An invaluable on-the-water reference to the essentials of the latest racing rules Its splash-proof is tough enough to withstand a cockpit soaking & its spiral binding means it will stay open on a selected page on a chart table. A colour coded index means that you can instantly find what you are looking for. Clear illustrations ease understanding of the new rules that apply from 2013. Every aspect of the race is covered, from starts to sailing the course, propulsion, room at marks, three boat situations, penalty turns, signals, protests & appeals. A proper understanding of the racing rules is crucial to success on the water & there is no better pocket guide to the latest rules. Bryan Willis has been chairman of the jury & chief umpire for some of the most prestigious sailing events in the world, including the America`s Cup & Olympics. He has served on the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Racing Rules Committee for over 25 years. ...

By his eighteenth birthday David Millar was living & racing in France, sleeping in rented rooms, tipped to be the next English-speaking Tour winner. A year later he`d realised the dream & signed a professional contract. He perhaps lived the high life a little too enthusiastically
- he broke his heel in a fall from a roof after too much drink, & before long the pressure to succeed had tipped over into doping. Here, in a full & frank autobiography, David Millar recounts the story from the inside: he doped because `cycling`s drug culture was like white noise`, & because of peer pressure. `I doped for money & glory in order to guarantee the continuation of my status.` Five years on from his arrest, Millar is clean & reflective, & holds nothing back in this account of his dark years.
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Racing with Death
- Douglas Mawson Antarctic Explorer is Beau Riffenburgh’s biography of the little known Australian polar explorer
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Step-by-step training for dinghy sailors who are ready to start racing This book assumes the reader can sail & now wants to race. It aims to take them through their first few seasons of racing, to the point where they can win a club race. This new edition is in full colour &

Includes:: a new detailed section on using the asymmetric spinnaker. Each chapter focuses on one key element of sailing: rules, the wind, tactics, spinnakers, etc. * Practical step-by-step guide to the key elements of racing * Fully illustrated with colour diagrams & photographs to show each step * Takes the skipper & crew through their first couple of season`s racing * A digest of the key elements of racing: rules, tactics, speed etc. * Will help readers to win their first club race

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The discovery of a dead body shatters the tranquillity of a Cotswold village in Ann Granger`s second Campbell & Carter mystery. When old Monty Bickerstaffe finds a dead body in his drawing room it comes as a nasty surprise
- the first of many. Monty lives alone in a crumbling Cotswold manor house & the last thing he wants is the police sniffing around his property. Not that he has anything to hide... The identity of the corpse & how & why it was left in Monty`s home remain a mystery. The locals swear they`ve seen nothing unusual & Monty`s relatives claim they`ve never set eyes on the stiff before. But Inspector Jess Campbell is convinced that someone`s lying &, with the help of Superintendent Ian Carter, she must dig deep into Monty`s family history to reveal the shocking truth...
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Most people know of Arthur Ransome, the author of the classic children`s sailing tale, Swallows & Amazons, & many other books in the same series. But besides his exciting tales of children on the water there is much more to the man. Before he wrote Swallows & Amazons, Ransome was a journalist for the Daily News, based in Russia. He is reputed to have played chess against Lenin & he married Trotsky`s secretary. He cruised extensively in the Baltic in the 1920s on board his beloved Racundra. His account of his first cruise on that boat was his first commercially successful book, Racundra`s First Cruise (also available from Fernhurst Books). The second cruise was spoilt by bad weather, but the third cruise was different
- it was his honeymoon having married Evgenia Shelepina. Ransome clearly intended to publish the account of this cruise, but never finished it. Ransome enthusiast, Brian Hammett, got hold of the unpublished manuscript & found Ransome`s h&-written notes, diaries, logbooks & photographs in the Ransome archive at Leeds University. Brian compiled this book, adding his own notes from his cruises in the same area. The result is a glorious volume which has delighted Ransome enthusiasts, sailors & landlubbers equally. This new paperback edition & e Book will be published on 8th May
- the very day that Ransome & Shelepina got married in 1924 before their honeymoon cruise which is recounted in this book.

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Radan & Sokolovica Mountains at 1:50, 000 on a detailed contoured map from the Belgrade based Geokarta showing waymarked hiking trails, hotels & mountain huts, places of interest, etc. Plus extensive notes in English. The map indicates boundaries of local hunting grounds of Sokolovica, Kocanica & Šumata as well as the protected nature areas. Contours are at 20m intervals with colouring for forests. An overprint highlights hiking trails around Prolom Banja. Symbols indicate locations of hotels, mountain huts, restaurants, various places of interest, etc. All place names are in the Latin alphabet only. The map has no geographical coordinates. On the reverse is extensive text about the region, its fauna & flora, monuments, etc. Map legend & all the text include English. ...

These splashproof cards take the mystery out of using radar on a small boat for navigation & collision avoidance.

A radar screen

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Radcliffe in 1927 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers much of the Lancashire town of Radcliffe. Coverage stretches from Cams Lane eastward to Bury Street & from Cemetery Road southward to James Street. Features include St Thomas church, River Irwell, Sun Mills, Globe Iron Works, Irwell Mill, Crystal Mills, Cawdaw Dye Works, Clough Bleach Works, New Road Mills, Irwell Preserve Works, Wellington Mills, Pioneer Mills, Coronation Park, tramways, the Clifton-Accrington railway with Radcliffe Bridge station, the Manchester-Radcliffe line with Radcliffe New station, Radcliffe West Fork with sidings etc, East Lancashire Paper Mill, Wilton Mill, Crow Oaks Works, Healey Maternity Home, Irwell Bleach & Dye Works, James Street Sidings, Sunny Bank Mill, St Philip`s Mission Church, Allen`s Green, Peel Park Ground, Spider Mill, Scotson Fold, Canal Mill, Holly Bank Mills, Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal, Smyrna Works, etc. Extracts from a contemporary trade directory are on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Radcliffe North in 1908 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map covers a semi-rural area north of Radcliffe. The hamlet of Black Lane, on the western side of the map, is the only significant community, but several transport features provide interest as they cross the map. These include a stretch of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal; a stretch of the Bolton-Bury railway with Black Lane station, & stretches of the Clifton-Accrington & Whitefield-Radcliffe lines. Other features include Withins Mill, Warth Fold with Warth Mills, Healds, Black Lane Mills, tramways, Red Bank Mills, cemetery, Coney Green Colliery. On the reverse is a 1918 commercial directory of Radcliffe, entries A-K. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...