Jun 22, 2024 | The Armchair Sailor
I recently discovered a book about shipwreck, murder, mutiny and survival – and it’s not a work of fiction! Titled THE WAGER, a tale of SHIPWRECK, MUTINY and MURDER, this is a gripping read, penned by David Grann, bestselling author of the novel and...
Jan 9, 2024 | The Armchair Sailor
While the weather hasn’t been that great for sailing, I thought I’d settle in and re-visit an old favourite (a very old favourite), Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. I discovered this edition in ALDI, late last year. A new cover design, but the same great...
Dec 28, 2023 | The Armchair Sailor
As we sit and watch the Sydney to Hobart fleet battle another difficult journey of over 600 nautical miles, I’ve been reading about another yacht race – the first Golden Globe. A non-stop, single-handed race around the world. A VOYAGE FOR MADMEN, by Peter...
Oct 14, 2021 | The Armchair Sailor
THE UNLIKELY VOYAGE of Jack de CrowA.J. MackinnonBlack Inc books, 2014 This has to be one of my favourite sailing books. I think it’s the combination of the amazing achievement and the beautiful, lyrical prose with which the tale is described. Anyone who has ever...
Sep 30, 2021 | The Armchair Sailor
Erebus, The Story Of A Ship Michael Palin2018, Arrow Books Erebus is not a well-known name or ship, despite achieving amazing feats in exploration. In the early 1840s Erebus was dispatched to discover the south Magnetic Pole and travelled further south than any ship...
Aug 18, 2021 | The Armchair Sailor
My Old Man and The Sea, David and Daniel Hays.Anchor Books, 1996 Not to be confused with The Old Man and The Sea, the classic by Hemingway, this story is a moving recount of a father and son’s journey as they sail around Cape Horn. David Hays, a theatre director from...
