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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Water sports & recreations > Boating > Sailing
Scale: 1:1,000,000 WGS 84 Imray Virgin and Leeward Islands
Channel Havens is a cruising guide with a difference. Recognising
that many of us would like to sail away from the crowd, Ken Endean
introduces the reader to beautiful, unfrequented places within the
Western English Channel, from the Solent to the West Country,
Channel Islands and Northern France. Here are sandy bays, coves,
reef anchorages and the upper reaches of river estuaries - places
neglected by most pilot books - where one can experience the sense
of discovery and adventure that is more usually associated with
faraway cruising. Anyone who is attracted by the dramatic scenery
of unspoilt coastal waters will treasure this guide from an
experienced sailors who has gone before.
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.
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
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The Rescue
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Kittie Lambton
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Discovery Miles 1 480
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