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And it was while working at East Anglian Times that F.T. Everard and Sons offered Roberts the captaincy of the Cambria, the Thames sailing barge he was to make famous. Working as a bargeman allowed Roberts to collect songs from bargemen and others he met along the East Anglian coast, which he added to his repertoire of his own songs.
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Eric Charles Hiscock MBE (14 March 1908 – 15 September 1986) was a British sailor and author of books on small boat sailing and ocean cruising. [1] Together with his wife and crew Susan Oakes Hiscock MBE (née Sclater; 18 May 1913 – 12 May 1995), he authored numerous accounts of their short cruises and world circumnavigations, accomplished over several decades.
He wrote many of the books, including pilots, sailing narratives and Heavy Weather Sailing, which continues to be published by the company (in an updated form). [3] A & C Black Publishers, which had bought Nautical Books in 1987, acquired the Adlard Coles company in 1990 and merged the two companies into the Adlard Coles Nautical imprint.
Sailing books (3 C, 25 P) Books about sharks (1 C, 7 P) W. Books about whaling (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Maritime books" The following 11 pages are in this ...
A rutter is a mariner's handbook of written sailing directions. Before the advent of nautical charts, rutters were the primary store of geographic information for maritime navigation. It was known as a periplus ("sailing-around" book) in classical antiquity and a portolano ("port book") to medieval Italian sailors in the Mediterranean Sea.
[10] Chasing the long rainbow : the drama of a singlehanded sailing race around the world. New York: Norton, 1990. Print. [11] Chasing the wind : a book of high adventure. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y: Sheridan House, 1994. Print. [12] The monster's handsome face : Patty Cannon in fiction & fact. Vienna, Md: Nanticoke Books, 1998. Print. [13] We followed ...
Clare Mary Francis MBE (born 17 April 1946) is a British novelist who in her first career as a yachtswoman has twice sailed across the Atlantic on her own. She was the first woman to captain a successful boat on the Whitbread Around the World race.