Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)

by Jerome Klapka Jérôme

Three Invalids-Sufferings of George and Harris.

Night watches

by W. W. Jacobs

Mrs. Scutts, concealed behind the curtain, gazed at the cab in uneasy amazement.

The Confidence Man

by Herman Melville

AT sunrise on a first of April,* there appeared, suddenly as Manco Capac at the lake Titicaca,* a man in creamcolours, a...

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

ALL THIS HAPPENED, more or less.

Dead in the Water

by Nancy Holder

Savages

by Shirley Conran

The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat

by Laura Lee Hope

"WHAT are you doing, Freddie?" asked Bert Bobbsey, leaning over to oil the front wheel of his bicycle, while he glanced ...

Life skills

by Katie Fforde

'I just don't understand you, Julia!'

Coot Club

by Arthur Michell Ransome

A Woman without Lies

by Ann Maxwell, Elizabeth Lowell

Angelina Lange stood quietly amid the rainbow blaze of her stained glass creations.

The Lady's Hand

by Bobbi Smith

The History of the Ship

by Richard Woodman

The first English word relating to ships on record is 'keel' (found in a Latin history of 545 AD), from which one may in...

Girl at Sea

by Maureen Johnson

Sensible cruising

by Don Casey, Lew Hackler

Sea trial

by Frank De Felitta

Nightmares & Dreamscapes

by Stephen King

I waited and watched for seven years.

Tricky business

by Dave Barry

Storm tactics handbook

by Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey

Like most sailors returning from an extended cruise, we enjoy chatting with would-be voyagers.

The Last Lighthouse Keeper

by Alan Titchmarsh

Boatworks

by SAIL Magazine