On Board with Bradley: The Collected Columns from Motor Boating and Sailing Magazine, 1977 to 1983

by Dick Bradley

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688024831
• ISBN13: 9780688024833
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Hearst Books
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Best of Bradley

This is a compilation of many of the best articles published in the Motor Boating & Sailing rag this loveable, yet curmudgeonly, old chap wrote. He and his lovely wife Dory lived a varied life aboard more vessels (excluding multi-hulls -- you don't want to know what he thinks of them, or their owners) (insert knowing grin HERE) and they had lots of life experiences of a nautical flair. The articles he wrote detail wonderful experiences he shared. The thing I like about Mr. Bradley is that he is not a chap who willingly does without the necessities of life in order to be aboard a boat. He has his toys, and enjoys them too.This book is for the more mature boater, who will recognize the many truths he writes about in this gem. His wife added much to his happiness aboard, and he tells exactly how that was achieved. (Men, especially those with reluctant wives, should Take Notes)Anyway, I enjoyed the articles. Not a lot of storm-tossed sea-stories here -- this is life aboard a boat, written by a couple who did it for decades. The illustrations are just wonderful too.... James Mitchell captured the Bradley we knew and loved. And the neighbors too, even those flaky ones are almost recognizable.So, buy the book, and enjoy your moments aboard the Simba. Dory's pouring, and if you're lucky, it'll be a fresh pina colada from Dick's blender -- which, incidentally, is a NECESSITY aboard. Thank you.