With the wind behind us / Matt Elliott.

"The chapters in this book cover a range of topics related to how sailing has been and will always be very much part of the fabric of our society and culture, from the builders of some of the most impressive sailing ships this country has produced, to those whose small, accessible sailing dinghies introduced thousands of New Zealand children to the joys (and frustrations) of being on the water. Armed with skills learned on summer weekend race-days, some of those kids went on to become world champions in a variety of classes and events"--Introduction.

Bibliography: pages 343-350.

The weigh-in -- Curing a boy of his love of the sea -- Sailing away -- Hard Yakka -- The ballad of David Lowston -- Around the world : from Marco Polo to Guppy -- The first four ships -- The 'Leiths' of Murrays Bay -- Old-time whaling -- A selection of New Zealand sailing dinghies -- Name the 1995 America's Cup-winning team -- Snow White and the seven lucky sailors -- Regatta day -- Sanders Memorial Challenge Cup -- Tasman's journal -- The big boat challenge -- The last Orpheus survivor -- How to build a yacht the Johnny Wray way -- Happy days on the Buffalo -- The Star of Tasmania storm -- Blake's addiction -- Bergy bits -- Bouzaid's little beaut -- Nautical names -- The mystery of the Marlborough -- Old sailing superstitions -- The Admiral's Cup -- Pegasus Bay tempest -- Grab the bucket : New Zealand's 2003 America's Cup debacle -- New Zealand sailor of the year -- Eat your greens : the curse of scurvy -- The Minerva Reefs -- 'What took you so long?' -- Mrs Baloković's Cup -- Through the lens of Henry Winkelmann -- Two trunks of tōtara -- The deadly Wellington to Lyttelton Race of 1951 -- Royal yacht clubs of New Zealand -- The voyage of Von Luckner's prisoners -- Peter Blake's red socks -- Beginnings of a regatta -- Kiwi ingenuity -- Boom time on the Northern Wairoa -- The hook -- He had seen Captain Cook.

"Stretching back to the great migrations from Polynesia to the world-beating success of Team New Zealand; from Johnny Wray's Ngataki to Harry Highet's humble P-class dinghy; from red socks to kauri yachts: With the Wind Behind Us is a celebration of the stories that gave Aotearoa its mighty sailing reputation."--Back cover.