Cooking on a boat does not have to be all tins and packet soup. If they can be cooked on a boat they can be cooked in a caravan or in any small kitchen where space and equipment is at a premium. Starting from simple beginnings the recipes progress to quite sophisticated cooking, but the Tips and Techniques help you along the way. Some recipes are new, some are old favourites but all are tried and tested.

The charming stories in this book take us from one end of the Mediterranean to the other as we follow Captain Bill Baggywrinkle (‘Baggy’ to his friends) on his leisurely way over the sea, learning to cook for himself and for his friends along the way.

Sarita Armstrong spent over 20 years living on sailing boats in the Mediterranean, firstly on her own 26ft catamaran which she sailed mostly single-handed from Spain to Turkey; then on 60ft sailing yachts, often catering for charterers. She now lives on a barge in France. Prior to sailing, she owned her own restaurant for twelve years in Devon.