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The Quotable Sailor - Softcover

 
9781592283569: The Quotable Sailor

Synopsis

Anyone who loves sailing will find hours of reading pleasure and endless inspiration in The Quotable Sailor. Spanning the centuries from Homer's Odyssey right up to the America's Cup, this collection includes quotations from: William E Buckley, Jr.; Sir Francis Chichester; Joseph Conrad; Henrik Ibsen; Herman Melville; Sir Walter Raleigh; Eugene O'neill; Ted Heath; Farley Mowat; Rachel Carson; Antoine De Saint- Exupery; John F. Kennedy; Hilaire Belloc; Ann Davison; K. Adlard Coles; The Quotable Sailor features some of the finest things ever said about sailing, the sea, boats, the weather, engines, racing, and philosophy. It is the ideal consolation for being ashore-as well as the perfect gift.

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About the Author

Christopher Caswell has been a boating enthusiast and journalist for more than thirty years. He was the senior editor of Yachting magazine for ten years, the editor of Sea magazine for seven years, and writes regularly for the major boating publications. He is the author of five other books, including Smarter Charters, Megayachts 2000, The Illustrated Book of Basic Boating, and Championship Dinghy Sailing.

From the Back Cover

Anyone who loves sailing will find hours of reading pleasure and endless inspiration in The Quotable Sailor. Spanning the centuries from Homer's Odyssey right up to the America's Cup, this collection includes quotations from:

Eugene O'Neill Sir Francis Chichester
Hilaire Belloc Farley Mowat
Henrik Ibsen K. Adlard Coles
Herman Melville Sterling Hayden
Sir Walter Raleigh

The Quotable Sailor features some of the finest things ever said about sailing, the sea, boats, the weather, engines, racing, and philosophy. Whether for a yachtsman, sea salt, riverboat captain, or marine, The Quotable Sailor is the ideal consolation for being ashore - as well as the perfect gift.

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