Signed and personalised books can now be ordered from the site. If you’d like me to sign and inscribe it to someone special,  please follow the link when you order.

Sailing, Yachts and Yarns is a selection of my columns that have appeared in Yachting Monthly. Available from the web site now. Click here

A DVD of the award-winning series ‘The Boats that Built Britain’ is out now.

The Complete Yachtmaster 7th edition came out on 17 October 2010. This includes a new chapter on collision avoidance in poor visibility using modern electronics, whilst avoiding potential pitfalls and dangerous misunderstandings. New updates also in the boat-handling and seamanshup sections.

September saw the official launch of  ’Blue Bird – Seven Decades at Sea’. This book tells the story of Sir Malcolm Campbell’s yacht Blue Bird which was commissioned in 1938 for him to go treasure hunting. Since then she’s had her ups and downs and has finally been magnificently restored by Tara Getty.

Latest publications:

‘The Boats that Built Britain’ - a DVD of the BBC 2 series

200 Skipper’s Tips published by Wiley –  a compilation of the Skipper’s Tips that have appeared in Yachting Monthly

Celestial Navigation – new edition published by Wiley

‘The Boats that Built Britain’ is the flagship programme in a major new season called ‘Sea Fever’ which is looking at the crucial way in which the sea has helped shape our island. My series, produced by Form Films, examines the pivotal boats involved in Britain’s exploration, trade, fishing and defence. I sail on board six charismatic vessels, discover facets of the sea I never imagined, and even take to the water in a skip!

Tom Cunliffe and Larry Walford, Form Films director, homeward bound on the pilot cutter Cariad after a tough day on the water.

The Matthew, a snapshot of the past	The stalwart crew of the Reaper	Roy Nelson, veteran and gentleman
The replica of Cabot’s 1497 ship, The Matthew	The Reaper – a huge, lug- rigged 1895 Scottish fishing boat	Higgins WWII Landing Craft – 1945
The glory that is Square Sail	Pickle - The bearer of good news and bad	Racing down the Bristol Channel
The Phoenix – a brig from mid-19th century	The Pickle – the replica of the 1805 schooner that brought the news of Nelson’s victory and death at Trafalgar	Olga and Cariad – two classic Edwardian pilot cutters

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