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Sailing, Yachts & Yarns

Stories from Britain's Leading Sailing Writer

Author:	Tom Cunliffe
Published:	2026
Size:	236 × 158 × 24 mm

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Over 70 sailing essays by Tom Cunliffe

A paperback of short columns from Yachting Monthly, mixing humour, outspoken opinion and practical seamanship lessons. Suited to reading in spare moments aboard or ashore.

Enjoy some of Tom Cunliffe’s most entertaining, outspoken and instructive writing in this compilation of some of the best prose from his regular column in Yachting Monthly, now out in paperback.

Tom’s gift of capturing the magic of sail and finding pearls of practical wisdom in the most unlikely nautical adventures shines through in this miscellany of wit, wisdom and wonder. It will make you laugh and make you think, but most of all, it will make you want to cast off to enjoy the delights of life afloat.

The bite-size essays are perfect for relishing when you have a few moments and want a quick ‘sailing fix’ to entertain, inspire or amaze you.

Within the collection you will explore:

The trials and tribulations of buying a boat
The importance of tradition at sea
A close call with French rocks
How some boats seem to have no luck
How a flying cow sank a fishing boat
And over 70 other entertaining subjects

Settle down with Tom Cunliffe and learn, laugh and long for the sea with his tales of Sailing, Yachts & Yarns.

Praise for Sailing, Yachts & Yarns

'Nobody captures the magic of sail or conveys the lessons of seamanship like Tom. He's one of sailing's great raconteurs.'
- David Glenn, Yachting World

'Each piece has its merits, each is a wonderful mix of entertainment, humour and outspoken wisdom as Tom delves into the endless fund of stories on a huge variety of boating-related subjects. By the book's end I felt I'd got to know the man better. Most certainly he is very, very talented both as a sailor and scribe.'
- Sailing Magazine