The Magic of the Swatchways - Softcover

Griffiths, Maurice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713646861 ISBN 13: 9780713646863

Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical, 1997

Synopsis

Aimed at those who love to explore in small boats, this yachting book looks at the natural romance of the wild and deserted creeks and rivers of the East coast of England.

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Review

'The Griffiths' magic has been reflected in his writing, so that it has touched the lives of innumerable people. It would be hard to guess just how many of them owe the kindling of their first enthusiasm to some chance passage in The Magic of the Swatchways'. J D Sleightholme 'I have always regarded it as one of the best yachting books ever written, fit to rank with Erskine Childers' Riddle of the Sands, among the very few immortals'. Frank Carr 'If anyone has not read this charming and evocative book, do so at once'. Classic Boat

About the Author

Maurice Griffiths was best known as a long serving Editor of Yachting Monthly, and as author of this yachting classic. As a writer he had the ability to to write with the sharp eye of the practical sailor and the romantic imagination of a poet able to conjure up equally vividly the atmosphere of a quiet anchorage among the saltings or a blinding blizzard at sea. Maurice Griffiths was also known as a boat designer: over 1000 yachts built to his designs are afloat today all over the world, and he was the author of Swatchways and Little Ships, also published by Adlard Coles Nautical.

Edition details

• Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713646861
• ISBN 13: 9780713646863
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 235