Classic Boat — November 2017

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Solo Around
Cape Horn
EDWARD ALLCARD
Characteristically
unassuming account
of a remarkable solo
passage south in 1966.
£17.99 Imperator

The Impractical
Boat Owner
DAVE SELBY
Laugh-out-loud
observations and
anecdotes about
inexpert budget sailing.
£9.99 Bloomsbury

Quality Time?
MIKE PEYTON
A welcome re-run of
the greatest cartoons
from yachting’s
greatest cartoonist,
who died in 2017.
£14.99 Fernhurst

Shetland’s Open
Boat Days
CHARLIE SIMPSON
First-hand narratives
telling of when
Shetland depended on
open boat fi shermen.
£13.99 Shetland Times

Last Voyages
NICHOLAS GRAY
The stories behind the
fatal last voyages of 11
well-known sailors who
the author met or raced
against.
£9.99 Fernhurst

Crab’s Odyssey
PENNY MINNEY
Young friends sail from
Malta to Istanbul in an
open boat in the 1950s.
Atmospheric memoir of
a more carefree time.
£10.50 Taniwha Press

A New History of Yachting
MIKE BENDER
In the words of Tom Cunli e, who writes
the foreword, this new 440-page
account of our favoured hobby is a
“thumping good read”. Bender takes
the tale from its very stirrings to the
modern day, bringing in all manner of
infl uences from the development of
motorways to changes in technology
and politics. Notably, from 1880
onwards, he avoids a focus on racing
and includes the everyday cruising
yachtsman in a small boat, who
sailed for pleasure. £30 Boydell Press

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The Piper Calls the Tune:
The life and legacy of David Boyd, yacht designer
BY EUAN ROSS
Scotman Boyd started his career working with Wm Fife III and ended
up almost as famous himself, drawing two post-war British America’s
Cup challengers and the much-loved Piper One-Design, which marked
its 50th anniversary last year. Ross’ biography is fi rst rate and his text is
laden with pithy commentary about much besides the Boyd story.
£14.99 Amazon

WELL WORTH A READ


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