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Lin continued sailing as crew of Sahula, a steel Van de Stadt cutter owned by David Haigh, an Australian retired environmental law lecturer who was, at the time of their meeting, completing an 11-year circumnavigation. During the next three years, between visits back to ensure Larry was getting the best possible care, she logged another 20,000 ...
She was a steel ketch for sailing the inland waterways of Europe, designed by Irving Johnson and Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens. [ 4 ] Many of the Johnsons' voyages have been documented in their own books and many articles and videos produced by the National Geographic Society and others throughout their sailing career.
Books about the Age of Sail (3 C, 2 P) P. Peripluses (2 C, 7 P) S. Swallows and Amazons series (23 P) Pages in category "Sailing books" The following 25 pages are in ...
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.
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 ...
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.
Tristan Jones at book signing, Annapolis Sailboat Show 1987. Arthur Jones, pen name Tristan Jones (8 May 1929 – 21 June 1995) [1] was a British mariner and author. He spent most of his life at sea, first in the British Royal Navy, and then sailing in small yachts for various purposes, including self-appointed adventure trips.
The children's writer Elinor Lyon, in an autobiographical introduction to a reprint of the first book in her series about a pair of adventurous young siblings on the west coast of Scotland, remembers feeling a "dislike of the characters in Swallows and Amazons who are so good at things like sailing. I thought I'd have children who got things ...