The Yachting Year 2018

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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

Exposed: the

dark side of the

America’s Cup

ALAN SEFTON AND

LARRY KEATING

Some of the great

scandals of the event.

£20 Adlard Coles

The Complete

Yachtmaster 9th

edition

TOM CUNLIFFE

Learn from the best! If

you like it real, CunliŽ e

is your man.

£25 Adlard Coles

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

The Laser Book

TIM DAVISON

The sixth edition of the

fi nal word on how to

get the best out of the

most fun boat ever

designed.

£16.99 Fernhurst Books

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

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’ personal account is fi rst rate and his

text is laden with pithy commentary about much besides the Boyd story.

WELL WORTH A READ

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