Join the author as he journeys across the edge, into a fascinating and often untouched world, where dust storms, blizzards and breaking ocean waves rule.

Book of the Month February 2025. Lightships guided ships of all nations past offshore reefs and sandbanks that posed extreme hazards to navigation where lighthouses could not be built. This book describes their design, construction and evolution over more than two centuries of service.

The Book of the Month April 2025.

Volume 4 of the acclaimed Leith-built Ships series follows Ship Nos 495 to 535 built from 1965 until the eventual closure of the shipyard in 1984 by a government that was hell-bent on destroying British industry and breaking the powerful unions.

NOT YET PUBLISHED. EXPECTED IN FEBRUARY 2025. The Book of the Month February 2025.

10% OFF. This is the established book of annual astro-navigation tables compiled specifically for the needs of boaters.