by Pete Goss

Headline, 1998.

the 1996-1997 Vendee Globe single-handed round the world race, and Goss’s heroic rescue of a fellow competitor.

signed by the author.

Marshall, Roger 2
Adlard Coles, 1979

Van Bueren, John Lammerts

Yachting Library, 2000.

with a wealth of colour illustration, a magnificent evocation of this great class of racing yacht, from 1907 to the present day

Wheatley & Reid
Auckland, 1946

by Nick Ward

A & C Black, 2007.

Nick Ward’s harrowing tale of his fight for survival in the 1979 Fastnet race.

the life and obsession of Sir Thomas Lipton

by Laurence Brady

Birlinn, 2007

a fresh look at the life and sailing exploits of Thomas Lipton – a lively, entertaining and hugely informative biography

Coles, K. Adlard
Imray Laurie…., 1939

Dilke, Sir Fisher
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1938

by Morris & Rosenfeld

Harper & Row, 1964.

text by Everett Morris and splendid black & white photos by Morris Rosenfeld; mostly on the 12-metre challenges