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With text by Henry Beard, founder of the National Lampoon and illustrations by Roy McKie, here is the
New York Times bestselling lexicon of sailing--or, the art of getting wet and becoming ill while slowly going nowhere at great expense.
Sailing embarks upon uncharted waters, diving authoritatively into terms like adrift (a boat that is drifting), aglub (a boat that is sinking), and flotsam (anything floating in the water from which there is no response when the offer of a cocktail is made).
Full-sail ahead, flying the flag of obsession, the book lists close to 200 definitions and presents more than 50 full-page cartoons--to bring new meaning not just to the anchor and Aneroid Barometer, but to the boom, buoy, brightwork, and Beaufort Scale, too. The book plumbs the depths of the sea's rich traditions, providing a fix on the catamaran and dinghy, the gunwale and jib-boom, the mizzen, porthole, and ketch (a disagreeable clause in many boat-purchase contracts). 710,000 copies in print.
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sailing
the fine art of getting wet and becoming ill while slowly going nowhere at great expense.
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Printed in an irresistible new gift format, this pocket dictionary brings new meaning to the things said at sea. The cleverly essential volume defines and illustrates the terms of sailing, from "ahoy" to "zephyr". Drawings throughout.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Quite simply the funniest book I have ever read."—WILLIAM F.BUCKLEY, JR.
INCLUDING:
ahoy: the first in a series of four-letter words commonly exchanged by skippers as their boats approach one another
Wooden boat: a hole in the water surrounded by planks into which a sailor pours money
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One of the funniest books ever published on its subject --
Sailing,
The New York Times bestseller, is back. And better than ever. A classic,
Sailing, is "...quite simply the funniest book I have ever read" (William F. Buckley Jr.)
From Ahoy -- "The first in a series of four-letter words commonly exchanged by skippers as their boats approach each other" -- to Zephyr --"A warm, pleasant breeze named after the mythical Greek god of wishful thinking, false hopes, and unreliable forecasts"-- it brings new meaning to the things said at sea.
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. . . Quite simply the funniest book I have ever read.
--William F. Buckley, Jr., Captain of the Suzy Wong
A lexicon bringing new meaning to the things said at sea.
From: ABANDON: The wild state in which a sailor buys a boat.
To: Zephyr: A warm, pleasant breeze named after the mythical Greek god of wishful thinking, false hopes, and unreliable forecasts.
About the Author
Henry Beard is the cofounder of National Lampoon. He is also the author of Golfing, Sailing and other well-defined dictionaries, as well as Zen for Cats, The Official Exceptions to the Rules of Golf and dozens of other books.Roy McKie illustrated all the well-defined dictionaries. He also illustrated many Dr. Seuss Beginning books, which have over 20 million copies in print.