The Ocean Almanac

On BBC Radio 4, one is required to choose ten peices of music and a luxury item, added to shakespeare's works and a Bible, to take with you on a desert island. This outstanding book would be my luxury item. Not only would the survival elements save my life, the range of accessable information and the wealth of stories and floklore would save my sanity. It's fantastic.

This is a fab book............ loaded with so much info and folklore......... lots of laughs and pondering what life on the high seas was like aboard vessels of all types........ Great present for the skipper in your life

I bought this book on my second trip while commercial fishing on board the crabber/tender "Katrina Em" in Kodiak Island Alaska. The year was 1995, I have carried this book with me wherever I go and have never been bored with it. I have re-read some of the stories over and over again over the years and they have never ceased to run my imagination full of adventure and admiration for some of it's characters. Sometimes I wished to have contribuited to this collection of adventures with one of my own, but I yet have to match any of them.

This book is a wonderful gift for someone who is in love with the oceans of the world, the history of man's adventures on them and all the creatures dwelling within them. The Ocean Almanac is the Guinness Book of the oceans. A great book for "installment reading".

I have had over three copies of this book and read and re-read the stories contained within. It isn't a book that you have to read from front to back, just pick a subject or topic and have at it! Whether its Sea-monsters, Ship wrecks, or Sea life; Ghost stories or True stories, this wonderful book is a wealth of information & lore. A must have for Navy men (and women), sailors or any lover of the sea and the stories and mysteries she holds!