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PETALS OF MEMORY.By Peter Williams QC. Paperback, 150mm x 230mm, 182 pages, black & white and colour photos.
"Pearls of Memory is a real revelation about a man who is not only one of the world's leading barristers in criminal law but also a giant for humanity - a committed and courageous advocate for human rights and the concept of 'one world' where all peoples, races, religions co-exist in peace and harmony without borders, prejudice and injustice.
Also on display is Peter's passion for the sea, love and romance. Peter does not do anything in half measures and is fearless even when faced with imminent danger - whether it is confronting the French Navy in Mururoa or Frank Bainimarama's thugs in Fiji.
Peter's attitude to life and our friendship is best described by Che Guevara: 'If you tremble indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine'." by Ballu Khan
NZ$25.00 + delivery.
COLLISION.By Joanna Orwin. Paperback, 155mm x 234mm, 303 pages.
In 1772 a disastrous collision in the Southern Ocean saw French expedition leader Monsieur Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, bring the tall ships Marquis de castries, and Mascarin into the Bay of Islands, northern New Zealand, seeking fresh water and new spars.
Through the eyes of Andre Tallec, a young ensign, and his counterpart, Te Kape, favoured protege of local chief Te Kuri, the events of the next two months unfold with harrowing tension and a sense of impending doom.
Blinded by the apparent goodwill of the Naturals and his belief in French superiority, Marion misunderstands their interactions with local Maori. Each day, the French unwittingly transgress further. With gathering frustration, the local chiefs find their mana increasingly compromised and their spiritual wellbeing threatened. Te Kuri and his fellow chiefs try every means at their disposal to encourage these stange tipua from the sea to leave them in peace, until only one course of honourable action remains.
In a superb retelling of a collision of cultures doomed to end in tragedy, Joanna Orwin cleverly interweaves Maori and European perspectives, providing a vivid and compelling tale of loyalty, friendship, bloodshed and revenge from the age of encounter - when European and Polynesian first measured each other face to face.
NZ$37.00 + delivery.
LIGHTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION AND ILLUMINATION..By Thomas Stevenson. Paperback, 127mm x 202mm, 380 pages, monochrome drawings and illustrations.
This is an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher in 1880. It is an absolutely amazing book.The following is from the preface;
"In the following pages I have done my best to give a condensed statement, 1st of the facts and principles which regulate the design and construction of Lighthouse Towers in exposed situations; and 2nd of the practical application of optics to coast illumination. The history of the introduction of the optical agents, and their combinations to meet different requirements, have, so far as consistent with a clear exposition and division of the subject, been arranged in the chronological order of their publication, or of their employment in lighthouses.
Though there are many excellent publications on special branches of this very important application of optical science, yet a systematic treatment of the whole subject, brought up to the present date, seems to be necessary. This will appear from the fact that so may new optical agents and modes of dealing with the light have been invented since the introduction of the admirable dioptric system of Fresnel, which consisted of only four agents, and three forms of apparatus in which these agents were combined.
All the later improvements have been fully described and illustrated, so as to enable the engineer to select from the different designs, such plans as will best suit the special peculiarities of any line of coast whcih he may be called on to illuminate.
Edinburgh, December 1880"
NZ$55.00 + delivery.
TRHEE WAYS TO CAPSIZE A BOAT..By Chris Stewart. Paperback, 128mm x 197mm, 191 pages, monochrome photos.
If you're wondering what Chris Stewart did before he moved to El Valero, the Spanish farm immortalised in Driving Over Lemons, here's one of the answers. He took to the sea, landing a post as yacht skipper, sailing a Cornish Crabber around the Greek islands. It was his dream job - but there was just one tiny problem. He hadn't ever sailed before and had not the foggiest how to start.
In a series of madcap and hilarious adventures, we follow Chris from a shaky start in Littlehampton harbour to his epic Odyssey to Spetses (a bucket would have been handy), and then on to the journey of a lifetime - battening down the hatches on a trip across the North Atlantic.
Three Ways to Capsize A Boat is travel writing at its most enjoyable, crackling with Chris' zest for life, irresistable humour, and unerring lack of foresight. Dry land never looked more welcoming.
NZ$30.00 + delivery.
SUNK WITHOUT TRACE..By Paul Gelder. Paperback, 128mm x 198mm, 246 pages.
By the same author as the bestselling Total Loss, this new collection of terrifying and compelling accounts of yachts lost at sea contains invaluable life-saving lessons for sailors in peril.
Paul Gelder, editor of Yachting Monthly magazine, has compiled 30 gripping first-hand accounts of shipwreck and sinking caused by severe storms, navigational blunders, collision, gear failure, fire and crew exhaustion.
Sunk Without Trace chronicles accidents from the extraordinary to the everyday. There are fires, explosions, a hurricane, deadly encounters with coral reefs, capsizes and encounters with UFOs.
There are some truly remarkable accounts here - and some amazing demonstrations of courage, initiative and dogged determination, as well as thought-provoking lessons from which we can all learn.
NZ$25.00 + delivery.
OVERBOARD!.By Michael J. Tougias. Hardback, 157mm x 236mm, 212 pages.
In May 2005, Tom Tighe, captain of a forty-five-foot-long sailboat named the Almeisan, and his first mate, Loch Reidy, welcomed three new crewmembers for a five-day voyage from Connecticut across the blue waters of the Gulf Stream to sun-drenched Bermuda. The new crew included 46-year-old Kathy Gilchrist, 70-year-old Ron Burd, and 34-year old Chris Ferrer. Although Tighe had made the trip 48 times, with Reidy accompanying him on twenty of those voyages, the rest of the crew had joined to learn more about offshore sailing.
Four days into the voyage, an enormous storm struck, sweeping two of the crew into the towering sea. The remaining crewmembers managed to stay aboard the vessel as it was slowly torn apart by the rampaging ocean. Overboard! follows the simultaneous desperate struggles of both those still on the boat and those fighting for their lives in the sea.
The Coast Guard, alerted to the Almeisan distress, rushed to the storm-tossed scene. Their ensuing search and rescue mission proved so spectacularly difficult and dangerous that it was later selected - from among thousands of insidents - as the Guard's search and rescue case of the year. Highly trained helicopter pilots and rescue swimmers alike found themselves in almost as much trouble as those trapped by the ferocious ocean.
By turns tragic, thrilling, and deeply inspiring, this book is a riveting, fast-paced story of death and survival at sea - amazing, unforgettable, and all true.
NZ$45.00 + delivery.
TEN DEGREES OF RECKONING..By Hester Rumberg. Paperback, 153mm x 230mm, 235 pages, includes colour photographs.
In November 1995, a shocking incident in the Pacific Ocean made headlines around the world. An unidentified freighter had struck a yacht and sailed on, abandoning those on board - a family with two young children - to their fate.
Judith Sleavin, the mother, was the sole survivor, washed up on a remote New Zealand beach. For her the ordeal had only just begun. Bereft of her loved ones and severely injured, she must somehow rebuild her life and bring those responsible for the tragedy to account.
Twelve years later, Judy turned to her best friend, Hester Rumberg, to write the Sleavin's story in the hope that other lives might be saved. Ten Degrees of Reckoning is the profoundly powerful and inspirational true story of a family's love, an extraordinary woman and her courage to survive.
NZ$37.00 + delivery.
THE PANDORA SURVEY.By Brian Byrne. Pbk, 195mm x 294mm, 304 pages, full colour and black & white illustrations and drawings.
The 1848-1856 Great Survey of New Zealand, carried out in two phases, unquestionably answered one of the most pressing and vital needs of a fledgling colony; namely, a comprehensive hydrographic survey of its coastline, estuaries, and rivers.
The story of the initial phase of that monumental undertaking was told some twenty-nine years ago in The Cruise of the Acheron; however, a full account of the second phase: its completion by Byron Drury in HMS Pandora, between 1851-1856, has remained unrecorded. To rectify this oversight, this book provides a detailed history of the Pandora Survey, together with its findings and the careers of her officers; in addition, it explores the origins of the Great Survey and looks into selected aspects of the Acheron Survey of 1848-1851.
With the Survey having taken place during the golden age of British hydrography, both the colonial and imperial viewpoints are considered in order to place it within the context of the global vision of Sir Francis Beaufort, the hydrographer of the Navy, who held that surveys were a great duty which all maritime nations owed to the interest of navigation.
The Pandora and Acheron Surveys, together with their harvest of charts which are still held in the highest esteem by hydrographers, cartographers and mariners, form a major part of New Zealand's early hydrographic and cartographic history; and in thier time they played a significant role in the successful settlement of Europeans in New Zealand and its subsequent economic development.
NZ$125.00 + delivery.
THE NEW ZEALAND BOOK OF THE BEACH 2.Edited by Graeme lay. Paperback, 150mm x 230mm, 220 pages.
In this second collection of fiction inspired by the beach and the sea, another selection of New Zealand’s best-known authors combine with newer talents to continue a celebration of the powerful role the beach plays in our lives, literature and relationships. Contributors include David Hill, Kevin Ireland, Maurice Shadbolt, Fay Weldon, and many others.
Was NZ$35.00 + delivery.
Now NZ$20.00 + delivery.
A WORLD OF MY OWNBy Robin Knox-Johnson. Pbk, 137mm x 216mm, 244 pages.
On Friday 14 June 1968 Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almost unnoticed out of Falmouth harbour with a solitary figure at her helm; the modest, likeable, 29-year old merchant navy officer, Robin Knox-Johnston. Ten and a half months later Suhaili, paintwork peeling and rust streaked, her once white sails weathered and brown, sailed triumphantly back to Falmouth to a fantastic reception for the laughing young Englishman who had become the first man to sail round the world non-stop single-handed.
It was an incredible adventure, and every temptation to abandon the voyage came Robin's way; his water tanks were polluted, a storm put his radio out of action, his self-steering gear disintegrated, his main boom collapsed, his tiller sheered off, but he refused to give up.
A World of My Own is Robin Knox-Johnston's enthralling and inspiring account of one of the greatest sea adventures of our time.
NZ$33.00 + delivery.
A SEA VAGABOND'S WORLDByBernard Moitessier. Pbk, 150mm x 235mm, 216 pages.
"I would like now to write a practical book that will cover three topics: boats, the sea, and the beachcombing life." These were the thoughts of Bernard Moitessier after he finished writing his last book, Tamata and the Alliance, while in Polynesia.
The Great Master died in 1994 and never completed the book, but here it is, meticulously collected from his many writings, published and unpublished, by his companion Veronique Lerebours Pigeonniere. Moitessier's notebooks include all the know-how and the 1001 tips of this legendary sailor, the knowledge he acquired on the water, in meeting with other sailors, during long passages, and during his many years living on various islands. This simple how-to volume explains why the sea never changes despite the incredible progress of technology. The first part of the book details how to prepare for an extensive cruise, what kind of boat to choose, the rigging, the sails, the anchors, on deck, below deck. The second part describes the passage: the weather, navigation, watch-keeping, and heavy weather. In the third part, Moitessier takes us to the South Sea Islands and shows how to adapt to living on an atoll, gardening, fishing, and attaining self-sufficiency.
NZ$45.00 + delivery.
CAPE HORN The Logical RouteBy Bernard Moitessier. Pbk, 140mm x 215mm, 251pages, monochrome drawings.
Ship wrecked and destitute Bernard Moitessier find himself in Trinidad going through options to get himself to sea, then a phone call changed his situation in a way he never thought possible, fortune shone on him again. After accepting a passage back to Europe on a freighter he started from scratch and once again got the boat he wanted. Built of steel and a sea-kindly hull Joshua took Bernard and his wife to Tahiti where life was as it should be.
The time comes when one has to take another tack and so to get back to Europe, Cape Horn was The Logical Route. Francoise his wife was not an experienced sailor and the journey was not easy but Joshua looked after them.
Bernard Moitessier writes with a great sense of philosophy, never dramtic, always calm and accepting of the conditions Moitessier writes a very readable book. This book also has a chapter Designer's Notes which has a lot of discussion on the seaworthiness of that particular design, worth reading if you are looking at a specific cruising design.
NZ$45.00 + delivery.
THE LAST TIME AROUND CAPE HORN.By William F. Stark. Paperback, 130mm x 204mm, 231 pages.
Ordinary Seaman William F. Stark's memorable tale of adventure recounts the last leg of the Grian Race, and the barque Parmir's rounding of fearsome Cape Horn - the storm-tossed tip of South America and the veritable Mount Everest of sailing. Her crew of thirty-four sailors experienced the shipboard life of the seventeen century - in 1949 - on a four-masted vessel that carried hundreds of acres of sail. In 128 days the Pamir journeyed 16,000 miles from Australia to England on decks awash with huge swells, as Stark scrambled up ice-coated rigging to manhandle sails on masts twenty stories high. William Stark's epitaph is a thrilling book that climaxes the storied era begun by Cape Horn merchants sailors more than three centuries ago.
NZ$35.00 + delivery.
SAILING TO THE REEFS.By Bernard Moitessier. Paperback, 138mm x 215mm, 295 pages.
Perhaps the title of this book should have been "Sailing on the Reefs" - for that is exactly what he did, almost unbelievably, twice. After finding his beloved Marie-Therese, a beautiful junk in the Gulf of Siam, he set off across the Indian Ocean for Africa and eventually the Caribbean. Eighty days or so into the trip, Moitessier and Marie-Therese found themselves on the reef at Diego Garcia.
After building Marie-Therese II from scratch in Mauritius with no boat plans or power tools and in just nine months, Moitessier headed for South Africa. His observations during a stay of almost two years are as interesting as the people he met and the innovative boat improvements he came up with. But he and Marie-Therese II managed to end up on the rocks near St. Vincent in the caribbean.
In between these two heartbreaking disasters is a tale of courage, resourcefulness, and creativity. it is told with refreshing honesty, in which Moitessier, still really an apprentice sailor, admits his blunders. And it is told with marvelous humour.
NZ$45.00 + delivery.
THE DELIVERY OF THE OCEAN'S REWARD.By Gray Eatwell. Paperback, 148mm x 210mm, 95 pages.
This is a true story of how an odd mixture of seven men, of whom only two had ever met before joined forces in airports around the globe and moulded together to form the crew to steam a 27 meter fishing trawler from Skagen in Denmark to the other side of the world, Nelson, New Zealand.
Based on the rigors of daily events this story is a combination of light hearted and serious views of the trials and tribulations of the different personalities exposed within and around the group, throughout 83 long days living in each other's pockets. And the other events that effected them. It was cold for a time, it was stinking hot too, but they depended on each other to safely navigate the two major oceans on earth, the Atlantic and the Pacific. They crossed the North and Caribbean seas. Covering 12,300 nautical miles (at a bit over 9 knots), they passed through the busy English Channel and the Panama Canal. There were fuel stops at Punta Delgarda in the Portuguese, Azores Island Group, Cristobal Panama and Papetee in Tahiti.
Finally, these intrepid sailors reached the familiar territory of Cook Strait and passed through French pass into Tasman Bay, then across to Nelson Haven.
Home at last.
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Now NZ$2.00 + delivery.
OVER THE TOP (The First Lone Yachtsman to Sail Vertically Around the World)By Adrian Flanagan. Hardback, 160mm x 240mm, 402 pages, colour photographs.
In 1975, when Adrian Flanagan was fifteen, he read Sir Francis Chichester’s account of his record-breaking circumnavigation and a dream began to form. Thirty years later, on 28 October 2005, Adrian set sail from the south coast of England on his quest to voyage vertically round the earth by the most difficult route imaginable, via Cape Horn and the ice-bound waters of the Russian Arctic.
Over the Top is the inspirational story of an epic voyage, a life-changing adventure and a dream fulfilled.
NZ$65.00 + delivery.
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