Bloomsbury Nautical

27/11/2025

Looking for the perfect gift this holiday season?

Subscribing to the Reeds Nautical Almanac includes fantastic benefits like 30% off Bloomsbury Publishing books and a range of other discounts from our nautical partners.

The indispensable trusted annual compendium of navigational data for yachtsmen and motorboaters. Yours for just £34* when you subscribe (RRP £54.99)

You can set up a subscription here: https://bit.ly/4rmW4KH

24/11/2025

Our 30% off sale is still live on the Bloomsbury Publishing website!

Some of the books included:

📕 Bosun's Bag
📗 Dream Cruising Destinations 2nd edition
📕In My Element
📗Great British Paddling Adventures
📕Paddle and Pub
📗Paddle the East of England
📕Stars to Steer By

From maritime history to cruising guides and handbooks, find the perfect holiday gift.

You can browse the sale here: https://bit.ly/4pxp6ph

22/11/2025

"Monsters are human creations. They are the product of our imaginations, recurring and reforming across time and space. The word monster comes from the Latin monstrare, ‘to show’ – monsters show what is within. They represent our greatest fears: fear of the unknown, fear of the dark, fear of the natural world – even fear of the self."

You can read an extract from The Book of Sea Monsters on the Bloomsbury Publishing website:

Read an extract from Prema Arasu's The Book of Sea Monsters: Leviathans of Literature; a fascinating and beautifully illustrated journey across the world and through the centuries in search of the sea monster.

20/11/2025

Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2026 is out now!

Presented in an easy-to-find, quick-reference manner for on-board use, the PBO Small Craft Almanac represents excellent value for money for those who don't need the more comprehensive marina data, passage information and chartlets of the full Reeds Almanac.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/3XAA2Gq

17/11/2025

Today is the start of our Black Friday sale! Until midnight (GMT) on 7th December you can get 30% off hardbacks, paperbacks and eBooks from the Bloomsbury Publishing website. Find the perfect gift or treat yourself this season with our extensive list of nautical reads from maritime history and memoirs to cruising guides, sailing handbooks, weather, navigation and more!

Browse the sale: https://bit.ly/49GM48P

15/11/2025

In January 2026 we publish Adlard Coles Shore Guide: The Netherlands: Everything you need to know when you step ashore by Paul Heiney.

From Vlissingen to the German Border including the IJsselmeer and Markermeer, this handy travel guide to the Netherlands, via the Standing Mast Route, ensures sailors make the most of every minute ashore.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4qYrQgD

13/11/2025

On 15th January 2026 we publish Reeds Weather Handbook 3rd edition: The comprehensive pocket guide by Frank Singleton.

An essential pocket-sized primer that equips sailors and outdoors enthusiasts with the knowledge to read and predict the weather.

https://bit.ly/47SyrAD

10/11/2025

Next Thursday we publish Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2026.

Streamlined to focus on tidal data (tide tables, tidal streams and tidal curves), the Small Craft Almanac is meticulously researched and fully updated for the 2026 edition, and includes a huge amount of information of value to small craft navigators

Find out more and order your copy here: https://bit.ly/4nLfNk8

06/11/2025

Tennyson's depiction of the Kraken.

With their excess size, claws, tentacles and bloodlust, monsters represent our greatest fears: the unknown, the dark, the natural world and even ourselves. As stories passed from generation to generation, they were analogues for dangerous weather events, foreign invaders, enemy nations, physical phenomena and real animals.

Image from The Book of Sea Monsters: Leviathans of Literature by Prema Arasu

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02/11/2025

On Friday 14 June 1968 Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almost unnoticed out of Falmouth harbour steered by the solitary figure at her helm, Robin Knox-Johnston. Ten and a half months later Suhaili, paintwork peeling and rust streaked, her once white sails weathered and brown, her self-steering gone, her tiller arm jury rigged to the rudder head, came romping joyously back to Falmouth to a fantastic reception for Robin, who had become the first man to sail round the world non-stop single-handed.

A World of My Own: The First Ever Non-stop Solo Round the World Voyage

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29/10/2025

What charts should you carry on board with you?

A passage chart should be used to determine overall strategy and courses to steer. Ideally you should find one that covers the whole trip, because trying to move a course from one to the next is never easy and can lead to errors at sea.

Landfall charts giving enough detail to approach the coast are required for your departure point, your destination, and any other part of your passage that may bring you close enough inshore to need them.

If you are unfamiliar with the harbour of your choice, you’ll often need
a large-scale harbour chart to see you up to the quay.

Piloting with a paper chart backed up with a tablet plotter can offer the best of both worlds.

From The Complete Yachtmaster 11th edition by Tom Cunliffe.

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24/10/2025

Some images from Sailing the Shallows: The lost art of cruising the coast in a small boat by Roger Barnes.

Image One: Caracole anchored off St Ives
Image Two: Port la Corderie
Image Three: Rounding Land's End

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