All I Ask is a Tall Ship

Graham Lascelles

Independently Published

£9.99

This is the story of the design and construction of the expedition yacht Global Surveyor and her initial circumnavigation in 1999-2000. She’s a 19m 45-tonne steel yacht, the brainchild of former merchant seaman Graham Lascelles and began her life as a pegged-out plan on the author’s lawn. Technically-minded readers will relish the mathematical design calculations which are included throughout: others will be impressed by the scale of the self-build concept and the meticulousness with which every detail was considered and implemented. Lascelles has a gift for clear explanation.

Global Surveyor’s first voyage was a family affair which included a disturbing episode which sent Lascelles reaching for his gun. She is now a high latitude adventure yacht based in Scotland.