The Sailor's Sin Bin

Cruisers Confess to their Boating Blunders

Theo Stocker

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
29 November 2022

Humour; Boating; Sailing

A new collection of sailors' brilliantly funny, real-life blunders, from the pages of Yachting Monthly.

The book compiles the best of the short real-life confessions from sailors from Yachting Monthly's Confessions feature, many of them illustrated by original cartoons. These cautionary tales are arranged into themed chapters, for the amusement and edification of readers.

Worse things happen at sea, so the saying goes. This book relates the embarrassing blunders and shameful shenanigans of real sailors to whom the worst did happen. Even in a world of satellite navigation and social media, shipwrecks, collisions, getting stuck in the toilet and cases of mistaken identity can and do happen. They remain hidden until the skipper can bear the guilt no longer and must unburden their souls. The resulting stories are outrageously funny, while allowing the rest of us to thank our stars it wasn’t us and to learn from others’ mistakes.

The Yachting Monthly Confessional has been offering absolution for almost half a century. This hilarious collection is the cream of the crop from the last few years, illustrated by the brilliant cartoons of Bill Caldwell, and deserves a place on every sailor’s bookshelf as the definitive guide of what not to do at sea!

By: Theo Stocker
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781399402873
ISBN 10: 1399402870
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 29 November 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Ch 1 - Rookie mistakes - Errors made by beginners Ch 2 - Get me out of here - It’s amazing how many places sailors find to get themselves stuck Ch 3 - Looking for love - When trying to impress does the opposite Ch 4 - Pomp and circumstance - Inflated egos get popped quickly at sea Ch 5 - The cover of darkness - Embarrassing episodes the night can’t hide Ch 6 - All at sea - Navigational nonsense that could happen to anyone

Theo Stocker is editor of Yachting Monthly and an experienced sailor himself. He has sifted through the hundreds of contribution to YM's Confessions feature to find the best possible examples for this book.

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The Sailor's Sin Bin

Cruisers Confess to their Boating Blunders

Theo Stocker

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