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RYA Passage Planning
- By: Peter Chennell
- Narrated by: Chris R. Wright
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
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No sea voyage, whether long or short, offshore or within sight of land, should go ahead without adequate planning and this audiobook is your perfect companion to help you prepare thoroughly before setting off....
By: Peter Chennell
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A Race Too Far
- By: Chris Eakin
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1968, the Sunday Times organised the Golden Globe race....
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Brilliantly written, brilliantly read
- By Jack of all on 04-10-17
By: Chris Eakin
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Introduction to Sailing
- By: Christian Williams
- Narrated by: Christian Williams
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
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Conceived as an audiobook, this extended personal conversation is an invaluable course in how to get started sailing, what boat to buy and how to pay for it, and the value of forever directing our imagination beyond the horizon ahead....
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A most enjoyable sail.
- By Sarah L Spice on 08-02-24
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The Good Stuff
- Old Man Sailing, Book 1
- By: John Passmore
- Narrated by: Charles Robert Fox
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Here, for the first time, is a complete and chronological account: everything from levitating the dog and navigating by smell to meeting his wife Tamsin through the Lonely Hearts column of Time Out and attempting to run away to sea and raise a family on a 27 foot boat....
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Boring
- By Anonymous User on 17-08-23
By: John Passmore
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A Sailor, a Chicken, an Incredible Voyage
- The Seafaring Adventures of Guirec and Monique
- By: Guirec Soudée
- Narrated by: Trevor Lawless
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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A man and his chicken sail 45,000 nautical miles in this powerful story of following your dreams no matter what stands in your way....
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An epic adventure well told
- By Jonathan T on 04-04-24
By: Guirec Soudée
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Team Spirit
- Life and Leadership on One of the World's Toughest Yacht Races
- By: Brendan Hall, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
- Narrated by: Stephen Pilkington
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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Team Spirit is a gripping account of a race on the edge, and a young skipper's determined journey to victory....
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Fabulous
- By jennifer on 04-02-16
By: Brendan Hall, and others
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RYA Passage Planning
- By: Peter Chennell
- Narrated by: Chris R. Wright
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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No sea voyage, whether long or short, offshore or within sight of land, should go ahead without adequate planning and this audiobook is your perfect companion to help you prepare thoroughly before setting off....
By: Peter Chennell
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A Race Too Far
- By: Chris Eakin
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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In 1968, the Sunday Times organised the Golden Globe race....
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Brilliantly written, brilliantly read
- By Jack of all on 04-10-17
By: Chris Eakin
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Introduction to Sailing
- By: Christian Williams
- Narrated by: Christian Williams
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Conceived as an audiobook, this extended personal conversation is an invaluable course in how to get started sailing, what boat to buy and how to pay for it, and the value of forever directing our imagination beyond the horizon ahead....
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A most enjoyable sail.
- By Sarah L Spice on 08-02-24
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The Good Stuff
- Old Man Sailing, Book 1
- By: John Passmore
- Narrated by: Charles Robert Fox
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
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Here, for the first time, is a complete and chronological account: everything from levitating the dog and navigating by smell to meeting his wife Tamsin through the Lonely Hearts column of Time Out and attempting to run away to sea and raise a family on a 27 foot boat....
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Boring
- By Anonymous User on 17-08-23
By: John Passmore
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A Sailor, a Chicken, an Incredible Voyage
- The Seafaring Adventures of Guirec and Monique
- By: Guirec Soudée
- Narrated by: Trevor Lawless
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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A man and his chicken sail 45,000 nautical miles in this powerful story of following your dreams no matter what stands in your way....
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An epic adventure well told
- By Jonathan T on 04-04-24
By: Guirec Soudée
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Team Spirit
- Life and Leadership on One of the World's Toughest Yacht Races
- By: Brendan Hall, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
- Narrated by: Stephen Pilkington
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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Team Spirit is a gripping account of a race on the edge, and a young skipper's determined journey to victory....
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Fabulous
- By jennifer on 04-02-16
By: Brendan Hall, and others
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RYA International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
- By: Melanie Bartlett
- Narrated by: Chris R. Wright
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
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The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) are vital for maritime safety....
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Very well written
- By Keatek on 16-02-23
By: Melanie Bartlett
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RYA Yachtmaster Handbook
- By: James Stevens
- Narrated by: Chris R. Wright
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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The RYA Yachtmaster examination is the gold-standard qualification for sail and power boaters the world over. This audiobook is the RYA's official and definitive guide to the Coastal and Offshore exams....
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Good as an overview
- By oliver W. on 13-09-21
By: James Stevens
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Attention All Shipping
- A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast
- By: Charlie Connelly
- Narrated by: Charlie Connelly
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
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Yet familiar though the sea areas are by name, few people give much thought to where they are or what they contain. In Attention All Shipping, Charlie Connelly wittily explores the places behind the voice....
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Absolutely Fantastic
- By GC on 01-02-23
By: Charlie Connelly
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The Boy Behind the Gate
- How His Dream of Sailing Around the World Became a Six-Year Odyssey of Adventure, Fear, Discovery and Love
- By: Larry Jacobson
- Narrated by: Larry Jacobson
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
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Larry had dreamed of sailing around the world ever since he first stepped foot into a sailboat at the age of 13. He held onto that dream for 30 years, until one day he realized that "it's now or never". He left his corporate job, trading his comfortable executive life for adventure....
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Spectacular
- By James Gamage on 27-06-19
By: Larry Jacobson
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Breaking Seas
- An Overweight, Middle-Aged Computer Nerd Buys His First Boat, Quits His Job, and Sails Off to Adventure
- By: Glenn Damato
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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Do you have a dream you must pursue, but everyone says it's unrealistic?...
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Just what I needed
- By Mr Thomas Gordon on 08-10-16
By: Glenn Damato
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RYA VHF Handbook
- By: Melanie Bartlett
- Narrated by: Chris R. Wright
- Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
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From the author of the best-selling RYA Navigation Handbook, this audiobook is based on the RYA’s official title to support the RYA VHF Operator's Short Range Certificate examination....
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Very interesting and informative
- By Anonymous User on 04-04-24
By: Melanie Bartlett
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Old Man Sailing
- Some Dreams Take a Lifetime
- By: John Passmore
- Narrated by: Charles Robert Fox
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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When COVID-19 struck the UK, the government advised the over-70s to "shield" while the country went into lockdown. One old man went sailing instead....
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Wonderful and heartwarming
- By Jonathan T on 04-04-24
By: John Passmore
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Sailing, Yachts and Yarns
- By: Tom Cunliffe
- Narrated by: Tom Cunliffe
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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Sailing, Yachts and Yarns is a selection of Tom Cunliffe’s funniest, wisest and most thought-provoking writing from the pages of Yachting Monthly....
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This is a party political broadcast for UKIP...
- By Mr. W. Jones on 24-10-19
By: Tom Cunliffe
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Sailing to the Edge of Time
- The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging
- By: John Kretschmer
- Narrated by: Matthew Kevin Anderson
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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John Kretschmer is sailing’s practical philosopher - as much a doer as a thinker. And that is the overarching theme of this chronicle of a sailing life....
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I suffered my way through and it was worth it
- By Shrek on 04-04-22
By: John Kretschmer
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Attention All Shipping
- By: Charlie Connelly
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
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The solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour....
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Fantastic
- By Bob Skittles on 26-10-20
By: Charlie Connelly
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Sail with Jim
- The Dream
- By: James G Whitelaw
- Narrated by: Calum Bannerman
- Length: 3 hrs
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As a young lad of only 10 years old, Jim Whitelaw is taken sailing with a friend of the family. Jim is totally enthralled, and from that day forward, Jim decides that one day he will buy his own yacht....
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CAPTIVATING STORY
- By Anonymous User on 18-09-21
By: James G Whitelaw
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Cruising in Seraffyn
- By: Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey
- Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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The cruising tale is full of the sights and sounds, the fragrances and native customs of foreign lands, especially Central American and the Caribbean....
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Great audiobook if you love sailing...
- By R LYCETT on 16-06-17
By: Lin Pardey, and others
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The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
- By: Rob Mundle
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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The Sydney to Hobart yacht race is one of the world's major sporting events....
By: Rob Mundle
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Swell
- A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening
- By: Liz Clark
- Narrated by: Liz Clark
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
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Captain Liz Clark spent her youth dreaming of traveling the world by sailboat and surfing remote waves. When she was 22, she met a mentor who helped turn her desire into reality....
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Not Just For Sailors
- By Jase Moorcroft on 28-06-19
By: Liz Clark
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Across Islands and Oceans
- A Journey Alone Around the World By Sail and By Foot
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Spencer King
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
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Across Islands and Oceans is the memoir of 25 year-old James Baldwin....
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one of the best
- By william r on 27-02-19
By: James Baldwin
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Celestial Navigation for the Complete Idiot
- A Simple Explanation
- By: Gene Grossman
- Narrated by: Gene Grossman
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
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This book is groundbreaking not because of what it has, but what it doesn't have: no mathematics problems; no astronomical talk; and no big words you've never heard of....
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Not great
- By Jase Moorcroft on 20-06-19
By: Gene Grossman
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At the Mercy of the Sea
- The True Story of Three Sailors in a Caribbean Hurricane
- By: John Kretschmer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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A "normal" Caribbean hurricane travels from east to west, but Lenny was anything but normal. Spawned south of Cuba in 1999, this late-season storm defied all predictions by moving steadily east toward the Leeward Islands....
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worth a go
- By Amazon Customer on 08-10-23
By: John Kretschmer
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Amazing Sailing Stories
- True Adventures from the High Seas
- By: Dick Durham
- Narrated by: Steve Hodson
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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Tales of adventures on the high seas captivate both sailors and those who stand on the shore and gaze out across the oceans....
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Gripping!
- By Lou on 15-03-12
By: Dick Durham
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RYA Start Sailing
- By: Royal Yachting Association
- Narrated by: Chris R. Wright
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
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RYA Start Sailing is, quite simply, the audiobook you must have if you want to learn to sail....
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clear and simple introduction to sailing
- By Sue Tomkins on 13-01-23
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A Foolish Voyage
- Self-Discovery at Sea
- By: Neil Hawkesford
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
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In A Foolish Voyage, Neil Hawkesford gives us a remarkable tale not just about sailing but about life. We learn what happens at the very limits of physical and mental endurance....
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A great listen and a reminder of sailing happiness
- By B. on 02-03-17
By: Neil Hawkesford
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Brave or Stupid
- By: Tracey Christiansen, Yanne Larsson, Calle Andersson
- Narrated by: Duncan Hood
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
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When you read about someone sailing around the world, it’s usually a dotcom millionaire or a professional adventurer. Brave or Stupid? tells an everyman tale about a middle-aged, seasick electrician with no money who suddenly and for no reason decides to sail around the world....
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From start to finish this is truly inspirational.
- By Amazon Customer on 31-03-24
By: Tracey Christiansen, and others
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Alone Together
- Sailing Solo to Hawaii and Beyond
- By: Christian Williams
- Narrated by: Christian Williams
- Length: 11 hrs
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Alone Together is a complete technical course in offshore sailing technique and yacht preparation, and a philosophical inquiry into what it takes to be truly alive in the 21st century....
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Thank you Christian
- By rhys walters on 01-03-17
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Becoming a Sailor
- A Singlehand Sailing Adventure
- By: Paul Trammell
- Narrated by: Paul Trammell
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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The story is told beginning with the vision and desire to sail on the ocean, through the training and education, buying a boat, gaining experience, and finally embarking on a 1000nm journey to bring the boat home, singlehanded....
By: Paul Trammell
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Sailing for Dummies
- By: J. J. Fetter, Peter Isler, Marly Isler - contributor
- Narrated by: Randye Kaye
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
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Nothing can beat the feel of the warm sun on your back, the gentle wind in your hair, and a swaying deck under your feet. If you long to take to the open water and sail wherever the wind takes you, you'll find everything you need to know in Sailing For Dummies....
By: J. J. Fetter, and others