Book description
'Salter writes with engaging affection, good humour and knowledge.
Nobody tells a yachting yarn better' Ã Â- Sir James Hardy OBE This is a
book about the excitement of sailing. The characters, the adventures,
the disasters à Â- and the quiet little drink afterwards. No sport
generates more anecdotes than ocean racing. It's a world rich in bizarre
incidents, outrageous behaviour, intense camaraderie and engaging
humour. The author, David Salter, is Australia's leading columnist and
feature writer on the sport of offshore sailing. Drawing on a
treasure-trove of stories and lifetime of personal involvement, he
provides a firsthand, deck-eye view of a world where the line between
fun and survival can be perilously thin. All Piss & Wind carries the
conviction of experience and the authority of knowledge à Â- all
enlivened by the author's sure ear for humour. David Salter is a
veteran television producer, journalist and author. He wrote for The
Bulletin and Daily Telegraph, produced This Day Tonight, worked in US
and UK television, has been Head of Sport for both Channel 7 and ABC-TV,
wrote and directed the Logie-winning This Fabulous Century series, was
Executive Producer of Media Watch and writes regularly on media matters
for The Australian. He is the co-author of the best-selling Breaking
Ranks, an eyewitness account of the HMAS Voyager disaster and its
aftermath.
