title: The Golden Pastime: A New History of Yachting (A Nautical Quarterly Book)
author:  John Rousmaniere 
description: Rousmaniere, a popular American sailing author and historian, has given us a truly beautiful book on the history of yachting. Even though some portions of the book's nine essays previously appeared in the Nautical Quarterly , the book is logically laid out and fits together quite well. The sections cover the "formative years," 1660-1851; the "gaudy years," 1851-1914; and the "amateur years," 1914-1983. There's plenty of historical background on luminaries such as George Crowinshield, J. P. Morgan, and Olin and Rod Stevens, and good coverage of the America's Cup races. Outstanding illustrations, along with oversized, neatly laid out pages of text, make this book special. Well written and thoroughly researched, it is recommended for larger boating collections. John Kenny, San Francisco P.L.<br />Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: A Cornishman Goes Cruising
  By George Williams
   
  
   
  Table of Contents
  Table of Contents
  A Cornishman Goes Cruising
  My Love of the Sea
  Holidays
  The Caravan Option
  Choosing Our Special Holiday
  Preparation and Anticipation
  Thursday 17th August - Time to go
  The Final Waiting
  At Last
  First Impressions of ‘MV Oriana’
  Lifeboat Drill
  Sailaway
  Our First Evening on Board
  The First Day at Sea
  Day Two Saturday 19th August
  Lisbon
  Days at Sea
  Santorini - Wednesday 23rd August
  Evenings on board
  Kusadesi - Thursday 24th August
  Istanbul - Friday 25th August
  Evening in Istanbul
  Second Day in Istanbul
  The Evening Entertainment
  Mytilene - Sunday 27th August
  
  Athens - Monday 28th August
  Feeling at home
  Gibraltar - Thursday 31st August
  Friday 1st September – Going Home
  Saturday 2nd September - The Final Day
  Sunday 3rd September – Southampton
  Back to Normal
  Coming up to date
  Other Books by the Author
  
  A Cornishman Goes Cruising
  As the band rounded off the last few notes of “We Are Sailing”, there
  was already 