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  • ILCA Book

    ILCA sailing from start to finish

    Series Book 1 - Start to Finish
    The single manufacturer one-design (SMOD) Laser, launched just over 50 years ago, has now been renamed the ILCA and moved to multiple licensed builders. To reflect this change, the leading book on Laser sailing since 1979, The Laser Book, has now changed its name to The ILCA Book and moved from a single to multiple authors. In this latest edition, ILCA guru and multiple champion Jon Emmett has ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Racing: A Beginner's Guide

    Become a Successful Competitive Sailor (For All Classes of Boat)

    This book will give a flying start to your competitive sailing career. Whatever class of boat you sail and whatever your experience, these principles will ensure you are at the front of the fleet and better prepared than the opposition. The book is illustrated with stunning step-by-step photographs, and common racing pitfalls are highlighted. Starting with the basics of choosing which boat to race ... Read more

    $13.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sailing for Kids

    Sailing for Kids is aimed at children aged 8-15 who are taking their first steps into the fantastic world of sailing. Packed full of colour photographs and diagrams, this straightforward and easy-to-understand guide is the perfect introduction to the sport. It is based on the Optimist dinghy, which is the most popular children's sailing dinghy worldwide, and endorsed by the UK Optimist Class ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mirror Book

    Mirror Sailing from Start to Finish

    Series Book 2 - Start to Finish
    The Mirror dinghy was a significant factor in the boom of dinghy sailing in the 1960s, introducing thousands to the delights of sailing. While sailing has come a long way since then and there have been a lot of far more exotic craft launched, the Mirror remains a fantastic boat in which to learn to sail and to compete at the highest levels. With this second edition, The Mirror Book has been bought ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Knot Know-How

    How To Tie the Right Knot For Every Job

    This beautiful full-colour book covers knots, splices and whippings. It begins with the ten knots everyone should know. The other knots are grouped by use so that if, for example, you want to make a loop you have eight knots to choose from. Each stage of each knot is illustrated and its uses, strong points and weak points are highlighted. ... Read more

    $8.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sailor's Bluffing Bible

    Make your mark in the sailing world

    by Tim Davison ...
    For a modest man, Tim Davison has done quite well for himself in the sailing world. He has won National and European championships from the 1970s to 2020s, has skippered his yacht from the Baltic to the Mediterranean and has written over 20 books on sailing. Maintaining that sailing is too important to be taken seriously, he has used the bluffing skills described in this book to help propel his ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The New Crew's Pocketbook

    A pocket guide for newcomers to cruising: from your first sail to becoming a key crew member

    by Tim Davison ...
    Series Book 2 - Nautical Pocketbooks
    Going aboard a sailing yacht for the first time is an exciting experience, but it can be a bit daunting. It introduces you to many unknowns: terra firma is left behind, the boat is propelled by something you can't see (the wind), there are ropes everywhere and a whole new vocabulary opens up! Your skipper will brief you on the key things you need to know, but this book is a great opportunity to ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Navigation & Voyage Planning Companions

    Navigation, Nautical Calculation & Passage Planning Companions

    Series Book 21 - Practical Companions
    Fernhurst Books' compact, handy guides to navigating at sea, nautical calculations and passage planning bundled together in e-book form for the first time. The perfect quick reference guides to keep on your phone or tablet, easily accessible when you are on board. They contain all the essential information for when you need it most about navigating and passage planning. The Navigation Companion ... Read more

    $10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Proper Golfing Handbook

    The complete guide to transforming your game

    The Proper Golfing Handbook uses words, photos and videos to explain all the key skills. The idea is to understand the theory first, then see it in action. This is a book that can be taken with you onto the golf course in your golf bag for when your game needs that instant fix. If you are a complete beginner the early chapters give a firm base on which to build your game: grip, stance, set-up and ... Read more

    $18.69 USD

  • Tuning to Win

    Series Book 3 - Sail to Win
    For most sailors, boat tuning may seem a mystery understood only by sailmakers and the like. In this book, sailor, chandler and championship winner, Ian Pinnell, unravels this daunting subject and will help improve your boatspeed as a result. Since most races are won or lost by a difference of less than 2% of racing time, you will soon be moving up the fleet. With hundreds of photos and diagrams ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Skipper's Cockpit Racing Guide

    For dinghies, keelboats and yachts

    by Tim Davison ...
    The Skipper's Cockpit Racing Guide is an at-a-glance reference for dinghy and yacht racers, covering everything they need to know to improve their performance – and win. From those in their first year of racing to old hands wondering why they're not winning, this guide covers an enormous amount of detail in a simple, easy to follow format.Topics are broken down into photo sequences, boxes, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Skipper vs Crew / Crew vs Skipper

    by Tim Davison ...
    Skippers and crew have very different agenda, and nowhere does it become more evident than in their secret innermost - but not very often expressed - thoughts about the other.This brilliantly original humour giftbook has two beginnings. Opened one way it sends up skippers (from the crew's point of view). Flipped over and opened the other way it sends up crew instead (from the skipper's perspective ... Read more

    $11.49 USD