Tom's salty yarns are legendary within the sailing community - Sailing Today

This is a well-written and thoroughly engaging guide, perfect for owners of traditional and more modern boats.

Practical Boat Owner

Bosun's Bag is a delight. It is a perfect mix of Tom Cunliffe's lifetime experience in traditional, wooden boats recorded in prose allied to Martyn Mackrill's assured, exquisitely drawn and painted illustrations.

Royal Cruising Club

Eloquent and opinionated

Yachting Monthly

What especially marks Tom out from the herd is the ability to tell a good tale backed by an encyclopaedic maritime knowledge... Tom's latest book will surely appeal to trad vessel folk everywhere. It's a genuinely worthwhile 'dip-into'

Old Gaffers Association

Anyone who owns anything with a gaff on it will need a copy of this book

The Marine Quarterly