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Hardback. Condición: Good. When a lakeshore or seashore is yours to explore, you will never run out of things to do. This title shows you how to: row a boat or roll a kayak; build a raft, a cardboard boat, a rope ladder, or a waterfront swing; catch plankton, fish, or crabs Skip a stone or win a sailboat race; tie a knot or heave a line; and, more.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Based on journalist Jim Carrier's exhaustive research and hundreds of interviews----The Ship and the Storm explores the story of the Fantome and Hurricane Mitch from every angle.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Cruising on a small boat is a continuous learning experience. This title brings together the lessons learned, the tested advice, and solutions of more than 200 sailors from around the world. It also includes nearly 1,200 tips on many things, from anchors to bilge pumps, refrigeration to communication, and food preparation to handy gadgets. …

Paperback. Condición: Fair. Cruising on a small boat is a continuous learning experience. This title brings together the lessons learned, the tested advice, and solutions of more than 200 sailors from around the world. It also includes nearly 1,200 tips on many things, from anchors to bilge pumps, refrigeration to communication, and food preparation to handy gadgets. …

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Cruising on a small boat is a continuous learning experience. This title brings together the lessons learned, the tested advice, and solutions of more than 200 sailors from around the world. It also includes nearly 1,200 tips on many things, from anchors to bilge pumps, refrigeration to communication, and food preparation to handy gadgets.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. Gives you the information you need to select the boat of your dreams, maneuver it like a master, and understand the rules and conventions of powerboating. This title covers various powerboats - big and small; single-engine, twin-engine, outboard, and sterndrive; and, trailerable and nontrailerable. …

Paperback. Condición: Good. Gives you the information you need to select the boat of your dreams, maneuver it like a master, and understand the rules and conventions of powerboating. This title covers various powerboats - big and small; single-engine, twin-engine, outboard, and sterndrive; and, trailerable and nontrailerable. …

Hardback. Condición: Good. Examines the lives and lore of hundreds of North America's most popular wildflowers, including the origins of their names, their place in history and literature, what uses ancient herbalists found for them (and what uses they have now), where they grow, and how to grow or transplant them. Peterson, Dawn (ilustrador).…

Hardback. Condición: Fair. Examines the lives and lore of hundreds of North America's most popular wildflowers, including the origins of their names, their place in history and literature, what uses ancient herbalists found for them (and what uses they have now), where they grow, and how to grow or transplant them. Peterson, Dawn (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: Good. Teaches you navigation the way small-boat skippers actually navigate: by combining electronic aids like GPS and radar with commonsense visual piloting skills and simple chartwork. This book also covers developments in electronic navigation, including improvements in GPS accuracy, and navigation information over the Internet.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. Suitable for those who own a cherished but dilapidated fiberglass runabout, or for those who want a boat but are turned off by the high prices and often poor quality of today's offerings, this book explains everything to know about turning a rundown runabout into a real showpiece for a fraction of the cost of a new model.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. In June 1994, a dangerous "bomb" storm caught dozens of cruising sailors by surprise as they voyaged north from New Zealand. This is the true story of how nine yachts struggled to survive the hurricane-like conditions. Boats were battered by fierce winds and capsized by seas towering well over 50 feet high. Masts collapsed, rudders broke, and sailors lost steering control when they needed it most. This book details the story of the heroic men and women on the yachts, in the planes, on the ships, and on land who took part in this sea drama - find out what really happened and what it was like out there. This is both a shock course in survival for bluewater voyagers and a riveting human drama for sailors and nonsailors alike."If you're cruising now, clear a space on your boat's bookshelf: the lessons here can help pull you through even a nightmare of a storm." - "SAIL". " .a dramatic story of life, death, and the epic struggle of man against the forces of nature .gripping .compelling .a story as spellbinding and harrowing as any novel." - "Multihulls". " .gripping reading.Farrington's account of the skippers' attempts to secure their boats against the storm will be invaluable to blue water sailors. .You don't have to know much about sailing to find this book fascinating. It is a story of human endeavour, endurance, courage, and frailty, and the accounts of the rescues are particularly exciting." - "The Evening Post" (Wellington, New Zealand)."[a]book you will want to read from cover to cover." - "Boating NZ". "Tony Farrington tells a remarkable rescue story.If you enjoy the water, I suggest that you read this volume." - "The Ensign". "The human spirit.is the best survival tool there is. That is one of the lessons of this valuable, enthralling book." - John Rousmaniere, author of "Fastnet, Force 10".…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. In June 1994, a dangerous "bomb" storm caught dozens of cruising sailors by surprise as they voyaged north from New Zealand. This is the true story of how nine yachts struggled to survive the hurricane-like conditions. Boats were battered by fierce winds and capsized by seas towering well over 50 feet high. Masts collapsed, rudders broke, and sailors lost steering control when they needed it most. This book details the story of the heroic men and women on the yachts, in the planes, on the ships, and on land who took part in this sea drama - find out what really happened and what it was like out there. This is both a shock course in survival for bluewater voyagers and a riveting human drama for sailors and nonsailors alike."If you're cruising now, clear a space on your boat's bookshelf: the lessons here can help pull you through even a nightmare of a storm." - "SAIL". " .a dramatic story of life, death, and the epic struggle of man against the forces of nature .gripping .compelling .a story as spellbinding and harrowing as any novel." - "Multihulls". " .gripping reading.Farrington's account of the skippers' attempts to secure their boats against the storm will be invaluable to blue water sailors. .You don't have to know much about sailing to find this book fascinating. It is a story of human endeavour, endurance, courage, and frailty, and the accounts of the rescues are particularly exciting." - "The Evening Post" (Wellington, New Zealand)."[a]book you will want to read from cover to cover." - "Boating NZ". "Tony Farrington tells a remarkable rescue story.If you enjoy the water, I suggest that you read this volume." - "The Ensign". "The human spirit.is the best survival tool there is. That is one of the lessons of this valuable, enthralling book." - John Rousmaniere, author of "Fastnet, Force 10".…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. In June 1994, a dangerous "bomb" storm caught dozens of cruising sailors by surprise as they voyaged north from New Zealand. This is the true story of how nine yachts struggled to survive the hurricane-like conditions. Boats were battered by fierce winds and capsized by seas towering well over 50 feet high. Masts collapsed, rudders broke, and sailors lost steering control when they needed it most. This book details the story of the heroic men and women on the yachts, in the planes, on the ships, and on land who took part in this sea drama - find out what really happened and what it was like out there. This is both a shock course in survival for bluewater voyagers and a riveting human drama for sailors and nonsailors alike."If you're cruising now, clear a space on your boat's bookshelf: the lessons here can help pull you through even a nightmare of a storm." - "SAIL". " .a dramatic story of life, death, and the epic struggle of man against the forces of nature .gripping .compelling .a story as spellbinding and harrowing as any novel." - "Multihulls". " .gripping reading.Farrington's account of the skippers' attempts to secure their boats against the storm will be invaluable to blue water sailors. .You don't have to know much about sailing to find this book fascinating. It is a story of human endeavour, endurance, courage, and frailty, and the accounts of the rescues are particularly exciting." - "The Evening Post" (Wellington, New Zealand)."[a]book you will want to read from cover to cover." - "Boating NZ". "Tony Farrington tells a remarkable rescue story.If you enjoy the water, I suggest that you read this volume." - "The Ensign". "The human spirit.is the best survival tool there is. That is one of the lessons of this valuable, enthralling book." - John Rousmaniere, author of "Fastnet, Force 10".…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Presents an account of the author's experience among the independent, vigorous men and women with whom he hauled lines and gutted fish under hand-numbing conditions.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. Sail- and powerboaters learn how to become better navigators and skippers.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Sail- and powerboaters learn how to become better navigators and skippers.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Focuses on the hulls, decks, cabins, spars, and wood trim of fiberglass boats. This book covers painting, varnishing, repairing gelcoat, and applying hull graphics with illustrated instructions.

Hardback. Condición: Good. Focuses on the hulls, decks, cabins, spars, and wood trim of fiberglass boats. This book covers painting, varnishing, repairing gelcoat, and applying hull graphics with illustrated instructions.

Paperback. Condición: Good. About learning to sail, this book follows the techniques perfected at the world-famous Annapolis Sailing School, where thousands of people have learned to take tiller in hand and harness the wind. It helps you around a boat - what its parts are called, what they do, and how to use them to ride the wind wherever you want to go.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. About learning to sail, this book follows the techniques perfected at the world-famous Annapolis Sailing School, where thousands of people have learned to take tiller in hand and harness the wind. It helps you around a boat - what its parts are called, what they do, and how to use them to ride the wind wherever you want to go.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. Helps you understand and prevent diving accidents, based on 20 true-life reports. This guide reveals how scuba diving accidents leading to severe injury or death usually result from a chain of events that can and should be prevented before a tragedy occurs. It features an introduction to diver safety and includes safety sidebars throughout.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. Helps you understand and prevent diving accidents, based on 20 true-life reports. This guide reveals how scuba diving accidents leading to severe injury or death usually result from a chain of events that can and should be prevented before a tragedy occurs. It features an introduction to diver safety and includes safety sidebars throughout.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. Covers what you need to know to keep your boat running. This text features do-it-yourself troubleshooting and maintenance prescriptions. It offers guidance on: troubleshooting electrical wire and gear; electrolysis and how to protect your boat's underwater hardware; and, troubleshooting your engine, whether inboard, sterndrive, or outboard. …

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Covers what you need to know to keep your boat running. This text features do-it-yourself troubleshooting and maintenance prescriptions. It offers guidance on: troubleshooting electrical wire and gear; electrolysis and how to protect your boat's underwater hardware; and, troubleshooting your engine, whether inboard, sterndrive, or outboard. …

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Between these covers is the essence of centuries of seafaring experience, distilled into a concise, alphabetically organized reference for sailors and powerboaters. You'll find rules of thumb for hull thickness, bottom paint coverage, estimating distances, when to hoist and lower flags, predicting weather, which colors are unlucky, rope size and strength, anchoring rights, making a rum punch, and a lot more. This is either the most useful boating book ever designed to entertain or the most entertaining book ever designed to be useful. Open it to any page and browse awhile. You'll see.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. Between these covers is the essence of centuries of seafaring experience, distilled into a concise, alphabetically organized reference for sailors and powerboaters. You'll find rules of thumb for hull thickness, bottom paint coverage, estimating distances, when to hoist and lower flags, predicting weather, which colors are unlucky, rope size and strength, anchoring rights, making a rum punch, and a lot more. This is either the most useful boating book ever designed to entertain or the most entertaining book ever designed to be useful. Open it to any page and browse awhile. You'll see.…

Hardback. Condición: Fair.

Hardback. Condición: Good.

Hardback. Condición: Good. Get the latest boatbuilding tips from this updated classic Since its first publication in 1970, Boatbuilding Manual has become the standard reference in boatbuilding and boat design schools, in the offices of professional builders, and in the basement workshops of home builders. No other boatbuilding text has simultaneously served the disparate needs of professional and amateur audiences so successfully. Carl Cramer, the publisher of WoodenBoat and Professional Boatbuilder magazines, has fully updated this fifth edition with the latest in boatbuilding techniques and developments. Includes: The latest wood-epoxy construction methods that make amateur building more successful than ever before Recommendations on products and materials, saving you time and money substantial time and expense Topics include: Plans, Tools, Woods, Fiberglass and Other Hull Materials, Fastenings, Lines and Laying Down, Molds, Templates, and the Backbone, Setting Up, Framing, Planking, Deck Framing, Decking, Deck Joinerwork, Interior Joinerwork, Finishing, Sailboat Miscellany, Steering, Tanks, Plumbing, etc, Mechanical and Electrical, Potpourri, Safety.…