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Go Sailing

A colourful cartoon-style guide to sailing small boats. First published in 2005 and now into its third reprint. Designed for 7-12 year olds, but beginner adults are finding it useful too! Contains the basic RYA syllabus with as many jokes and useful tips as I could fit in.

Full colour, 80 pages A4 paperback. Published by the Royal Yachting Association.

£12.99 (including postage)

Go Sailing Activity Book

Companion to RYA Go Sailing, full of puzzles, games and quizzes to keep young sailors busy on shore.

Full colour, 36 pages A4 paperback. Published by the Royal Yachting Association.

£8.99 (including postage)

Go Cruising

This one is for youngsters learning to crew on sail and motor cruisers. Competent crew level with lots of extra bits! Great for cruising families.

Full colour, 112 pages A4 paperback. Published by the Royal Yachting Association.

£8.99 (including postage)

Go Green

This book is for everyone, not just for sailors. It’s all about water – starting with the history of the planet and ending up with the water from your tap. Marine conservation, wildlife, rockpools, crabbing, how to get electricity from water, the weirdest creatures that live in the ocean, and plenty more besides…. writing this book made me think about water and the sea in an entirely new way, and I hope you will too. There is a lovely and very comprehensive review on http://goo.gl/WhBM4

Full colour, 104 pages. Published by the Royal Yachting Association.

£8.99 (including postage)

Go Inland

A youngster’s guide to canal and river boating, including boat handling, locks, safety, canal history, wildlife and things to do.

Full colour, 80 pages A4 paperback. Published by the Royal Yachting Association.

£8.99 (including postage)

Log Book For Children

A cruising log for youngsters with an illustrated guide to navigation. It was first produced in 2004, inspired by my son James when he was 11 to stop him getting bored on long passages and help to feel he was contributing to the chartwork. The book is now in its second edition, expanded and improved with the thumbs up from the cruising experts at the RYA.

Spiral bound, A4 paperback, single colour, 64 pages. Published by Starfish Books.

£12.99 (including postage)

Sketch Book

Whether you sail or whether you don’t, drawing is good for you – it’s relaxing and makes you look at the world afresh, whether you’re good at it or not! If you love the idea of drawing what you see but are not quite sure where to start, this sketch book comes with plenty of helpful instructions for the aspiring artist on front and back cover. Inside are 40 lovely empty pages of nice white paper for you to fill…

Published by Starfish Books.

£6.99 (including postage)

I Love Boats colouring book

A4 colouring book, 16 pages with 8 posters to colour and keep. Not just for children!

£5.99 (including postage)