The world of the sea conjures up many powerful images in our minds - images of beauty, danger, endurance, skill, courage, and high adventure.  yet the world of the seafarer has always been very much a world on its own, not easily communicating its exeriences to those who live ashore.
In this vividly illustrated and highly original book, which accompanies the BBC Radio 4 series of the same name, the authors have recreated the seafarer's world in terms of his own experience, rather than the imagination of others.  The British Seafarer is a mosaic of what the seafarer actually saw, and what he actually thought about it, expressed in his own words.
This is an ideal and stimulating book for anyone of any age who is interested in the ways of the sea and the seafarer.