This latest edition has been revised by Captain Cormac MacSweeney. Captain MacSweeney was very keen to keep close to the original style of William A.McLeod’s The Boatswain’s Manual when first published, and later maintained in the revisions of Captain A.G.W.Miller.

Of all the sea trades engaged in by man from the times of the Phoenicians right down to the present day, that of the opium traffic into China was one of the most risky and adventurous.

A history of the Sailing ships would be far from complete without some account of the trade to the West Coast of South America.

Through the reading of over six hundred journals of surgeons employed in the convict ships to Australia, Charles Bateson has been able to add much additional detail to his authoritative and fascinating story of this little-known field of maritime history.

The glamorous Arctic whaling and the amazing life of the whale hunters in their fight to wrest a fortune from the pitiless Northern sea and treacherous ice flow made the quarterdeck of a whaler the acme of their ambition to the boys of Hull, Whitby and Dundee, of Peterhead and Aberdeen.

In addition to Compass Adjusters, the book will be of invaluable assistance to Lecturers and Teachers, Candidates for Certificates of Competency as Extra Master and Master and others interested in the subject. It is the standard work and is also used in the Examination Rooms.

New edition 2010

Standard Steering and Gyro. Size, 267 X 216mm. 40 leaves.

The Brown Son and Ferguson 'Clutha' logbook for Chief Officers allows the recording of one day's work per page and this edition comprises of 90 pages to fit 3 months work.

The Brown Son and Ferguson 'Sannox' log book is designed for use by Chief Engineers of disel and electric auxiliaries, 9-cylinders, No 120.

This should help mariners in their studies to become masters on the vessels they serve upon, and once masters will also assist them in making the business decisions masters are so often called upon to make. The purpose of this book is to inform mariners about the law.

The required knowledge of the rule of the road at sea can only be acquired by careful study and observation and this book has been prepared to provide a means to this end.