Photographs illustrate these sailing anecdotes which relate the author’s amusing, incongruous and occasionally hazardous voyages with the eponymous yacht skipper, as well as other voyages with friends and as a watch leader with the Ocean Youth Trust.
Enjoy Kipper’s reluctance to embrace modern technology, the steps he’ll take to avoid bureaucracy, and how he charms his way out of trouble after the destruction of a yacht club pontoon.
The crews have problems too: blocked heads, amorous wildlife, and getting a forty foot steel-hulled, fin keel yacht up a tiny, shallow, muddy creek in time to reach the pub before last orders. But they also learn valuable lessons including how to teach sailing without the use of hands, and the secret of passing the RYA Yachtmaster Examination in record time.
A great read for sailing and yachting buffs.
Enjoy Kipper’s reluctance to embrace modern technology, the steps he’ll take to avoid bureaucracy, and how he charms his way out of trouble after the destruction of a yacht club pontoon.
The crews have problems too: blocked heads, amorous wildlife, and getting a forty foot steel-hulled, fin keel yacht up a tiny, shallow, muddy creek in time to reach the pub before last orders. But they also learn valuable lessons including how to teach sailing without the use of hands, and the secret of passing the RYA Yachtmaster Examination in record time.
A great read for sailing and yachting buffs.
