Sailing Just for Fun by A C Stock

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Stock, A.C. (2002) Sailing just for fun: High Adventure on a Small budget, Minerva Press

Originally published in 1998, this book strangely doesn't really cover what the title suggests. Instead, the reader is given a lifetime's experience and practical tips from A C Stock in his sailing exploits around the East Coast - not all fun at all. There are plenty of tips as he takes you along on his travels, but this book will mainly be of interest to East Coast sailors, especially around the Thames estuary - with detailed accounts of that region. A step back in time in many ways, with references to sailing before all the new fangled 'necessities' came in such as a depth sounder or chartplotter. Some very useful insights into working the tides, passage making through shoal waters and how to dry out/live at anchor.