Not only was it the bible of sailors of an earlier age, and not only is it an interesting historical document, but it also succinctly teaches some fine seamanship which is still valid and useful today.

My copy, inherited in the fifties from a cousin of my late parents’ generation (who had used it as a primer before the war), was one of the casualties of a horrendous theft ten years ago. Much more recently I saw that the Arthur Ransome Society had put it on their website, so I thought it sufficient to merely bookmark the page, but when I looked recently I found it had been removed. So I am delighted that you have now published it - and this time I have taken the liberty of saving the file.

Having recently tracked down another sailing-related book which is long out of print, I have today set up an internet group on Yahoo! Groups, for out of print sailing books; you may be interested.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sailing_Out_Of_Print_Books/

Regards,

Oliver L. Shaw