{"product_id":"up-aloft-with-old-harry-9780713650402","title":"Up Aloft with Old Harry","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Des Sleightholme\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Water Sports - Sailing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp Aloft with Old Harry is another wonderful collection of Des Sleightholme's batty observations on the sailing scene.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWickedly perceptive, Sleightholme attacks pomposity with scarifying\u003cbr\u003egusto, taking the mickey out of everything and everybody afloat. Such\u003cbr\u003etopics as leaking boats, dragging anchors, the charms of twin keels, \u003cbr\u003ethe Fastnet Race, moving house by boat, chartering and, of course, the\u003cbr\u003eperils of going aloft, are handled with pitiless relish, while the\u003cbr\u003eimprobable yet all too familiar character, Old Harry, appears with\u003cbr\u003eregularity like some pantomime devil in wrinkled red tights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Sleightholme is the man to make you laugh' Yachting Monthly\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Nobody is safe from Sleightholme's wit and wisdom' Motor Boat \u0026amp; Yachting\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45088153043095,"sku":"9780713650402","price":989.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780713650402.webp?v=1767267238","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/up-aloft-with-old-harry-9780713650402","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}