Henry Irving's long established guide to the nooks and crannies of this fascinating corner of the North Sea is now in its 6th edition and is published in full colour. Coverage of the flat coasts of Norfolk, Lincolnshire and the Humber. Regarded as the essential companion for yachts visiting the drying harbours and creeks in this area.
Successor to Henry Irving's long-established guide to the nooks and crannies of this fascinating corner of the east coast of England, this new title has extended coverage under the authorship of retired harbourmaster and local cruising sailor Peter Harvey. Some choose to bypass this beautiful section of coast and its extraordinary natural habitats, but this cruising guide gives inspiration to anyone who wishes to explore the many shallow creeks and deeper historic harbours of Norfolk, Lincolnshire and the Humber. With thoroughly updated text and plans and new photographs throughout, The Wash and Humber remains an essential companion to this interesting and rewarding section of our coastline.
An anthology of 45 first-hand accounts of those who have survived the loss of a yacht at sea. The stories are grouped by principle causes of loss and each is followed by an analysis of the lessons to be learned.
In the early hours of a Saturday morning in October part of a living human being is found outside a Dublin hospital. It is little more than a torso, just the trunk and head of a man, without arms or legs or external genitalia. Surgical intervention has deprived him of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and most touch.The torso, maintained on life-support equipment, is identified as Harry Tate, an armed robber released four months earlier from Barton High Security Prison in East Anglia. The case goes to Inspector Joe O’Brien, a specialist in sex crimes, who was investigating a murder at the prison. He returns to Barton, an institution rife with corruption, bullying and drugs. He is led into the glamorous world of Essex money. Soon another torso is found, in the same state, also a former inmate of Barton, this time in Italy. A name keeps cropping up, Gloria, a young girl who was involved with both victims, but who has disappeared. The investigation leads O’Brien down a strange and disturbing road. And at the end of the road is a place even more shocking than he could have imagined.
'What Jimmy Cornell doesn't know about cruising isn't worth knowing' - Yachting World One of the most influential cruising yachtsmen writing today, Jimmy Cornell has sailed over 200,000 miles on all the oceans of the world, including three circumnavigations and voyages to the Arctic and Antarctic. His successful guide to sailing around the world, World Cruising Routes, has helped many aspirational voyagers turn their dreams into reality and follow in his footsteps. Here in its extensively revised edition is its partner, covering all the land-based essentials for cruisers. This substantial handbook profiles every cruising destination in the world, with information on cruising attractions, history, culture, climate(including average monthly temperatures and rainfall, plus tropical storm seasons), local laws, regulations and formalities, facilities available, plus public holidays and events, emergency telephone numbers, and much more. Everything the cruiser needs to know about. Lavishly illustrated throughout, it is not only a must-have onboard reference work for long distance sailors, but will undoubtedly inspire the adventurous to sail where they have never sailed before.
With support from the Inland Waterways Association, Friends of the River Nene and others, and drawing on his longstanding connection with the river, Roger Green has thoroughly revised and updated this popular guide. A new design includes thorough navigation notes alongside more detailed maps of the canal and river, showing the main features of the navigation. Helpful tables indicate mileages and likely timings between locks to help with passage planning and also provide further information on all the moorings, facilities and services, many of which have been much improved in recent years. Other features of interest such as canoe launch access and portage points are also shown. Details of facilities, walking and cycling routes and local history add useful information. Photographs help to highlight points of interest along the way and confirm this guide to be the essential companion for anyone planning to navigate the river, whether by boat, canoe, bicycle or on foot.
