{"id":1992,"date":"2022-05-31T08:43:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T08:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2022-05-31T09:06:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T09:06:02","slug":"new-books-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/new-books-out-now\/","title":{"rendered":"New books out now!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1994\" data-id=\"1994\" src=\"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220423_142512-1024x768.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220423_142512-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220423_142512-scaled-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220423_142512-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220423_142512-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220423_142512-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220423_142512-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For all those people who asked when I was going to write another book, it turns out the answer was: Not until I was clocking a hundred miles a day without touching the helm or the sheets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sure enough, the Atlantic crossing by the trade wind route provided the perfect motivation \u2013 there wasn&#8217;t anything else to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And so I am pleased to present The Good Stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I won&#8217;t describe it here because there&#8217;s an extensive introduction explaining how it came about \u2013 and of course, the blurb on the Amazon page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But already it has its first review: From Betty Gibbs of Tunbridge Wells, who wrote to the editor of the Daily Telegraph with fulsome praise for the episode involving the dog, the Animal Health Inspector and the leak and Roquefort tarte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1995\" data-id=\"1995\" src=\"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220418_223801-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220418_223801-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220418_223801-scaled-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220418_223801-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220418_223801-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220418_223801-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/racecoast.net\/omstest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220418_223801-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And this book (these books \u2013 there are two volumes) have been professionally produced! I found myself spending all my waking hours trying to correlate the page numbers and the Table of Contents \u2013 something which hadn&#8217;t been an issue with Old Man Sailing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway, I ended up working with a wonderful editor in the USA. Then a talented graphic designer in France produced the cover &#8211; and Hey Presto! Something that wouldn&#8217;t look out of place in Waterstones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not that I&#8217;ve actually seen it, of course. I&#8217;m sitting here in Deadman&#8217;s Bay in The Virgin Islands, and the Amazon delivery man doesn&#8217;t call here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find The Good Stuff \u2013 Book One at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B09ZK3DX3G\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B09ZK3DX3G<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Book Two is at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B09ZK7F6RV\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B09ZK7F6RV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wish there was some way Amazon would offer a discount for buying them together \u2013 but apparently not. Still, it would save on cardboard\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all those people who asked when I was going to write another book, it turns out the answer was: Not until I was clocking a hundred miles a day without touching the helm or the sheets. 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