Chapman Boating Etiquette
Have you ever heard the machine-gun rat-a-tat of halyards slapping masts? I have, quite...
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Category: Reviews
The Empirical Battery Test
When they were new, the four Rayovac 6-volt golf-cart (GC2) batteries on Phantom, our Pearson 365...
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John Rae, Arctic Explorer: The Unfinished Autobiography
Orkney-born John Rae (1813-1893) acquired many of his survival skills and his toughness...
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All the Oceans: Designing by the seat of my pants, a memoir
Anybody who lived through, and was part of, the extraordinary growth in offshore racing in the...
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Erebus: One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time
Most of us know Michael Palin from his days with Monty Python’s Flying Circus, but he has...
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