Below is a list of books/pamphlets currently in the collection.
All are available to see/ borrow - please email Carol Alway.
MOUNTS BAY LUGGER ASSOCIATION LIBRARY CATALOGUE
Fiction, documentary, and similar:
Greenwood, Paul – All Aboard a Cornish Lugger - 2 copies
Weston, David – Red Admiral – a voyage round Cornwall pub 2007
Skippers Log for yacht Malindi 1989/90 Chichester to Alderney & Deauville
Knots:
Boy Scouts book of knots. Pub. J. Brown 1918
Budworth,G. - Complete books of Knots 1997
Pawson D. - Handbook of Knots 1998
Coffee table, Art and Design, History:
Tall ships in Art – Clippers Packets and Men O' War paintings 2005 Bounty Books
Classic Yacht Interiors 1982
National Historic Ships – 2007/8 annual report
Burton R- Sailing – the great races. Fwd by Chay Blyth
Sail and Steam 1840 to 1935
Sobel, Dava – Longitude (story of Harrison's discovery)
Weather:
Woodcock, Percy – Weather Warnings for the novice 1942/4
Woodhead, Paul – Gale Warning Forth Tyne Humber Thames Dover. 2008
Boat Maintenance:
Clegg, N. - How to paint your boat
Oliver, A.S. - Boats and Boat Building in West Cornwall 1971 ….. relevant to Happy Return
Thompson, C. - Care and repair of small marine diesels 1982
Scilly Isles:
Guide Books, maps and similar from the 1960s and 1970s. - historical documents now!
Miscellaneous:
Shipwrecks around Plymouth Sound; Mounts Bay, D. Williams;
The story of Newlyn Harbour, ed Lomax, P. 2017
SAILING INSTRUCTION AND RELATED CONTENT
Everyone's Book of Sailing and Boardsailing; authors Bob Matthias and Bob Bond 1982
Welcome on Board; a beginner's guide, by R Gliewe (actually quite advanced) 1981
Sailing booklet; KTG in collab with Royal Yachting Association (RYA) 1981
Go Sailing! Practical handbook for young people, by Claudia Myatt (RYA) 2005
Competent Crew (RYA) 2010
I-Spy Ships and Boats. Michelin 1992
Yachtsman's Emergency Handbook; the complete survival manual by Hollander and Mertes 1980
Brown's Pocket-book for Yachtsmen; (small hardback book) by G Prout 1943
Come Sailing; P Copley 1977
Sailing – a practical handbook: Jeremy Evans 2002
Seaway Code for small boat users; Dept. of Trade 1976
Complete Day Skipper: Tom Cunliffe 2002-2012
Navigation
Navigation at Sea; by Hossack and Sewell RN
Coastal Navigation; K Duxbury 1976
Navigation Handbook (Tim Bartlett) (RYA) 2003