MONTH 2017 http://www.yachtingmonthly.com 41SAILING LIBRARY
Chris Beeson reviews three of the latest sailing books or new editions to be publishedBOOK REVIEWS
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Overseas:+44 330 333 1113. Quote code BAU7Metals in
boats
Day skipper
for sail and
power
Sir John
Franklin’s
Erebus
and Terror
expedition:
lost and found
By Vyv Cox, published
by Crowood Press at
£22.50 By Alison Noice,
published by Adlard
Coles at £22By Gillian Hutchinson, published by
Adlard Coles Nautical at £18.99If the subject seems a little esoteric,
think for a moment about the metals
in your boat and the important roles
they play. Anchors and chains, spars
and rigging, keels and keel bolts,
rudder stocks and tubes, seacocks
and through-hulls, to name but a few.
Failure in any of these could wreck
your boat so understanding a little
more about these vital components,
and how you can maintain and
protect them, seems like time – and
money – well spent.
The author is well known in this
parish for his rigorous analysis and
widely respected as an expert in
the fi eld of metallurgy. This book is
crammed with examples of failures
and examines what happened,
why, and how it could have been
prevented, with plenty of illustration.
It’s important reading for the serious
boat owner.If you’re thinking of taking the
step up from crewing towards
skippering a boat with confi dence
and competence, this hard-backed
book’s 198 pages present clearly
everything you need to know to
pass your theory and practical
examinations. It covers everything
from what different bits of a boat are
called and knots you need to know,
to understanding tides and tidal
streams, right through to interpreting
a forecast, passage planning and
plotting a course to steer.
Helpfully each chapter is followed
by a quick knowledge check to fi nd
out what you’ve managed to grasp.
The author sails a Moody 31 out of
Poole and, as she’s a Yachtmaster
Instructor and Examiner, knows her
nautical onions inside-out.Sir John Franklin set off to discover
the North-West Passage in 1845.
The expedition sailed two ships,
Erebus and Terror, which were last
seen in Baffi n Bay in July 1845. Their
mysterious disappearance intrigued
the public. The Navy’s search party
found nothing but Franklin’s wife,
Jane, sponsored her own, which
found evidence that all hands had
been lost. The wrecks of Erebus and
Terror were found in 2014 and 2016
respectively and the author, Curator
Emerita at the National Maritime
Museum, can now reveal what really
happened to the ships and their crew.