Boating

For any seafarer, splicing rope is an essential skill. But the traditional 3-strand rope is fast disappearing. So how do you splice braided rope? ...

Whether moored at their home marina, or visiting a less familiar port in a distant country, yachtsmen need to pay just as much attention to the sec...

Everything creaks and bends in heavy seas what will not bend will simply snap. So many times I wondered how much load we could carry in a powerful...

A lot of people are drawn to the sea, and for good reason - it''s the world''s last wild and largely unspoilt wilderness. But to properly enjoy the...

Tales of escape and adventure on Britain''s waterwaysIn The Pull of the River two foolhardy explorers do what we would all love to do: they turn th...

Flares Up is a true story of adventure, tenacity and the capacity of the human spirit to triumph over adversity.Firefighter Paul Hopkins, 55, survi...

Following in the successful footsteps of the groundbreaking Boat Maintenance Bible and Boat Repair Bible this new title in this popular series of a...

The third in a series of highly practical, hands on, step-by-step photographic manuals, Replacing Your Boat's Electrical System fills a gap in the ...

Discover the top 10 bestselling Cornish Midwives series!Midwife Izzy is devastated to learn that her beloved grandmother is dying. Abandoned as a b...

'I cannot imagine setting sail without it' SAIL 'A must for all aspiring ocean crossers' Yachting World We call it The Pond, yet the Atlantic Oce...

Aimed at boatowners rather than experienced mechanics, The Adlard Coles Book of Outboard Motors is a boon to anyone who puts to sea with an outboar...

Getting breakfast, lunch and dinner from tins quickly becomes boring, but it is relatively easy to prepare and cook interesting, varied and delicio...

First published in 1988 as West Country Cruising, Mark Fishwick''s definitive sailing guide for the ever-attractive coastline of Dorset, Devon, Cor...

The Canal Companions have been chugging along ''the cut'' for over thirty-five years; conveying facts and figures, insight and entertainment, wit a...

The boat appeared when I didnt expect or, frankly, need her. My bucket list was empty. Life was fullBut sailing towards me was a boat that would st...