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PEYTON - The World’s Greatest Yachting Cartoonist
By Dick Durham. Hardback, 160mm x 240mm, 168 pages, full colour.
Compared to most transport, a sailing boat, when it starts going out of control, does so gracefully, inexorably and SLOWLY. Fellow sailors surrounding you have time to become spectators and to watch with gleeful expectation. It is this public humiliation that mortifies us when we make a cock-up afloat. Suddenly we’ve gone from being masters of the wind and tide to being enslaved by those elements. And yet most people can laugh at themselves once they’ve realised their predicament is universal. Mike Peyton’s strength is showing people exactly this: that they are not alone. This is the story of his life.
NZ$50.00 + Delivery
DO WHALES GET THE BENDS?By Tony Rice. Paperback, 157mm x 234mm, 165 pages, black and white illustrations.
This book reveals the fasinating answers to these and over 100 other questions about the sea - the life within it, the vessels on it, the forces surrounding it, and our relationship with it.
Inspired by questions raised during the authors time as a cruise ship guest lecturer, this fascinating compendium is perfect for dipping in and out of. Light-hearted, entertaining and highly accessible, the bite-size explanations and helpful maps and diagrams will indulge your natural curiosity about everything to do with the sea. The perfect armchair read!
NZ$30.00 + Delivery
FOUL BOTTOMS.By John Quirk. Paperback, 157mm x 234mm, 96 pages, colour illustrations.
Boats are like women. Falling in love with one can be the time of your life - but also just as dangerous. In this witty collection of watery escapades and faux pas, John Quirk dwells on the highs and lows of building and sailing boats of all descriptions, whether on inland waters or off the west coast of Africa. Sure to bring a wry smile to any boater's lips, it's the perfect bunkside or bedside read for boatowners and would-be owners alike.
NZ$30.00 + Delivery
THE MINIMUM BOAT.By Sam LLewellyn. Paperback, 138mm x 216mm, 89 pages, colour illustrations.
In this collection of humorous, tongue-in-cheek diatribes on subjects as diverse as anchoring, fishing, alcohol and marine sanitation, Sam Llewellyn joyfully turns the clock back to a time of simple pleasures on the water. Shunning in-mast furling systems, passionately against the replacement of shrimping nets with walk-in freezers and perplexed by sailors who spend more time fixing the hot water system than getting their hands on the tiller, Sam Llewellyn seeks to realign seafaring priorities that have become bizarre.
Drawn from the hugely popular column in Practical Boat Owner and illustrated with cartoons by the inimitable Mike Peyton, these sage and loony meditations will appeal to anyone who has ever baulked at fixing the head, but believes that there is nothing, simply nothing, half so much worth doing as messing about in boats.
NZ$27.00 + Delivery
OUT OF OUR DEPTHBy Mike Peyton. Pbk, 158mm x 234mm, 96 pages, monochrome drawings.
Mike Peyton is Britain's best loved nautical cartoonist - and a sailor himself. For years he has made his mark, contributing witty and poignantly funny cartoons to the yachting and boating press all over the world, poking fun at seafarers of all types and capturing in his distinctive cartoon style their often eccentric and idiosyncratic ways.
From shore-based faux pas to on-water mishaps, racing misjudgements and sheer incompetent boat handling, Mike Peyton captures every red-faced moment for the smug entertainment of all armchair or active sailors.Out of Our Depths is a wonderful collection of Mike Peyton's cartoons, which will be welcomed by his many fans.
NZ$33.00 + Delivery
HEAVE HO The Little (Green) Book of SeasicknessPublished by Adlard Coles Nautical. Hbk, 94mm x 122mm, 93 pages, monochrome drawings.
The horrible phenomenon of seasickness has been intriguing doctors, philosophers, writers and politicians for centuries, and this delightfully macabre little volume treats you to the best and most ridiculous of their theories. Most likeley to suffer are females, Americans and those with 'flaccid abdomens'; failsafe remedies include opium, hymn singing and non-stop quaffing of champagne. These hilarious, yet genuine ponderings are guaranteed to entertain the suffering and immune alike.
NZ$15.00 + Delivery
THE TROUBLE WITH OLD BOATSBy Adrian Morgan. Pbk, 138mm x 212mm, 90 pages, monochrome drawings.
Drawn form the best of Adrian Morgan's entertaining columns in Classic Boat, in which he explores the very particular world of wooden boats and the joys of building, sailing and working on them, this bunkside collection will resonate with classic boat enthusiasts everywhere.
The following quote is from Dan Houston, the editor of "Classic Boat": 'Adrian's writing style is terse and pithy, he has a nose for the incongruous, and a sharp and curious eye for what is both absurd and well-found in the world of classic boats and boatbuilding'.
NZ$27.00 + Delivery
WORSE THINGS HAPPEN AT SEA.By Jake Kavanagh. Pbk, 130mm x 200mm, 114 pages, monochrome drawings.
This book is the long awaited follow up to Jake Kavanagh’s hugely popular Ups and downs of a Lock-keeper.
This time turning his humorous eye on the scrapes people get into when let loose on open water, Jake has us chuckling, blushing and recognising ourselves or fellow crew coming unstuck. He highlights the maritime mayhem with his witty pen and captures it so admirably with his hilarious illustrations.
A great read for the armchair sailor – but you may decide that the armchair is the safest place to stay!
NZ$25.00 + delivery.
ON THE NOSE.By Bob Cooper. Paperback, 148mm x 210mm, 113 pages, colour illustrations.
In the spring of 2004, Bon Cooper and his wife Liz set off in their 35' yacht "Yanina of Bosham" to see how far round the world they could get without sinking, starving or pushing each other overboard. Yanina hasn't sunk, they haven't run out of food yet, anf fortunately both Bob and Liz are very good swimmers. For anyone who wants to explore the Mediterranean on their own boat, and who needs a seriously reliable, thoroughly accurate, technically challenging and totally unbiased guide to cruising the Med, this book is almost entirely useless.
But for cheap laughs it's unbeatable.
NZ$38.00 + delivery.
EVER WONDER WHY WE DOT IT?By Mike Peyton. Paperback, 156mm x 235mm, 90 pages, monochrome and colour illustrations.
Ever wonder why you'are out there in the cold and damp, miles away from civilisation?
Ever wonder why you invest far too much of your income in sailing paraphernalia?
Ever wonder why despite all this, you spend hours daydreaming about getting back to it all!
Mike Peyton is Britain's best loved nautical cartoonist - and a sailor himself. For years he has made his mark, contributing witty and poignantly funny cartoons to the yachting and boating press, poking fun at seafarers of all types and capturing in his distinctive cartoon style their often eccentric and idiosyncratic ways. Join him as he shivers on deck, labours over his engine, annoys his wife, scares a Hungarian and brews a lot of tea.
NZ$33.00 + delivery.
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF A LOCKKEEPERBy Jake Kavanagh. Paperback, 131mm x 198mm, 103 pages, black and white cartoons and illustrations.
This is a lighthearted look at the lockkeeper's job, be it a rural lock on the canals, or an ultra-modern affair at a huge marina.
Narrowboaters, motorcruisers, yachtsmen, rowers and canoeists alike will relate to the scrpes people get into in locks - all of which will be embarrasingly familiar to flustered lock users of all ages. In The Ups and Downs of a Lockkeeper the horrors unfold as we are hilariously reminded of the akward occasions we would rather not remember.
NZ$28.00 + delivery.
SAILING POCKET COMPANION.By Mike Kendall. Paperback, 93mm x 144mm, 146 pages, black and white cartoons and illustrations.
This attractive, handy pocket book is perfect for both landlubbers and salty sea dogs. This is for everyone who knows their starboard from their stinkpot, and their Raggie from their stern - or who wants to find out. Anyone who has ever set foot in a sailing vessel and come back for more will enjoy this humorous and original book. From the serious (how waggling wings can save lives) to the informative (how to pee at sea) to the indispensable (how to make the perfect Sea Breeze) to the enlightening (the truth about Captain Pugwash), 'The Sailing Pocket Companion' takes the reader through a mass of notes, quotes, facts and stats.
But this book doesn’t just contain fascinating snippets of information, it also offers extracts from the finest writing about sailing over the centuries. Jonah in the Bible snuggles up to Darwin, whilst Hemingway shares space with Dickens.
NZ$15.00 + delivery.
FLOATING ASSETS.By Mike Peyton. Softback, 150mm x 230mm, 90 pages, colour illustrations.
Following on from his successful Ever Wonder Why We Do It? this is a wonderful and unique collection of Mike Peyton’s light-hearted and amusing recollections of time spent messing about in his own many and varied boats – some of them seaworthy, and illustrated in his unique cartoon style.
Mike Peyton’s cartoons have been published in sailing magazines all over the world and in 17 books.
NZ$33.00 + delivery.
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