The First of the Tide by Maurice Griffiths

A cruising legend's yarns of England's shallow coast

Good Condition – light shelf wear and minor edge wear

Maurice Griffiths, longtime editor of Yachting Monthly and a beloved figure in British sailing writing, shares a collection of reminiscences from decades cruising the shoals, sandbanks and secret "swatchways" of the English east coast between Orfordness and Ramsgate. Illustrated with his own delicate line drawings drawn from his background as a yacht designer, the stories capture the particular pleasure of quiet, half-hidden anchorages found only by those willing to look. Published nearly fifty years after his first cruising book, it's a warm, evocative read for anyone who loves small-boat sailing or classic maritime writing.