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Quality Time? - Celebrating 50 Years of Sailing & The Life of ´The World´s Greatest Yachting Cartoonist´ 2e
Mike Peyton
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Description for Quality Time? - Celebrating 50 Years of Sailing & The Life of ´The World´s Greatest Yachting Cartoonist´ 2e
Paperback. A new edition published to celebrate the life of Mike Peyton, 'the world's greatest yachting cartoonist', with personal tributes from successful and well-known sailors. Along with 80 of his incomparable cartoons, Peyton recounts how he became a yachting cartoonist and his fifty years of sailing. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80 cartoons. BIC Classification: WSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 6. .
Published to celebrate the life of Mike Peyton, 'the world's greatest yachting cartoonist', this second edition features personal tributes from some 12 other successful and well-known sailors (including Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Sir Ben Ainslie and Tom Cunliffe). They all recognise Mike's observational talent and comment on how sailors see themselves (or their friends) in his cartoons. Along with 80 of his incomparable cartoons, Mike Peyton recounts how he became a yachting cartoonist and his fifty years of sailing. So as well as chuckling at the cartoons themselves there is the opportunity to learn from Peyton's 50 years of experience of sailing different boats, meeting a variety of sailors, and getting into - and out of - some truly hilarious situations.
Product Details
Publisher
Fernhurst Books Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781912177011
SKU
V9781912177011
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Mike Peyton
Mike Peyton lied about his age to join the Army at the start of the Second World War. He spent much of the war in a prisoner of war camp, but escaped to join and fight with the Russian Red Army (told in his memoir An Average War). Mike began sketching as a boy and, after the war, trained at Manchester Art School. He also discovered boating, spending his wedding night camping besides the Thames in London, having got there by canoe! He worked as a freelance cartoonist for New Scientist, Yachting Monthly and Practical Boat Owner, to name but a few. Mike has had over 18 books of yachting cartoons published and in 2016 was dubbed 'the Picasso of sailing' by the Yachting Journalist Association. He passed away in late January 2017, a few days after his 96th birthday.
Reviews for Quality Time? - Celebrating 50 Years of Sailing & The Life of ´The World´s Greatest Yachting Cartoonist´ 2e
A welcome re-run of the greatest cartoons from yachting's greatest cartoonist. (Classic Boat) Looking through the book, which depicts so many years of sailing, it's easy to understand why Mike's work is loved by so many. There's a gentle, warm humour to his work, which will be much missed in the sailing world. (Sailing Today, May 2017) We all have to contend with the stroppy harbourmasters, horrible weather and pangs of jealousy at the sight of a bigger or better boat that feature in this book. (Motorboat & Yachting, Jun 2017) The story of his life in boats, from his first cartoon to becoming a household name for yachting families. As always the cartoons speak for themselves. (Classic Sailor, Apr 2017) Whatever branch of yachting is our choice, Mike caught us to a tee. His ability to squeeze the juice out of a situation we all have shared, while populating it with characters we know so well, was unique. (Tom Cunliffe, Yachting World, Jun 2017) As well as 79 classic cartoons, I particularly enjoyed the 32 pages written by Mike filled with wonderfully-observed vignettes from his 50 years afloat, like written versions of his cartoons. It's a poignant read, a reminder of what we've lost, but worthy of a place next to anyone's bunk. (Yachting Monthly, Jun 2017) Another superb little book... How, in a small picture, does he capture so well the expressions of those in the cockpit? (Cruising Association, 2017)