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Actions Displays	Up the Creek : A lifetime spent trying to be a sailor Remove from selection Add to selection TitleUp the Creek : A lifetime spent trying to be a sailor Author Tony James (author)‎ Stephen Swann (author of foreword)‎ Place of publicationWoodbridge, New York PublisherSeafarer Books, Sheridan House Year of publication2006 Pagination279 p., 16 p. unnumbered plates IllustrationsIllus., black and white drawings, black and white photographs, colour photographs Dimensions13.5 x 21.4 cm Materialbook Class numberGV810.92.J36 .J6 2006 ISBN0-9547062-7-7 Subjectsailing, travel, Great Britain, sailors Up the Creek charts Tony James' unintentional voyage from his home in landlocked Derbyshire, to a marina in Somerset via the Caribbean, the Persian gulf and the bottom of a swimming pool in Ottery St. Mary. On the way, Tony gathers a motley crew of unforgettable eccentrics and maritime misfits, brought to hilarious life by his acute observations of the ridiculous and by his wry acceptance that whatever happens at sea, things can only get worse. The funniest and most original sailing book for years.

TitleUp the Creek : A lifetime spent trying to be a sailor

Author

Place of publicationWoodbridge, New York

Year of publication2006

Pagination279 p., 16 p. unnumbered plates

IllustrationsIllus., black and white drawings, black and white photographs, colour photographs

Dimensions13.5 x 21.4 cm

Materialbook

Class numberGV810.92.J36 .J6 2006

ISBN0-9547062-7-7

Up the Creek charts Tony James' unintentional voyage from his home in landlocked Derbyshire, to a marina in Somerset via the Caribbean, the Persian gulf and the bottom of a swimming pool in Ottery St. Mary. On the way, Tony gathers a motley crew of unforgettable eccentrics and maritime misfits, brought to hilarious life by his acute observations of the ridiculous and by his wry acceptance that whatever happens at sea, things can only get worse. The funniest and most original sailing book for years.