". One day he decided to lie about his age and run away from
home aboard a ship destined for Australia. Laskier worked on many
ships in the merchant navy and it was his experiences during the
Second World War that brought him to the attention of the BBC.
Frank was asked to broadcast a number of talks on his experiences.
This book is a transcript of those radio talks first published in
1941. Through this authentic voice of an ordinary man - not a
historian, or a politician, or a great admiral - but an ordinary
man, we can be reminded of the importance, bravery and sacrifice of
the merchant navy in keeping Britain supplied during the Second
World War. From the 1941 cover: 'We are proud to announce this book
by Frank Laskier, "a sailor, an Englishman," the merchant seaman
who gave the ever-memorable postscript after the BBC news on the
first Sunday in October. The millions of listeners who heard that
deeply moving voice will welcome an opportunity to read many more
stories of the war at sea, which Laskier tells with the
incomparable vividness of simple truth, and which made him a great
broadcast speaker overnight. Laskier sounds, too, the note of
victory that will bring a universal response-"Remember what we have
been through; remember what we're going through; and fight and
fight, and never, never, never, give in!" ' The publisher of this
new edition has included an introduction and explanatory footnotes,
as well as an appendix listing the ships mentioned in the book
along with their descriptions.
From 1954 to 1975, the Milan-based San Marco boatyard wrote some
of the most interesting pages in the post-war history of
powerboating. San Marco is the only yard that has extensively used
Italian car engines for both its racing and production boats,
including those of Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Fiat and
Abarth. The yard produced such models as the 600 Del Mare,
Giulietta del Mare, Appia; all fast and prestigious wooden
runabouts with elegant lines and refined details. Like a fashion
designer or a famous Italian coachbuilder, for over 20 years Oscar
Scarpa, founder of the yard, promoted a tradition of excellence,
building several hundred exclusive boats with his son Sandro each
with unique specifications, either technical or aesthetic, and all
beautifully finished. The San Marco boatyard has also enjoyed a
successful racing career, with more than 30 world speed records and
hundreds of victories to its credit at the highest competitive
level - often with Oscar Scarpa in the driver's seat This book is
both a tribute to the full history of the San Marco boatyard and
its unique contribution to the world of speed boats. "Racing Cars
of the Sea" is illustrated with a remarkable collection of hundreds
of unpublished archival documents and photographs, as well as
detailed information, including extensive production and racing
records.
Starting with a simple question - 'Which way am I looking?' -
Tristan Gooley blends natural science, myth, folklore and the
history of travel to introduce you to the rare and ancient art of
finding your way using nature's own sign-posts, from the feel of a
rock to the look of the moon. With Tristan's help, you'll learn why
some trees grow the way they do and how they can help you find your
way in the countryside. You'll discover how it's possible to find
North simply by looking at a puddle and how natural signs can be
used to navigate on the open ocean and in the heart of the city.
Wonderfully detailed and full of fascinating stories, this is a
glorious exploration of the rediscovered art of natural navigation.
The Natural Navigator Pocket Guide is a user-friendly, practical
book and the beautiful illustrations are a useful tool to help
travellers on their instrument-free journey.
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