The Minimum Boat

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Llewellyn, Sam
Paperback
9781408199992
Adlrad Coles Nautical
2010
96
1
L8
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Review Date: 
19/05/2010

Price: £8.99 Book Review Cover

If you are one of Practical Boat Owner’s regular 200,000 readers, you may well be familiar with Sam Llewellyn’s boat ‘Daisy’, an elderly Cornish Shrimper.  This is the tongue-in-cheek world of Mudd Harbour, where the concept of ‘the minimum boat’ means the smaller the boat the bigger the fun and the aim is to get a bit more out of sailing for a bit less effort and equipment.  Getting ready for sea, cruising, practical matters and gracious seafaring are all covered in a series of short anecdotes. These include characters such as Barry with his Baywatch 37(metres not feet), and Torquil, the Latin teacher, whose 50ft Nicholson is crewed by St Donut’s Form 4b.From fitting-out, plumbing, buckets, and self-steering, to flag etiquette, language and shouting, the cruising sailor’s world is humorously examined with gentle jibes all round.

Illustrated in colour throughout by the cartoonist Michael Peyton, this amusing book will appeal to anyone who hankers after a simpler way of sailing.

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