Fernhurst Books

18/12/2025

On World Knot Tying Day (18th December), we highlight our Knot Books which give a great grounding in this vital skill:
https://fernhurstbooks.com/books/knots_sails_rigging

11/12/2025

One of the pleasures of running Fernhurst Books is dealing with amazing sportspeople. At the moment I am working on a book with someone who won the Laser (now ILCA) world championships aged 36 - 6 years after he should have been competing in Masters events! And another of our authors, Paul Newsome of Swim Smooth, has just won the Oceanman Open Water Swimming world championships (10k) at the tender age of 47! He writes very eloquently about it in his blog - well worth a read:

My Oceanman World Championship Experience in Dubai

11/12/2025

On International Mountain Day (11th December), we highlight our Ultimate Skiing Adventures book which tells you about 100 amazing skiing adventures around the world:
https://fernhurstbooks.com/books/permalink/156/ultimate_skiing_adventures

09/12/2025

We will be once again sponsoring this great event!

3 weeks today will be the Draycote Youth Open sponsored by Fernhurst Books

It's sure to be a great event once again with nearly 50 entries already - can we beat last year's entry of 80 boats?

Fill details, event entry etc is online at : https://draycotewater.co.uk/events/draycote-youth-open/

07/12/2025

Congratulations and good luck to our sponsored athlete Jess Powell Sailing for being selected by the Royal Yachting Association for the World Sailing Youth Worlds in the ILCA 6!

24/11/2025

Congratulations to Tom Gillard & Rachel Gray for winning the Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash at Draycote Water Sailing Club last weekend. This is part of the Selden SailJuice Winter Series.

05/11/2025

In this eighth and final episode, Mark Ashley-Miller talks about writing his book, Harbours And Their Masters. It makes the perfect Christmas gift and has sold so many it has been reprinted already.
https://fernhurstbooks.com/books/permalink/192/harbours_and_their_masters

04/11/2025

The new Skipper’s Pocketbook is out now! It is the perfect pocket database for the busy skipper and their crew:
https://fernhurstbooks.com/books/permalink/14/skippers_pocketbook

29/10/2025

Fernhurst Books’ Skipper’s Pocketbook has been updated and the new edition will be published on 4th November. It is the perfect pocket database for the busy skipper and their crew. It is available to pre-order now:

A pocket database containing everything a busy skipper or their crew needs to know but might find hard to remember. It is easy to take for granted how much a skipper needs to know: Navigation,...

28/10/2025

In this seventh episode, Mark Ashley-Miller () talks about The Seafarers' Charity () which his 5-year circumnavigation of the British Isles visiting (nearly) every harbour and their harbour master and the book about it are raising money for.
https://fernhurstbooks.com/books/permalink/192/harbours_and_their_masters