Sailing

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie.

The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated. But who was the real James Cook? This Yorkshire farm boy would go on to become the foremost mariner, scientist, navigator and...

The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect...

A rich, complex, and engaging account of Cook's voyages across the Pacific, from actor and raconteur Sam Neill....

Developed by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a valuable tool when preparing for your boating safety license and certification exam....

Take the voyage of a lifetime...for a lifetime....

Despite dealing with family dynamics that can be one tent short of a circus, the future looks bright for Tyler Marsh and Georgie DiNamico. Deeply in love, the two are also deeply committed to the success of the DiNamico-Phipps Company of DynaTech, a leading marine engineering firm....

Eliza Grayling, born in Sydney when the colony itself was still an infant, has lived there all her 32 years....

Faced with an empty nest, stagnant jobs, and an economy in freefall, Kim Brown Seely and her husband decided to embark on a grand adventure....

For thousands of years, we have set out sailing for all kinds of reasons - for battle, for infinite wealth, for the excitement of exploring the unknown....

In the late 18th century, it was widely thought that to be a sailor was little better than to be a slave....

Dear Diary...Bess, George, and I are actually in Alaska! Everywhere you look, there are massive mountains and sparkling, deep-blue waters....

In 1983, Gerry Clark set out from New Zealand in his wooden yacht to circumnavigate Antarctica in a quest for new information about seabirds. In this graphic account, he describes his adventures in some of the remotest, wildest, and most spectacularly beautiful parts of the world....

For more than twenty years, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks has proven himself one of the modern masters of fantasy, winning the hearts and minds of devoted readers around the world with his classic Shannara epic. When a half-drowned elf is found floating in the seas of the Blue...

To anyone interested in small-boat cruising and voyaging, the names Lin and Larry Pardey need no introduction....

My name is Bird Howsley, and I'm a beautiful disaster. Okay, "beautiful" is probably being generous. But the "disaster" part is right.

Veteran sailor Christian Williams invites us along on a 5,000-mile voyage of discovery around the North Pacific. Funny, erudite, and at times deeply personal, Philosophy of Sailing explores who we are and how encounters with the unknown can be a path to revelation and joy....

The book is many things: a history, travelogue, a social documentary and an adventure story....

Drake was the most famous sailor of the Elizabethan era, and he has long been considered a hero by the English. His successes against the Spanish were legendary....

With her commission in her coat and a well-found deck beneath her feet, Catherine Cook, granddaughter of the great explorer, prepares to set sail. With her new frigate and her master and commander’s warrant, Kate is ready to begin her career in the Royal Navy....