Nautical

The Vasa – this ship is a national treasure about which there is still a great deal to tell. Here we are taken back to Stockholm in the 1620s. King Gustav II Adolf already had a lot of power, but wanted even more. He ordered the construction of the b ...

Winner of the Ocean Club Award of Merit for 2010.This is the story of an unparalleled around-the-world voyage through areas that are as close as you can get to unspoilt wilderness. For 26 years, Deborah Shapiro and Rolf Bjelke, with their 12 metre ...

“Ten nautical miles outside Durban, a humpback whale suddenly surfaced one boat-length ahead of the prow. I threw myself over the wheel but didn’t know if I should steer to port or starboard. The whale dived and its tail fin reached high over the coc ...

This revised and updated edition will be useful to all wooden boat owners, both experienced and new owners. The book is generously illustrated with more than 200 sketches and photographs in colour and b/w, with practical instructions and fact-boxes ...

Lars Hässler is a sailing veteran with long experience of ocean sailing, but also of journeys on Europe’s internal water roads – the canals. Europe’s canal system is well built-out and journeying along them is very different from visiting the usual t ...

This is a new standard work with everything about technique and safety, outdoor life and motion, created by one of Sweden’s leading experts on kayak training. Through insightful descriptions of day tours and longer journeys with overnight stops, we g ...

Arne and Heléne Mårtensson have worked for many years as senior executives in the bank world. Arne was the Chairman of the board of Handelsbanken and was a director of several other important Swedish companies when they decided to realise their dream ...

One of the most exciting unexplored areas on the planet is the Baltic Sea. It is the home of the remains of as many as 100,000 wrecks from more than one thousand years of seafaring and war. The Baltic Sea is unique on account of its low salinity gra ...

Peter Norlin is Sweden’s most successful boat constructor of all times. There is nobody to match him when it comes to maximum sailing qualities with beautiful lines. Bengt Jörnstedt’s generously illustrated book presents all of Peter’s boats – his ra ...