Three Sheets in the Wind : A witty take on sailing from the legendary cartoonist

Three Sheets in the Wind brings together a glorious collection of Thelwell's sailing cartoons.

Arriving on a summer weekend at any stretch of water without one's own craft behind the car or swaying proudly at its moorings is like attending a dance with a broken leg – not to mention the damage to one's social status. This is a humorous manual of instruction for sailors anywhere.

About the Author

Norman Thelwell was born in Cheshire, educated at Rock Ferry High School, Birkenhead, and always carried a pencil and a sketchbook. He sold his first drawings – of chickens – at the age of fifteen, and left school a year later to become a junior clerk in a Liverpool office. Thelwell served in the East Yorkshire Regiment, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers from 1941, before studying at Liverpool College of Art and later lecturing on design and illustration at Wolverhampton College of Art. He contributed more than 1,600 cartoons to Punch magazine and worked as political cartoonist for the News Chronicle, then at the Sunday Express and Tatler.

He was particularly well-known for his cartoons on fishing, sailing, motoring and English country life and was one of the founder members of the British Cartoonists' Association.

Praise for Three Sheets in the Wind

'Allison & Busby has reissued four of Thelwell's gems. Get them for the country pursuit lover in your life and stockpile them by the downstairs loo'
– Country & Town House Magazine

'These quirky cartoon books [offer] a trip down memory lane for Thelwell's long-established fans and a breath of fresh air for a new generation of outdoor pursuit lovers'
– Lancashire Evening Post

'Welcome reissues of [Thelwell's] work... with sage advice on safety at sea or humorous interpretation of the Beaufort Scale... these little books will raise a wry smile'
– The Good Book Guide

'Fans of Norman Thelwell's barrel-shaped hairy ponies rejoice: publisher Allison & Busby is reissuing four tongue-in-cheek guides to rural life from the cartoonist's archive'
– Country Life Magazine