Ships and boats: general interest

Sailing's Strangest Tales

This fascinating collection of entertaining stories from the seven seas reveals unusual and bizarre sailing trips, vessels and characters, and recounts perilous journeys in freak weather and other legendary tales.

my cool houseboat

About 15,000 people live permanently afloat on canals, rivers and coasts in Great Britain alone, but thousands more enjoy holidaying

My Cool – my cool houseboat: an inspirational guide to stylish houseboats (My Cool)

My Cool Houseboat features boats of all shapes and sizes restyled and refurbished for modern life; from canal boats and riverboats to barges and cruisers moored in marinas from Europe, North America and Australia. Not only static residential boats and floating dwellings, houseboats are now holiday homes, bookshops and vintage clothes stores.

The Water Road

The Water Road is the story of a four month circumnavigation by narrowboat of ‘The Grand Cross’, the name given

Sailing Pocket Companion

This attractive, handy pocket book is perfect for both landlubbers and salty sea dogs. This is for everyone who knows

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