The Coast of Summer: Sailing New England Waters from Shelter Island to Cape Cod

by Anthony Bailey

Overview

The New England coast, a small cruising sloop, warm winds-and Anthony Bailey's seductive storytelling powers. An account of a season afloat and an autobiography of half a lifetime spent sailing New England waters.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493040285
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/17/2019
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	632,418
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.20(d)

Editorial Reviews

Though he moved back to England in 1971, Bailey and his wife Margot return to the U.S. nearly every summer to cruise the New England Coast. Here Bailey ( Inside Passage: The Outer Banks ) gives an engaging account of their 1991 cruise in Lochinvar , a 27-foot fiberglass boat. He sets out on a shakedown voyage from his home port of Stonington, Conn., to some old haunts in Long Island Sound. In August, he and Margot head northeast to Block Island, the Elizabeth Islands, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and Cape Cod, stopping at boatyards, towns, coves and beaches. On this leisurely cruise, they visit old friends, swim and walk the beaches. Homeward bound, they encounter Hurricane Bob, but only after Lochinvar is safely tied down and they are ashore. Readers familiar with the area--its shorelines and waters--will savor every word. (May)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Richly descriptive and only occasionally delivering barrages of sailing terminology that will befuddle the uninitiated, this is a wonderfully evocative look at the author's explorations around the southern coasts of New England and Long Island. Englishman Bailey (Major Andr, LJ 6/15/87) tells of spending summers sailing about the watery nooks and crannies of the historically and geographically rich (and, in some cases, ``wealthy rich'') coastal regions of New England along with his wife. What is most impressive, as conveyed by the easy, pleasant writing style, is the diversity of the Baileys' seagoing experiences. They also seem to know the most interesting people, which, added to the whole, makes this an entertaining and educational travel book. Whether writing about Plum Island, New York; Point Judith, Rhode Island; Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts, or myriad other places, Bailey makes the reader yearn to be there. Highly recommended for New England public libraries and for any libraries where good travel/sailing books are shelved.-David M. Turkalo, Social Law Lib., Boston

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