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Trade Wind Hitchers
A definitive guide to crewing on yachts from Britain to Venezuela. The book combines a vivid portrayal of the experience of transatlantic sailing with useful information about the …
Travellers on a Trade Wind
Marcia Pirie's account of her travels across the Pacific Ocean.
Amphibious Assault
A military/naval history that presents 37 accounts of amphibious warfare from Gallipoli, through the Second World War in Europe, North Africa, the Indian ocean and the pacific, …
Letters from the Lost Soul
"Reading Bob's stories is almost better than hearing them firsthand. You get all the laughs and adventure...without the killer hangover!"--Cruising World "It seems as is Bob is …
They Couldn't Have Done it Without Us
Over seventy merchant ships sailed in the Task force sent by Britain to recapture the Falkland islands in 1982. Some were Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, but the majority were …
Rough and Tumble
The story of Bob Roberts and his friend Bully who saved every penny they could to buy "Thelma", a 27-foot Looe smack, and fit her out for an epic voyage. After testing her out in …
Return to Murmansk
In 1990, Henry Swain sailed his 34-foot yacht Callisto to Murmansk. He had been there once before, 45 years earlier, on a Royal Navy warship escorting American merchant vessels …
An Old Gaffer's Tale
This is the story of Privateer, a traditional "old gaffer" built in the 1940s as a fishing smack and converted in the boatyard in Boston.
Voices from the Bridge
Based on interviews and written accounts from over 50 contributors, this title vividly depicts the experiences of the deck officer, from pre-sea training and cadetship through the …
Transatlantic at Last
Helen Tew sailed across the Atlantic in a small boat at the age of 89. This is a remarkable book about a remarkable life, by a remarkable woman whose sense of adventure is both …
Last of the Sailormen
This work brings to life the last days of carrying cargo under sail, written in Bob Roberts' lively and evocative style.