• Sailing, Yachts and Yarns

  • By: Tom Cunliffe
  • Narrated by: Tom Cunliffe
  • Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (225 ratings)

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Sailing, Yachts and Yarns

By: Tom Cunliffe
Narrated by: Tom Cunliffe
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Sailing, Yachts and Yarns is a selection of Tom Cunliffe’s funniest, wisest and most thought-provoking writing from the pages of Yachting Monthly. Tom’s love of language and sense of humour shine through as he recalls the wealth of sinners and saints he has met on docksides from Southampton to South America, Greenwich to Greenland and Newtown to New York. He has a gift for capturing the magic of sail and finding pearls of practical wisdom in the most unlikely nautical adventures. Sailing, Yachts and Yarns is a lively miscellany of a wit, wisdom and wonder.

It will make you laugh and make you think – and make you want to cast off to enjoy the delights of life afloat.

©2012 Tom Cunliffe (P)2012 Audible Ltd

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A jolly good collection!

Here here, God save the queen!
Highly recommended.
A grand collection of Tom's opinions, of which I agree on every one.

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Charming and Entertaining

Loved every story! Tom Cunliffe does a perfect job of narrating his own written word.

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Excellent

Inimitable, Tom Cunliffe! A wide variety of articles from the legendary, yacht master. Well worth it.

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Deranged

Unfortunately nowhere near as good a listen as "Sailing a Serious Ocean." Little more than soapbox ranting by a hopelessly tonedeaf, solipsistic luddite.

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A true masterpiece

I found Tom on YouTube. His narration and rib tickling jolly’s are sure to keep any land locked sailor smiling. Great fun. I hood Tom makes his other books audio books as I really enjoyed his narration

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Nice, maybe more on the entertainment side

Bunch of thoughts without an understandable (at least to me) order. Quick mix of sailors pub stories, dry Brit humour which I like with real boat related comments you may agree with as a 35 years as a sailor myself. Not every blog like this deserve a full book. For beginners it is probably useless as they won’t understand the context of most comments.

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Storied nautical quips

You don’t have to listen long to ascertain the author Tom Cunliffe packs an individualist ego and his POVs bare this out. But in due time you come to know he has been on a boat or two and sailed through some snot to arrive at his pulpit. And soon enough I noticed that the stuff that drives him to it is mostly the same as it is for other Mariners. A ridiculously complex yardstick to measure one’s worth, a bar or cove to share and commune and an opportunity to see the world as only a precious few ever have or will. If you’re planning to take off someday as I am you’ll get a few veteran nuggets as well.

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Fantastic

I love the stories and the humor. The author does a magnificent job narrating. I will be sure to look for more of his work.

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Tom is Brilliant!

Listen to it and you will love it. That's what I did and you don't need to make it any more complicated than that.

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Enchanting, thank you Mr. Cunliffe!

What a delight! The entire 'read' was superb. All other priorities were jettisoned over the side while I drank deeply from the vast array of 'single malts' so salubriously served by the author's inimitable life-long wealth of wit, humour, and unmistakable salty wisdom. From the first book I read from Mr. Cunliffe I have had a profound respect for the author and this has been the sticky-toffee pudding with cream and icecream to finish it off. It is my sincere hope that Mr. Cunliffe will be my RYA Yachtmaster Examiner in the not too distant future. Thank you sir!

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