SEA FEVER: A Seaside Companion

Sub-titled 'From Buoys and Bowlines to Selkies and Setting Sail'. Can you interpret the shipping forecast? Do you know your flotsam from your jetsam? Or who owns the foreshore? Can you tie a half-hitch or would you rather splice the mainbrace? We are an island nation, surrounded on all sides by waters which provide us with everything from food to fun. But when it comes to really understanding the ins and outs, we sometimes find ourselves, well, less than shipshape. Batten down the hatches and learn how to right a capsized boat, gut a fish or escape from quicksand, or simply allow yourself to drift through maritime myth and legend, shuddering at krakens, swooning over selkies and revelling in the wheel's kick and the wind's song. Mixing advice on everything from seasickness to righting a capsized boat with arcane marine lore, the mysteries of riptides, weather and its myths, sea fever, sea shanties, saints and sandcastles, the Gulf of Corryvreckan, sea level rise,tidal islands, smuggler stories, selkie-spottings, recipes, history, dramatic stories of daring-do and guides to the wildlife we share our shores. Ahoy There! Reel in your copy of this year's best beach read. Full of charming illustrations, 306 page paperback.