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The Sailor’s Bluffing Bible Tim Davison and John Quirk

he Sailors Bluffing Bible sits firmly in that niche of silly books for sailors and is absolutely tailor made for relatives of keen nautical types who don’t know what to buy them for Christmas. Author Tim Davidson, a veteran of the sailing scene, having raced and cruised successfully and also written many, many books on the subject, throws himself into the task at hand with gusto. Leaning heavily on his own experience, he outlines how to win friends and influence people at any sailor’s watering hole. The book is illustrated by well known nautical cartoonist John Quirk and the whole thing adds up to precisely the sort of stocking filler you’d expect to

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