One of the first of the UKs post war qualified examiners, tells ten true stories after 40 years as a sailing and navigation instructor, yacht broker, charter yacht operator, and consultant maritime adviser. The action takes place in European waters including the Mediterranean, North and West Africa, and even China. The tales combine stories having excitement, with sometimes the unbelievable, often with humour, and with sketches to illustrate the text. The book will enthral all, even if only with a vague interest in the sea. Written for all ages, from a youngster just starting to sail, to an ex-skipper, sitting on the foreshore, gazing across the waves, or someone just plain interested. Be reassured that the leisure boat world has changed so much, there will never be another book like this. A hardcover version will shortly be available.

There's a bar called "The Captain's Table," where those who have commanded mighty vessels of every shape and era can meet, relax, and share a friendly drink or two with others of their calling. Sometimes a brawl may break out but it's all in the family, more or less. Just remember, the first round of drinks is always paid for with a story...even in Thallonian space. Six years ago, long before he took command of the Starship Excalibur, a young Starfleet officer named Mackenzie Calhoun served as first officer aboard the U.S.S. Grissom. Then disaster struck, and Calhoun took the blame. A court-martial led to his own angry resignation from Starfleet...or so it appeared. At long last Captain Calhoun reveals the true story behind the greatest tragedy of his life.

Captain Picard goes undercover on a Starfleet mission to rescue a former officer who is now missing.

The Captain's Table was a bestselling 6-volume series from 1998 in which five Star Trek captains (one from each of the then television series, plus Captain Pike from the Star Trek pilot and Captain Calhoun from Star Trek New Frontier) each told their story. This new anthology unites top Star Trek authors with no less than nine starship captains, each of whom tells his or her tale in the unique setting of the Captain's Table bar - a watering hole reserved solely for captains throughout time and space. Among those whose company readers can share in Tales From the Captain's Table are Jonathan Archer from Star Trek: Enterprise; Captain William Riker of the USS Titan; Captain Kira Nerys, now commander of space station Deep Space Nine; Captain Chakotay, newly appointed captain of the USS Voyager; Captain Elizabeth Shelby from Star Trek: New Frontier; SCE's Captain Gold; the Klingon captain Klag of the IKS Gorkon and Demora Sulu from the Lost Era volume, Serpents Among the Ruins.

Much more than just a tale of sailing against mountainous seas, but a book with every aspect of sailing and motor boating, in many parts of the world. It illustrates how times have changed to the extent the stories are never to be repeated. Providing a more permanent record, it tells how in post-war Britain, we developed a system of teaching and testing recreational users of marine craft of every description. This has now been copied in almost every country with recreational waterborne sports, including a UK approved sailing school in the USA. If all that sounds a mighty bit boring, be assured it has ten most unusual stories with excitement, including projects in China and Nigeria. There are tales of law-breaking villains afloat, and you won't want to put the book down. Looking for a present for a sea-loving friend? Look no further.

In this follow-up to the bestselling Captain's Table series of books, nine new Star Trek® captains belly up to the bar to tell their tales of adventure and romance, of triumph and tragedy, of duty and honor, of debts paid and prices exacted, including: Jonathan Archer of the Starship Enterprise™, as told by Louisa Swann Chakotay of the U.S.S. Voyager™, as told by Christie Golden David Gold of the U.S.S. da Vinci, as told by John J. Ordover Kira Nerys of Deep Space 9™, as told by Heather Jarman Klag, son of M'Raq, of the I.K.S. Gorkon, as told by Keith R.A. DeCandido Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Stargazer, as told by Michael Jan Friedman William T. Riker of the U.S.S. Titan, as told by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels Elizabeth Shelby of the U.S.S. Trident, as told by Peter David Demora Sulu of the U.S.S. Enterprise™-B, as told by David R. George III From the weekly episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise to the monthly adventures of S.C., from the bestselling novel Serpents Among the Ruins to the bestselling series New Frontier, from the past tales of Stargazer to the new stories of Titan, from the glorious exploits of I.K.S. Gorkon to the post-finale chronicles of Deep Space Nine and Voyager, come nine new stories from the nine newest members of Star Trek's finest and bravest shipmasters.

There's a bar called "The Captain's Table," where those who have commanded mighty vessels of every shape and era can meet, relax, and share a friendly drink with others of their calling. But the first drink is always paid for with a story...even For Starfleet's finest officers! Star Trek® War Dragons by L.A. Graf James T. Kirk must join forces with Captain Hikaru Sulu of the U.S.S. Excelsior to end a bloody conflict in a distant star system -- before it erupts into a full-scale interstellar war! Star Trek: The Next Generation® Dujonian's Hoard by Michael Jan Friedman For more than two hundred years, treasure hunters have sought a fabled trove of priceless artifacts and forgotten technology. Now Joan-Luc Picard must go undercover too find the hoard before it falls info the hands of the Federation's greatest enemies! Star Trek: Deep Space Nine® The Mist by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch Is the Mist the ultimate cloaking device -- or a gateway to another dimension? Benjamin Sisko contends with the Cordassions, the Fereagi, and even the Klingon Empire to uncover a secret that could change The balance of power throughout the entire Alpha Quadrant! Star Trek: Voyager® Fire Ship be Diane Carol A sudden attack separates Captain Kathryn Janeway from her ship and crew, stranding her aboard an alien vessel and in the middle of a war she doesn't understand. Now she must rise from the ranks once more -- to fake command of a wholly new ship! Star Trek: New Frontier Once Burned by Peter David Six years ago, before he took command of the Starship Excalibur, Mackenzie Calhoun served aboard the U.S.S. Grissom -- until disaster struck. Now at long last, Captain Calhoun reveals the true story Ind the greatest tragedy of his life! Star Trek Where Sea Meets Sky by Jerry Oltion Long before Kirk began his own voyages, Captain Christopher Pike led the Starship Enterprise™ into uncharted realms of space, encountering strange and unearthly dangers -- including vast, spacefaring life-forms capable of devastating entire star systems!