Classic Boat — November 2017

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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