Yacht Cruising from Naval Marine Archive

Yachting, October 1912, ed. by Herbert L. Stone. 207-270 p. b/w photographs. The Harmsworth Race with Sopworth driving and winning for Maple Leaf IV; the Honolulu ocean race; cruising and design - a Gloucester fishing schooner built for cruising and more. A special rare edition.

D. McKay Co., 1979, New York, Bruce Whiteley, v, 184 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. good -skewed/ dj good tears repaired, slight chipping on spine. Story of a family with their ten year old twins sailing form Durban south Africa to Florida on aboard Tina "a brute of a ketch" and their adventures.

Nimbus, Halifax, 1999, vi, 230 p. ill. b/w, maps and sketches; very good tpb. Sailing in a 16 foot open dinghy, 'Wanderer', Dye does a North Atlantic passage to Norfolk, Va. from England. Experiences Hurricane Hugo and sails the coast of New Jersey, Maine to LaHave, Nova Scotia; Hurricane Bob, Prince Edward Island, St. Lawrence, Peterborough,… Read more about this item

Kennedy Brothers, New York, 1934, fourth edition, ix, 529 p., b/w ports, sketches and folding plans. Good/none, previous book plate and name of owner, some darkening of end papers. Folded plans of Tern III and charts of voyage with the yacht as the author cruised around Britain and Europe, with delightful illustrations by author.

Macmillan, London, 1968. by roger Pilkington, 1st. good slightly skewed /good slight aging on spine and edges colour .Small boat cruising along the Moselle from Wasserillig to Koblenz.

Adventurers Club, London, 1967. 1st. fair.

John de Graff, 1975. 1st. very good/good. A critical discussion of modern cruising yachts and the techniques of ocean sailing. 216 pages

Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1890. 1952. good +. ex-lib. Knight’s classic sea voyage. Introduction by Arthur Ransome. 205 pages

Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, 1982. 1st. very good/good. Following the sudden death of his wife Joan, Lawrence bought a 24-ft cruiser in which he began a six-month solitary exploration of the coasts of British Columbia and the north-western US. He also recounts his encounters with killer whales, Dall porpoises, and his on-shore experiences with wolves, bears and cougars.248 pages

W.W. Norton, 1953. 1st. good.The day-by day recounting of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Transatlantic Race of 1952. 248 pages.

Random House, 1987. 1st. good/good. Buckley's adventures sailing the Pacific.