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Shipwrecks of the Isle of Man by Adrian Corkill
Shipwrecks of the Isle of Man by Adrian Corkill
Most of our coastline is now covered by diving guides, to the delight of wreck-divers, but more detailed diving coverage of shipping losses in smaller sections of British waters is being published almost monthly.
???? These new books add wrecks that the earlier authors had omitted, or not known about, and are providing more detailed information about the actual wreck dives.
???? A good example is Adrian Corkill's Shipwrecks of the Isle of Man. A Manxman diver, Corkill has been researching wrecks around his homeland for more than 15 years and has listed more than 1200 that sank since the 1650s.
???? He came to diving via rod-fishing, as the offshore wrecks became a target for his rod. After a while he wanted to see what attracted so many fish, then he dived and then, of course, he was hooked.
???? But he has not forgotten his rod-fishing chums. At the end of the reports on the offshore wrecks in the book you will find a small section marked 'Angling', with likely size of fish and species to be hooked.
???? The book is an excellent, well-pictured guide to 97 wrecks. Adrian Corkill has broken these down into three sections: Wrecks in Open Water (57 ships), Wrecks on the Coast (25) and Wrecks on the Shore (15, reachable on foot at low tide).
???? His diving detail is good value. This book should be in the kitbag of anyone diving Manx wrecks.
Kendall McDonald
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Shipwrecks of the Isle of Man by Adrian Corkill (Tempus Publishing, ISBN 0752426982) Softback, 256pp, £19.99
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PRICE: ?13.95 + ?1.00 p&p
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