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Title: Keepers of the Sea
Author: Richard Woodman

Price: £25.00 + p&p

Details: Award winning author Richard Woodman, compared by the national press to Forester and O’Brian for his Nathaniel Drinkwater novels of Nelson’s day, cut his literary teeth on factual maritime history. It is a genre still close to his heart, and it is a privilege for Chaffcutter Books to announce a new edition of Captain Woodman’s first ever book, Keepers of the Sea, which won him the Barbara Harmer Award from the Marine Society in 1978. Richard Woodman was in the service of Trinity House for over thirty years, a decade and more in command of the Service’s tenders.

A foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh sets the scene for the much overlooked story of the Trinity House yachts and tenders, which since King Henry VIII’s reign have maintained and serviced the offshore lighthouses, lightships and buoyage around our coastline. Now brought right up to date, it includes details of many incidents in the Service’s long history which are revealed here for the first time. With over 160 illustrations, 44 in full colour, plus vessel plans and profiles, this book will have a great appeal to all sailors, as well as those who harbour a curiosity of, and interest in, Britain’s maritime history.

Specification:
Size 186 x 250, 240 pages, 160+ illustrations (44 in colour), large fold out plans, hardback buckram cloth covers with top & tail bands, laminated dust jacket.

ISBN 0-9532422-8-5