One of the best yachting books ever written, this is MAurice Griffith's first collection of yarns about the joys and problems of sailing the Thames estuary. The Magic of the Swatchways rejoices in natural romance of the wild and deserted creeks and rivers of the East Coast of England, speaking to those who love to explore in small boats.
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...writing as good as this is seldom seen in the genre; in other words, the best and then some. -- WoodenBoat, November/December 1997
Few sailing books become classics like this one....If anyone has not yet read this charming and evocative book, do so at once. -- Classic Boat, December 1997
It is a book written for the man in the street. It is simply written; yet it is evocative. -- Sailing Inland and Offshore
Few sailing books become classics like this one....If anyone has not yet read this charming and evocative book, do so at once. -- Classic Boat, December 1997
It is a book written for the man in the street. It is simply written; yet it is evocative. -- Sailing Inland and Offshore
About the Author
Maurice Griffiths was best known as a long serving Editor of Yachting Monthly, and as author of this yachting classic. As a writer he had the ability to to write with the sharp eye of the practical sailor and the romantic imagination of a poet able to conjure up equally vividly the atmosphere of a quiet anchorage among the saltings or a blinding blizzard at sea. Maurice Griffiths was also known as a boat designer: over 1000 yachts built to his designs are afloat today all over the world, and he was the author of Swatchways and Little Ships, also published by Adlard Coles Nautical.
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charming account of English coastal sailing in the 20's,
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The Magic of the Swatchways is a collection of stories and annecdotes written by the author during the decade following the first World War. His knowledge of the Thames estuary, the fisheries and the wildlife is extensive and authentic. Griffith's knowledge of the local people and local craft provide the substance for his accounts, yet there is an easy charm and a timelessness to these stories which sets them apart from others of the genre. The book is among the best of the type.
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