Sailing six thousand miles in eighty days, Allcard makes the classic southern route trade-wind crossing westward, and not without incident-severe gales, thief-catching in Spain, avoiding a seductive blonde in Gibraltar, encountering sharks and shoals of flying fish, and narrowly escaping falling overboard to his death when knocked out by gear falling from aloft. Allcard's plan to dodge the worst of the hurricane season on his return voyage is not accommodated by the elements. Through gales and headwinds, and one terrible storm, he takes seventy-four days to reach the Azores from New York, arriving minus his mizzen mast, desperately exhausted, injured, and hungry. The next leg, to Casablanca, is enlivened by a female stowaway, before he makes a safe return to England. Whether describing the pleasures or the trials, the phosphorescent nights or the storms, the operation of his ship or his own introspections, Edward Allcard eloquently conveys his deep appreciation of the sea, and the escape from modern civilisation it offers him.

Three hundred nautical miles from shore, I'm cold and sick and afraid. I pray for reprieve. I long for solid ground. And I can't help but ask myself, What the hell was I thinking? When Sue Williams set sail for the North Atlantic, it wasn't a mid-life crisis. She had no affinity for the sea. And she didn't have an adventure-seeking bone in her body. In the wake of a perfect storm of personal events, it suddenly became clear: her sons were adults now; they needed freedom to figure things out for themselves; she had to get out of their way. And it was now or never for her husband, David, to realize his dream to cross an ocean. So she'd go too. Ready to Come About is the story of a mother's improbable adventure on the high seas and her profound journey within, through which she grew to believe that there is no gift more precious than the liberty to chart one's own course, and that risk is a good thing ... sometimes, at least.

Plans included: Ayvalik (1:75 000) Sigri (N. Lesvos) (1:30 000) Entrance to Kolpos Kalloni (N. Lesvos) (1:30 000) Entrance to Kolpos Yeras (N. Lesvos) (1:40 000) Mitilini (N. Lesvos) (1:10 000) Bademli Limani (1:40 000) On this 2018 edition the chart specification has been improved to show coloured light flashes. Depths have been updated from new surveys where available. There has been general updating throughout.

Step-by-step instructions for every knot and splice the boatowner will ever need to know.

Plans included: Approaches to Lagos and Fanarion (1:50 000) Ormos Moudhrou (1:50 000) Entrance to Canakkale Bogazi (1:100 000) Nara Gecidi (1:75 000) Continuation to Nisos Ayios Evstratios (1:275 000) On this 2018 edition restricted areas and firing practice areas have been updated. The chart specification has been improved to show coloured light flashes. There has been general updating throughout.

Since the first edition was published, Pass Your Day Skipper has helped thousands of students through their shore-based Day Skipper course. Concise and comprehensive, this crammer covers all the essentials of the RYA syllabus, arranged in bite-size chunks to make revision easier and brought fully up to date in this seventh edition. Throughout, the theory is set in a practical seagoing perspective, and helpful hints on exam tactics are provided too. And to relieve the tension of all that studying, each section is enlivened with Mike Peyton's best-loved cartoons. The new edition has been updated throughout to reflect changes to the syllabus and the latest developments around electronic navigation, including updated sections on chart plotters, satellite positions, weather information and safety equipment. The revision guide covers: -Electronic navigation and chartwork -Tides and tidal streams -Pilotage -Weather - the weather system, local weather and coping with bad weather -Anchoring, mooring and ropework -Passage planning -Safety - SOLAS, radio distress, man overboard and first aid

Plans included: Dingle Harbour (1:25 000) Valentia Harbour (1:32 500) Portmagee (1:30 000) Sneem, Kilmakilloge & Ardgroom Harbours (1:55 000) Castletown Berehaven (1:20 000) Glengarriff Harbour (1:30 000) Bantry Harbour (1:30 000) Crookhaven (1:25 000) Schull Harbour (1:30 000) Baltimore Harbour (1:22 500) Castlehaven (1:25 000) Glandore Harbour (1:35 000) Courtmacsherry Harbour (1:35 000) Kinsale Harbour (1:35 000) Cork Harbour Entrance (1:35 000) On this 2017 edition the latest depth surveys have been applied where available. The chart specification has been improved to show coloured light flashes. There has been general updating throughout.

Plans included:Kinsale Harbour (1:20 000)Cork Lower Harbour (1:35 000)Crosshaven (1:15 000)Youghal Harbour (1:25 000)Dungarvan Harbour (1:32 500)Waterford Harbour (1:55 000)Dunmore East Harbour (1:6000)Kilmore (1:25 000)Cork continuation to East Ferry Marina (1:35 000)On this 2017 edition the latest depth surveys have been applied. The chart specification has been improved to show coloured light flashes. There has been general updating throughout.

"High Performance Sailing" is now regarded as the bible of racing sailors and carries a string of endorsements from high achievers. Since its publication in 1984, racing yachts and dinghies have developed out of all recognition - a new high-tech breed of 'apparent wind' fast racers has claimed the water and so far no-one has applied themselves seriously to analysing what makes these boats sail fast (and what will make them faster).This is Frank Bethwaite's ground-breaking achievement in "Higher Performance Sailing". By means of extensive research, and working with sailors of different racing calibre, Bethwaite analyses how to harness the apparent wind for increased speed and better position on your rivals. "Higher Performance Sailing" will provide the key to racing sailors' dreams. 'It represents a breakthrough. It is a book that my Olympic squad will benefit from' - Rod Carr, former British Olympic Sailing Team Manager. 'Allowed only one "if only" in yacht racing, it would have been to have read "Higher Performance Sailing" years ago' - Bob Fisher, journalist, broadcaster and international championship winner.

In 1938 a knockabout 11-year-old kid from Marrickville, Sydney, is suddenly confronted by mortality. His mother dies. His father has little time for him and at 14 he leaves school to learn a trade. In 2016 that same boy is a multi-millionaire. He owns - and runs - the Australian Development Corporation, Sydney City Marine, a host of associated companies and countless office and housing blocks. He is also one of the world's most successful sailors, having won Sydney-Hobart races in his Ragamuffin yachts and competed eight times for Australia in the Admiral's Cup. He jointly holds the record for the most America's Cup campaigns - all self-funded and managed personally. He is Syd Fischer, the Ragamuffin man, and he's known as perhaps the toughest and most uncompromising Australian businessman and sportsman of the past half century. This is the story of Fischer's remarkable life, and of his unrelenting quest to win the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race one more time. 'It's as if Syd has suddenly decided that it's time to shrug off his lifelong reluctance to talk about himself and let us all now see what really makes him tick.'- Sir James Hardy

This fully updated 6th edition has had a complete facelift and is now published in full colour in a new format. Throughout, the work has been updated, and in places expanded. It now includes a list of useful waypoints and routes ofr the entire Mediterranean which are shown on overprinted charts folded into the back of the book. The Mediterranean Cruising Handbook is a constant companion to the Imray Mediterranean Almanac and provides information on climate, equipment, radio, naviagation, routes to the Mediterranean, history, marine life, food and basic information on each Mediterranean country.

Plans included: Crinan Approaches (1:10 000) Ardrishaig (1:15 000) East Loch Tarbert (1:12 000) Campbeltown Loch (1:35 000) Campbeltown Harbour (1:7500) Caladh Harbour (1:10 000) Burnt Islands (1:10 000) Rothesay Harbour (1:5000) Lamlash Harbour (1:75 000) Rhu & Helensburgh (1:15 000) Dumbarton (1:15 000) Kip Marina (1:15 000) Largs Channel (1:50 000) Largs Yacht Haven (1:15 000) Millport (1:15 000) Ardrossan (1:10 000) Irvine (1:17 500) Troon (1:12 500) Ayr (1:10 000) Girvan (1:6000) Stranraer (1:12 500) Portpatrick (1:5000) On this 2016 edition the latest depth surveys have been applied throughout. The chart specification has now been improved to show coloured light flashes.

Plans included: Loch Gairloch (1:40 000) Kyleakin (1:40 000) Portree (1:25 000) Uig (1:35 000) Dunvegan (1:40 000) Loch Boisdale (South Uist) (1:25 000) Loch Carnan (1:20 000) Loch Maddy (1:40 000) East Loch Tarbert (1:60 000) St Kilda (1:150 000) On this 2016 edition the latest depth surveys have been applied throughout. The amendments to the firing practice areas are included and there has been general updating throughout.