Mark Chisnell has mixed writing and professional sailing for over 20 years; publishing nine works of fiction and non-fiction, and writing for some of the world’s leading magazines and newspapers, including Esquire and the Guardian.
On the way, he has also won three offshore sailing world championships, and sailed as navigator with five America’s Cup teams.
Spanish Castle to White Night - about the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 - was published in late-October, click on the title or right here for everything you ever wanted to know about the book.
Or cut to the chase and place an order - it's the perfect answer for a Christmas present for anyone interested in the sea or adventure.
Winner - Sportel Monaco 2009 Award for Best Illustrated Book.
The latest addition to the website is an audiobook version of the first of my two published-but-out-of-print novels - for links to all five parts, click on The Defector, or use the Download page.
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Click here to listen online to Part One |
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Subscribe to five-part podcast via iTunes |
Both my two published novels are now available as eBooks - click on the links to download free copies of The Defector, and The Wrecking Crew.
Elsewhere on the site, some (slightly dated) highlights from the much-neglected blog include this story on the thirtieth anniversary of the tragic 1979 Fastnet Race. Then there are a couple of accounts of attempts to round Cape Horn, starting with an oldie but goodie, the Smeetons 1958 voyage. Compare and contrast with this more recent account of Commodore Explorer's extraordinary rounding in 1993. Follow that with this story of some rather frightening new research on rogue waves.
And finally - I was pretty chuffed to be asked to write the introduction to the latest of the venerable Marine Accident Investigation Branch's Safety Digest...
Mark Chisnell
