Moscow Sailing Library

Team Brunel in the Volvo Ocean Race, by Oswald Schwirtz & Stefan Coppers

Есть куда рости!

New book from Boot Dusseldorf 2018.

Kleine Klassiker (German) Hardcover
by Lasse Johannsen (2017)

Wilfried Erdmann hatte eine. Christian Irrgang ein anderes. Und das dritte ist über einen Konstruktionswettbewerb der YACHT zum wahren Bestseller geworden. Die Rede ist von den kleinen Klassikern. Den schmucken Schiffchen, die, einst aus Holz gefertigt, aufgrund ihrer großen Beliebtheit auch heute noch gebaut werden – wenngleich eher aus Kunststoff. Die Evergreens, die beinahe jeder Segler mal gesegelt hat, die schönste Erinnerungen an die große Freiheit auf dem Wasser und die unmittelbare Nähe dazu wecken.
Natürlich gibt es einen Unterschied zwischen einer kleinen offenen Glitsch-Jolle, einem robusten, geklinkerten Folkeboot, dem allseits beliebten Jollenkreuzer oder einem schlanken, eleganten Mälar. Was diese Boote aber eint, ist ihre charmante Schönheit. Sie sind eher klein, erschwinglich und haben eine dauerhafte, treue Fangemeinde.

Gebundene Ausgabe: 144 Seiten
Verlag: Delius Klasing; Auflage: 1. Auflage (16. Oktober 2017)
Sprache: Deutsch
ISBN-10: 3667110723
ISBN-13: 978-3667110725
Größe und/oder Gewicht: 25 x 2,8 x 30,7 cm

Happy New Year to all sailing yacht enthusiast. My first find of this year, on the shelf in the Berlin bookstore! Ahoy!

Segelyachten damals und heute
by Franco Giorgetti

The wind blows the sails, the spray splashes over the boat walls, the sun glitters on the bridge and the bow glides silently through the waves. Yachting, unforgettable experience and adventure at the same time, because the boat in conjunction with the often unpredictable element of water must prove itself. The reader experiences Yachting in its perfection with this picture book in a class of its own. From the competition of the royal yachts in London around 1600 to the technological sophistication of the Americas Cup of the present, the development of this fascinating sport is documented.

Paperback
Publisher: White Star Verlag
Language: German
ISBN-10: 3867260400
ISBN-13: 978-3867260404

A World of My Own: The first ever non-stop solo round the world voyage – March 5, 2008
by Robin Knox-Johnston

On Friday 14 June 1968 Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almost
unnoticed out of Falmouth harbour steered by the solitary figure at her
helm, Robin Knox-Johnston. Ten and a half months later Suhaili,
paintwork peeling and rust streaked, her once white sails weathered and
brown, her self-steering gone, her tiller arm jury rigged to the rudder
head, came romping joyously back to Falmouth to a fantastic reception
for Robin, who had become the first man to sail round the world
non-stop single-handed.

By every standard it was an incredible adventure, perhaps the last
great uncomputerised journey left to man. Every hazard, every
temptation to abandon the astounding voyage came Robin's way, from
polluted water tanks, smashed cabin top and collapsed boom to lost
self-steering gear and sheered off tiller, and all before the tiny
ketch had fought her way to Cape Horn, the point of no return, the
fearsome test of any seaman's nerve and determination.

A World of My Own is Robin's gripping, uninhibited, moving
account of one of the greatest sea adventures of our time. An instant
bestseller, it is now reissued for a new generation of readers to be
enthralled and inspired.

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Adlard Coles (March 5, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0713668997
ISBN-13: 978-0713668995
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 20.4 x 214.1 inches

The sailboat classes of North America;: Two hundred racers, cruisers, and catamarans in stories and pictures – 1963
by Fessenden Seaver Blanchard

Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (1963)
Language: English
ASIN: B0007E0WC0
Package Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.1 x 1.2 inches

Race France to France: Leave Antarctica to Starboard: An American in the Vendée Globe, Racing Solo, Non-Stop, Around the World – September 7, 2012
by Rich Wilson

“The Vendée Globe is even a greater challenge than climbing Mt. Everest.” …Sen. John Kerry, in U.S. Senate Tribute to Rich Wilson “The Vendée Globe is a race that is almost beyond belief.” …Gary Jobson, ESPN Commentator In 2008-9, Rich Wilson became only the second American to finish the Vendée Globe, deemed the “most grueling and dangerous prolonged competition on the planet.” (Garry Emmons, HBS Bulletin, 2009) The senior skipper at age 58, and a severe asthmatic, Wilson finished 9th of 11 finishers of 30 starters, racing 29,000 miles over 121 days in his 60’ boat Great American III. He endured broken ribs, a bloody facial gash, a climb up the mast on his run to Cape Horn, sleep deprivation, exhaustion and fear, while ten gales battered his trusty GA3 on her 4th race around the world. Wilson’s tenacity, perseverance, determination and skill inspire and motivate: that we can all do more than we think. Written intensely, engagingly, and humbly, Wilson’s book brings you onto his boat in the heat and doldrums of the tropics, in the gales and cold of the south, to see the beauty of the flying fish, albatross and southern stars, and to feel his fear, fatigue and emotions in the unending stress of a global ocean race. Life lessons abound: the camaraderie among competitors (the defending champion sacrificing his own race to rescue a fellow skipper); a French boy on the dock declaring “the important thing is to participate”; and the attitude of the engaged French public saying simply “if you finish this race, you’re a winner.” A lifelong educator, Wilson also achieved a primary goal of his race: to excite and engage K12 students about science, geography, and math in the real world, via a program published online, and for 15 weeks by Newspaper in Education departments in 50 US Newspapers, including 25 in our Missouri heartland, a thousand miles from ocean in any direction. Reaching 7 million readers weekly, and 200,000 students, Wilson and a Team of Experts (doctors, professors, merchant mariners, artists and authors) wrote essays for students and answered their questions. Within this human story of adventure, challenge and perseverance, there is something for everyone: sailors, adventurers, seniors, asthmatics, K12, and France lovers. All will be engaged by Wilson’s remarkable story. “Haven’t put your book down since receiving my copy this morning! What a thrilling story! Your drive and passion to overcome all obstacles, including chronic severe asthma, is an inspiration to everyone struggling with breathing difficulties. Let’s go 2016!” …Bill McLin, CEO, Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America "Reading RACE FRANCE TO FRANCE put me through the vicarious terror and exhilaration of your voyage. I applaud your efforts both in sailing the course and writing the book. A hearty 'Bravo!' and 'Bien fait!'“ ...Dava Sobel, author, Longitude

Paperback: 334 pages
Publisher: sitesALIVE! (September 7, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0615666566
ISBN-13: 978-0615666563
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches

Alfred Mylne The Leading Yacht Designer: Volume 1 1896-1920 – June 15, 2015
by Ian Nicolson

Beautiful boats last a long time, but ugly ones die young. That is one reason why there are so many Alfred Mylne designed yachts still sailing, even though some of them are well over 100 years old. It was in 1896 that Alfred Mylne, at the age of twenty-four, set up his yacht design office in Glasgow and the company is now one of the oldest British yacht design firms still in existence. Boat design features which are widely believed to be quite new are found in early Mylne designs and between 1896 and 1920 Mylne designed several beautiful, race-winning yachts. Alfred Mylne yachts still turn heads today, even in San Tropez or Antigua. In this book, Ian Nicolson uses original plans from the archives of Alfred Mylne to demonstrate the beauty of the earliest Mylne yacht designs and to tell the story of Alfred Mylne the man.

Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Amberley Publishing (June 15, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1445646331
ISBN-13: 978-1445646336
Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 0.6 x 6.6 inches

Nautical Style: Yacht Interiors and Design – January 1, 2002
by Simon McBride ), David Glenn

Hardcover: 216 pages
Publisher: Scriptum Editions (January 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1902686101
ISBN-13: 978-1902686103
Package Dimensions: 10.3 x 9.6 x 0.9 inches

J/Boats: Sailing to Success – November 10, 2005
by Anthony Dalton

In 1975 Rod Johnstone finally decided to build the boat he'd been planning since completing design correspondence school 10 years earlier. Thirty years later, the J/24, the boat based on that first garage-built vessel is the most popular recreational offshore keelboat in the world. The story of J/Boats' success, as inspiring as it is unlikely, unfolds for the first time in this illustrated history, which tells how Rod and his brother Bob turned one homebuilt boat and a $20,000 investment into the company that dominates the performance-oriented sailboat market today.

Hardcover: 156 pages
Publisher: Voyageur Press; First edition (November 10, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0760321701
ISBN-13: 978-0760321706
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 0.5 x 12.2 inches

Wooden Boat. WoodenBoat. The Magazine for Wooden Boat Owners, Builders, and Designers. January February 1995. Number 122. Sailing the Schooner BRILLIANT; Catamaran Designer james Wharram; Build a Simple Plywood Garvey; Boats of the Yangtze River. Single Issue Magazine – 1995
by WOODENBOAT MAGAZINE.

Kialoa US-1 Dare to Win: In Business In Sailing In Life – September 15, 2012
by Jim Kilroy

Jim Kilroy’s long awaited autobiography is the no-hold-barred, behind the scenes story of commerce and competition; of what it takes to succeed; of adventure and glory on the high seas. Kilroy’s ocean racing yachts, all name Kialoa, amassed a record of victories that remains unrivalled in the highest levels of Grand Prix racing. In this lavishly illustrated full-color book he shares his secrets and his tale.

Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Seapoint Books and Music (September 15, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0983062250
ISBN-13: 978-0983062257
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 1.4 x 11.2 inches