Seamanship 2.0

Living up to their promise, the authors deliver vital information on the core skills of seamanship in an easy-to-read manner, making this book a good corrective to digital dependency… Novices will find it invaluable, but even skilled veterans will pick up helpful (and potentially lifesaving) hints. * Nautilus Telegraph *Everything is clearly explained. Many of the illustrations are worth a thousand words, and every scenario gets you thinking about how you’d cope with it on your boat. Highly recommend. * Practical Boat Owner *This excellent book covers the full range of possible emergencies at sea with brief text and clear instructions. * Practical Boat Owner *The authors appear to have a common-sense approach, with plenty of coloured sketches in hand-drawn style to supplement the text. * CA *Highly recommended… Ollie Landsell’s lively and abundant illustrations are as stimulating as the text itself and frequently memorable. – Julia Jones * Yachting Monthly *This book covers all the basics, with handy fact boxes to highlight especially important information. The authors have lent a modern, real-world approach to the subject matter, and the wonderful illustrations bring it to life. * Noonsite *

Mike Westin has been a boating journalist since 1997, and was Editor-in-Chief of two Swedish boating magazines between 2003-2015. He’s been a lifeboat cox’n for ten years with the Swedish Lifeboat Institution, and a fast craft navigation trainer for other skippers.