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Ready about and set sail aboard your armchair for some of the most exciting tales of adventure afloat aboard every sort of vessel from majestic square rigger to humble homemade yacht.

Journey around gale-whipped headlands and survive mountainous seas – or turn the page to discover the delights of cruising among the islands of a tropical paradise.

Sure, you’ll rediscover the exploits of sailing’s greatest names, but you’ll also encounter an eclectic mix of tales that never made the headlines yet, as often happens, make the most compelling reading. Discover a treasure trove of sailing stories from across centuries, and from the four corners of the globe.

This is an engrossing book, categorised with various sections of Survival, Calm, Storm, Human Error, Adventure, Tragedy, Rescue and Deliverance. It recounts stories from Captain Bligh, encounters with whales and pirates, to bitter on-board feuds.

If you read one book this off season, this is worth a try – each chapter is short and there is plenty of page-turnability in this book. Wonderful straight forward boating-esque stuff for anyone with a love of sailing and the sea and who finds themselves temporarily confined to the shore!