In the wake of heroes : sailing's greatest stories /: sailing's greatest stories. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Introduced by Tom Cunliffe.
• Other Names: Cunliffe, Tom 1947- writer of introduction.
• Contents: Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; CLASIC YACHTING; PAID HAND; A DAY'S RACING INTHE SOLENT; FITTING OUT; STORM IN THE AT LANTIC; THE OLD BRITANNIA; A ROUGH RIDE INTHE DOVER STRAIT; A RACING BET; EMERGENCY; STRANDED!; DIRE STRAITS ALOFT; DESPERATE DRIVING; HIGH LAT ITUDES; TRICKY NAVIGAT ION; ICE ALL ROUND; ICEBOUND OF FRANZJOSEPH LAND; AGROUND INTHE HIGH ARCTIC; ON THE ROCKS; THE LAST UNKNOWN; LONG-DISTAN CECRUISING ANDRACING; GHOSTS IN THE NIGHT; SINGING THROUGHTHE STORM; AN IMPROMPTUOCEAN RACE; A GIRL IN EACH HULL; STOWAWAY; RIPPED OF IN THE RED SEA DRAMA AND FARCE IN THE FAR PACIFICSMALL CRAFT; THE TRUE TESTOF FRIENDSHIP; ON THE MUD; THE UNFORGETA BLE RACE; BILGED BY THE LAUNCH; VOYAGESUNDER DURES; TEMPEST TOSED; ON THE RUN; ATHEISM RENOUNCED; WOMEN WRITERS; LIFE ON THE WILD SIDEAT 70° NORTH; A CHILD OF THE SEA; CLUELES CRUISING IN ADIFFERENT WORLD; DOWNWIND DRAMA; WORKING BOATS; TWO GENTLEMEN YACHTSMEN TAKE A SURPRISING HOLIDAY; EXODUS; STRET CREDIBILITY; AN UNWELCOME RESCUE; SHOAL WATER; THE FIRST FISHER OF PORTUGAL; Picture credits; Acknowledgements
• Publisher Details: London : Adlard Coles Nautical Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 823/.010832162; Maritime history; Sailing -- Fiction; Sea stories; FICTION / General; Sailing; Sea stories; Adventure; Sports & Recreation -- Sailing; Sailing; Electronic books; Fiction
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472917034; 1472917030; 9781472917027; 1472917022
• Related ISBNs: 9781472917010
• Notes: Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.