 The publication tells an interesting story of the family voyage undertaken by Caspar and Nichola years ago. They sailed around the world and took their children on board! Of course, most of the people would consider this family crazy, however now, after more than a decade, they are happy to recall every single moment of their voyage. It had taken them more than five years to carefully plan the intended voyage, as there were so many things to deal with.
All their efforts eventually resulted in two years of brilliantly spent time, sometimes scary and difficult, but magical. It definitely was a great experience for the family. The story told by the author is a story of a great adventure, but there is something even more important than that – in this book he shares his inspiration, he makes reader believe than it is possible and it is not something that can only be done by others, and everyone can do that, turning their dreams into reality.
People planning their voyage with kids will find lots of useful and practical information in this volume, and, moreover, the will feel inspired and motivated – this is also very important for success of any intended voyage. Note that there are many valuable resources provided in the appendix.
 Absolutely uncomplicated and really reader-friendly, this title is a great one for those engaged in the RYA Day Skipper course. It shall definitely be treated as the top major reference source since it provides readers with the good insights and updates on the very latest developments and also covers both theoretical part of the course and all necessary practical areas.
The information and explanations provided in the pages of this volume, supplemented with the numerous data diagrams and images, will be of great practical use if you are on your way to obtaining the RYA certificate. Moreover, it is a great training and reference tool for the yachters planning their passages, owing to the amount of the information it gives not only on the navigation and pilotage, but also addressing the boatwork in general.
The safety equipment is paid due attention and dealt with in a separate section, same equally applies to the collision prevention at sea, and other aspects. It will also be good when used to refresh the knowledge of what one has studies some time ago to make sure that the knowledge can be put into practice again. The readers say that this is a must-read one before the course so you are encouraged to go through all its chapters attentively.
 This perfectly handy and practical reference source is a real treasure for all owners of the powerboats and sailing boats who are in need of the compact and informative how-to guide covering the important aspects of both inland and coastal cruising. Written by a team of the sailing professionals, who also released the famous Good Boatkeeping, the title will tell you about virtually all situations that you can get in during your voyage.
Just read the book attentively and you may consider yourself ready to start. Among the topics covered by the authors there are reading the nautical charts and understanding them, making a plot of your course, knowing how to anchor and dock your craft in the safest possible way, how to negotiate traffic and communicate with the shore as well as with the other boats around, etc. the due attention was given to the hazards one can encounter, and how to avoid them.
Apart from the theoretical part, there are so many practical tips and hints, and we dare say that they made it much easier to get the answers to the most important questions that the beginner boat sailors traditionally have. In short, this is definitely one of the more accessible and practically useful guides of all those available today for the boaters.
 For any lover of sea and sailing there can be nothing better and more pleasant on a nice and sunny summer day to sit watching the sailing boats passing by. This always creates a sort of enthusiasm in such people, making them feel engaged and even willing to undertake a voyage on a sailboat.
The author of this volume adopted a perfectly understandable and detailed step-by-step approach to presenting the material in order to make same easier to follow by the readers. Go through the contents of the publication carefully and you will get to know everything you need to know about the essential principles of sailing, and note that the material covers all types and sizes of boats.
Virtually all important aspects of boat sailing have been addressed including the rigging and mooring the boat, how to launch you boat, how to handle the spinnaker. Some necessary information about the buoyage system has been provided. The narrative part is richly supplemented with the data diagrams all prepared by the well experienced master, and they are presented in such a simple manner that understanding will not be a problem for any boater. We do recommend this title to all boat sailors not matter where the future voyages are planned to take place.
 The content of this brilliant publication by John Terry is intended to reveal to the readers how a boat will react to the different conditions of the water and wind and, moreover, why the boat will do so. The author will make the readers understand why and how this knowledge will benefit the crew of the boat.
As such, the book will be useful not only for the newcomers but also for the professional sailors as there is always something new to learn or just to refresh the knowledge. It is possible to maximize the performance of any craft and the abilities of any seaman grasping the details of the interactions between the boat, including her sails arrangements and the hull, and the natural forces.
The present volume will explain and show how this interaction takes place, and will recommend the particular sailing techniques for each case. The author applied the new approach to presenting the material, and supplemented it with the numerous step-by-step images illustrating the process; moreover, the volume features rare and interesting photos and selected artwork. According to the readers’ reviews, the sailing essentials have never been explained in such an intelligent and accessible manner.
 This book by Steve Henkel a very thorough and excellent collection of information on a huge number of small-size boats. You will hardly find such a collection anywhere else. Another advantage of the present publication is the format allowing to easily compare different boats.
For the first time, the author has managed to perform a comparative survey of about ninety-five percent of the small fiberglass sailboats (the sizes covered are less than 26 feet) and create the perfect handbook and definitive gallery of such boats constructed in the last forty-five years. Every single boat design is provided with technical specifications, detailed plans and author's commentaries.
We would definitely consider this book the ideal reference for all small-sized boats. It will also be useful for those who plan to purchase the first or next small cruising boat. The author's experience and remarkable background in the field of mono-hull boats have found their reflection in his book. Such experience allowed author to arrange the information in a very clear vary allowing comparisons, as stated above; he also explains some confusions in terminology. That all is why the book is so popular among the sailors.
 This is one of the best titles of sailing written by one of the best authors - the recognized and respected expert Tom Cunliffe. The author made an excellent attempt to explain in detail the technical characteristics of the classing sailing craft. He shares his professional sailing experience with the readers, trying to transmit the necessary skills they would use for handling their sailboats to ensure that they do sail safely.
The readers will get to know how the heavy loads should be handled, with the application of the tackles not limited to the winches. In addition to that, they will catch all the mysteries of making the yacht or boat making for you and not trying to fight with the onboard equipment and gear.
The instructions contained in the volume are detailed, informative and easy to follow – most of them are presented in a step-by-step format, so all you need to do is to read carefully and follow, and you will eventually become a sort of expert in handling sails, maneuvering your boat, steering and all other things needed for not only safe but also enjoyable sailing. Numerous drawings and images supplement the text. Do not waste a minute and start reading right now to get the best of it.
 Well, the title by Nigel Calder, who is also the author of the Instant Handbook of Boat Handling, Navigation, and Seamanship, is quite self-explanatory. This small yet very useful publication was released with the final intention to be used by people as a quick reference source - it is, in fact, the on-board guide to the basic symbols and notations that are used on the various nautical charts.
We all know that the nautical charts contain a huge amount of useful information but it is very important to know how to decipher them, otherwise the charts are next to useless pieces of paper. In order for the chart to get bewildering, a key is to be found to its symbology. This nice and helpful booklet was prepared by Nigel Calder, who is one of the most respected boating authors of today, and he did his best to help readers make sense the very complex system of graphic elements and signs used on the nautical charts.
We would definitely recommend this publication for practical use because it is so compact yet very rich with useful information. At the same time, it will be very good for people who are not intending to go to the sea and use it right now, but rather need some simple and small book to get familiarized with the nautical signs and graphs in order to be able to use the nautical charts when they are finally on board the vessel.
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