Cruising Under Sail

Poor, poor people listening on the podcast will be like, "Audio.

Sort the audio out." From the preface to the first edition, "Cruising under sail is one of the finest sports.

Those who take part in it pit their knowledge and skill not against a human opponent for kudos or gain, but against the sea in all its moods.

Their ventures, therefore, receive little or no publicity, and that is as they would wish, for they know that only those who love and respect the sea as they do can appreciate their reasons for cruising.

Poor people listening on the podcast will be like, audio, sort the audio out.

From the preface to the first edition, cruising under sail is one of the finest sports.

Those who take part in it pit their knowledge and skill not against a human opponent for kudos or gain, but against the sea in all its moods.

Their ventures, therefore, receive little or no publicity, and that is as they would wish, for they know that only those who love and respect the sea as they do can appreciate their reasons for cruising." The spice that a suggestion of danger lends to it, the satisfaction of working the winds and tides to the best advantage, the confidence which is acquired when a good landfall is made after a rough passage or a difficult piece of pilotage has been successfully carried out, the feeling of achievement when a strange coast or harbour has been reached under sail and the never-ending fascination of handling and looking after a seaworthy yacht and her gear.