OBJECTS OF DESIRE

RARE NAUTICAL BOOKS

The Peter Harrington Rare Books 2021 Travel and Exploration catalogue, newly published, features plenty for yachting historians and lovers of sailing memorabilia, for example an unpublished set of journals kept by a Royal Navy midshipman during a tour of the Gulf in 1930-33, including an account of a visit to Dubai and an on-board reception for the Trucial Sheikhs, part of a broader British policy of ‘courting’ local rulers. Also available is a complete set of Cook’s accounts of his three voyages, nine volumnes dating from 1773-4. Trucial Sheiks £125,000 Cook £60,000.

peterharrington.co.uk

ENDURANCE LOGBOOK BY TOM CUNLIFFE

Designed with Classic Boat columnist Tom, who is also, among other things, a Fellow of the Royal Institute for Navigation, the Endurance is bound in tough royal blue English buckram, printed on heavyweight paper and lined with a hand-marbled design. It is section-sewn by hand to fold fl at on your chart table, the left page is dedicated to navigation data, while the right page is feint-ruled for notes. £165

englishlogbook.co.uk

A SEA WALL

Norfolk skipper Zoe Dunford has designed this nautical wallpaper to feature boats that she sails herself, as a skipper for the Coastal Exploration Company and an instructor for Neil Thompson’s Boats. Her new wallpaper and fabrics business is called Collingwood Coastal, after a family connection to Admiral Lord Collingwood, who took over British command after Nelson was shot at Trafalgar. £59.50 for a 52cm x 10m roll.

SAIL DESIGN

Stroodles, manufacturers of environmentally friendly drinking straws made of pasta, is partnering with Clean Ocean Sailing to run a competition to draw a sail design for the organisation’s 1908 ga schooner Annette. Your design should “reimagine a more sustainable future and an ocean free from plastic pollutants”. Enter via the Stroodles website. Meanwhile, you could try a starter pack of Stroodles for £2.99

stroodles.co.uk