Sea Fever: A Seaside Companion: from buoys and bowlines to selkies and setting sail (Paperback)
Meg Clothier (author), Chris Clothier (author)Published: 05/05/2022
'What a fun book! Reading Sea Fever is enticing and intriguing, like watching floating treasure bob past your nose.' Tristan Gooley, author of The Natural Navigator
Can you interpret the shipping forecast? Do you know your flotsam from your jetsam? Or who owns the foreshore? Can you tie a half-hitch - or would you rather splice the mainbrace?
Full of charming illustrations and surprising facts, Sea Fever provides the answers to all these and more. Mixing advice on everything from seasickness to righting a capsized boat with arcane marine lore, recipes, history, dramatic stories of daring-do and guides to the wildlife we share our shores with, even the most experienced ocean-dweller will find something in these pages to surprise and delight.
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781788161626
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 248 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 22 mm
Edition: Main
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What a fun book! Reading Sea Fever is enticing and intriguing, like watching floating treasure bob past your nose. - Tristan Gooley, author of The Natural Navigator
Once you've read it, you'll never feel like a landlubber again. - Carlisle Living
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