A History of Sailing in 100 Objects by Barry Pickthall
$39.99 AUD
Category: Sailing & Boats | Reading Level: very good
Did you ever wonder which civilisation first took to water in small craft? Who worked out how to measure distance or plot a course at sea? Or why the humble lemon rose to such prominence in the diets of sailors?Taking one hundred objects that have been pivotal in the development of sailing and sailing b ...Show more
Sail: A Tribute to the World's Greatest Races, Sailors and Their Boats by Timothy Jeffery
$49.99 AUD
Category: Sailing & Boats
Whether it is to test the high seas on around-the-world events in the glory of 49er yachts, to cut through choppy coastal waters on a Lazer racing for Olympic Gold or to set team against team in the great cup challenges, Sail is a celebration of the adventure and skill of one of mankind's oldest sports. ...Show more
Fifty Places to Sail Before You Die: Sailing Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations by Chris Santella
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sailing & Boats | Series: Fifty Places Ser.
Mankind has plied the waves of the ocean since the dawn of recorded time, seeking sustenance, riches and adventure. "Fifty Places To Sail Before You Die" maps out some of the world's great sailing venues, as shared by both champion racers and celebrated adventurers. Venues range from clubby New England ...Show more
The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: A Biography of a Sporting Icon (HB) by Rob Mundle
$49.99 AUD
Category: Sailing & Boats | Reading Level: 6 Sport
The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is the story of one of the world's greatest sporting challenges. In its 75th year, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has become an icon of Australia's summer sport, ranking in public interest with such national events as the Melbourne Cup, the Australian Open tennis and the ...Show more
The Art and Science of Sails by Tom Whidden
$59.99 AUD
Category: Sailing & Boats
This is not your parents' Art and Science of Sails, written by Tom Whidden and Michael Levitt and published in 1990 by St. Martin's Press. The first edition sold more than 20,000 copies. The Second Revised Edition 2016 is published by North Sails Group, LLC and written by the same duo. What a difference ...Show more
Blue Water Classics: Portraits of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race by WILSON / PEARSON
$59.99 AUD
Category: Sailing & Boats
Watched by millions of people around Australia and worldwide every year on Boxing Day, the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is a 628 nautical mile passage into the depths of the southern ocean’s Roaring Forties that pushes sailors, organisers and at times, search and rescue personnel, to the limit of their ment ...Show more
Hell on High Seas by Rob Mundle
$24.99 AUD
Category: Sailing & Boats
'Hell on High Seas' chronicles some of the most remarkable stories of survival and daring that the world's oceans have hosted over the past half century. Bizarre, unbelievable accounts of people who went missing and were given up for dead, only to miraculously reappear, apparition-like, months later. ...Show more
The Complete Sailing Manual by Steve Sleight
$49.99 AUD
Category: Sailing & Boats
The ultimate illustrated guide for sailors is now fully revised and updated. With a foreword by Olympic gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie, and covering the latest developments in sailing and navigation technology, this manual is the undisputed market leader in sailing guides. The Complete Sailing Manual n ...Show more
A Most Beautiful Thing - The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team by Arshay Cooper
$44.99 AUD
Category: Sailing & Boats
Now a documentary narrated by Common, produced by Grant Hill, Dwyane Wade, and 9th Wonder, from filmmaker Mary Mazzio The moving true story of a group of young men growing up on Chicago's West side who form the first all-black high school rowing team in the nation, and in doing so not only transform a s ...Show more
Ragamuffin Man by David Salter
$49.99 AUD
Category: Sailing & Boats
In 1938 a knockabout 11-year-old kid from Marrickville, Sydney, is suddenly confronted by mortality. His mother dies. His father has little time for him and at 14 he leaves school to learn a trade.In 2016 that same boy is a multi-millionaire. He owns - and runs - the Australian Development Corporation, ...Show more
Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum; Geoffrey Wolff
$45.00 AUD
Category: Sailing & Boats
The first illustrated edition of the classic sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum, the first man to circumnavigate the globe alone Sailing Alone Around the World is Joshua Slocum's memoir about sailing alone around the world aboard his sloop, Spray. The book was an immediate success when it was first publi ...Show more