Author: Petrillo, Renee Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: “It was the best of dreams, it was the worst of dreams, it was an age of consulting the nautical experts, it was the age of landlubber foolishness, it was the epoch of determination, it was the ...
Author: Durham, Dick Publisher: Wiley Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: A collection of gripping stories—both ancient and modern—of thrilling adventures at seaTales of adventures on the high seas captivate both sailors and those who stand on the shore and gaze...
Author: Durham, Dick Publisher: Wiley Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A collection of gripping stories—both ancient and modern—of thrilling adventures at seaTales of adventures on the high seas captivate both sailors and those who stand on the shore and gaze...
Author: Kretschmer, John Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: "The tale of Carl Wake and the hurricane that was waiting for him goes straight to the heart of the greatest sea stories: they are not about man against the sea, but man against himself. John Kretschm...
Author: Kretschmer, John Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "The tale of Carl Wake and the hurricane that was waiting for him goes straight to the heart of the greatest sea stories: they are not about man against the sea, but man against himself. John Kretschm...
Author: Buckley, Jr. William F. Publisher: RosettaBooks, LLC Format: Adobe PDF
Description: William F. Buckley Jr.'s account of his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in the sailboat Sealestial, Atlantic High is a work that everywhere evidences Buckley's love for sailing and good companionship...
Author: Emmett, Jon Publisher: Wiley Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The ultimate self-learning guide to sailboat racingIn this practical self-coaching guide for the serious racing buff, veteran sailing coach Jon Emmett explains how anyone can improve his or her sailin...
Author: Emmett, Jon Publisher: Wiley Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: The sailing secrets that will help you winWorld-class sailor Jon Emmett, winner of the Radial Europa Cup series and the UK National Championships, has the sort of on-water experience that could improv...
Author: Emmett, Jon Publisher: Wiley Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The sailing secrets that will help you winWorld-class sailor Jon Emmett, winner of the Radial Europa Cup series and the UK National Championships, has the sort of on-water experience that could improv...
Author: Burch, David Publisher: Starpath Publications Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book covers how to find position at sea from timed sextant sights of the sun, moon, stars, and planets plus other routine and special procedures of safe, efficient offshore navigation. No previou...
Author: Manley, Pat Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A clear, concise and logical introduction to boat electrics. An understanding of this subject is essential for any skipper—salt water is a harsh environment for wires and chips and problems can ...
Author: Colgate, Steve / Colgate, Doris Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Learn how to handle a cruising sailboat in as little as seven days—even if you’ve never sailed before!Who says you have to be an experienced daysailor before you can think about cruising? ...
Author: Colgate, Steve / Colgate, Doris Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The learn-to-sail book for when you are in a hurry to gain your sea legs At the Offshore Sailing School, the Colgates have taught more than 100,000 adults how to sail. Now they are making their pro...
Author: Gilbert, Brian Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Brian Gilbert is a lifelong sailor who lived aboard a Catalina 27 for four years. As a young father with a modest budget, he bought a Venture 22 for $500. The photos of his restoration of that boat ar...
Author: Jobson, Gary / Goss, Cynthia Publisher: Nomad Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: For Gary Jobson-the three-time All American sailor, America's Cup winner, Fastnet Race winner, and ESPN sailing commentator since 1985-sailing is life. In 2003, he was diagnosed with lymphoma, and her...
Author: Dedekam, Ivar Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Seamanship is the art of managing a boat. This book is a follow-up to the successful Sail & Rig Tuning and Illustrated Navigation covering knots, docking the boat and anchoring, all illustrated in...
Description: This handy little guide is packed with helpful tips for anybody who's keen to take up sailing or has just started out. As with any sport it's hard to learn from a book but the short ideas here will gi...
Author: Quasar, Gian Publisher: McGraw-Hill Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Still unsolved, still baffling, still claiming new victims. Here are the untold stories.A pilot reports a strange haze enveloping his plane, then disappears; eleven hours after fuel starvation, as if ...
Author: Knox-Johnston, Robin Publisher: Wiley Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: A lifetime of reflections on the joys, terrors, and triumphs of sailing?from Britain's greatest yachtsmanThe first man to sail solo and non-stop around the world, in 1969, Robin Knox-Johnston instantl...
Author: Mosenthal, Basil Publisher: Adlard Coles Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: For anyone learning to sail in either dinghies or yachts, this book is easy to read with lively colour illustrations. Now in a larger format, this is a no-nonsense guide for beginners of all ages and ...
Author: Kolbe, Geoffrey Publisher: Starpath Publications Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Nautical almanac data for the sun and selected stars valid until 2050, plus easy to use, concise sight reduction and altitude correction tables. Plus work forms to make the process even easier. A conc...
Author: U.S.C.G, Publisher: Wallabycreek Format: Adobe PDF
Description: These Rules shall apply to all vessels upon the high seas and in all waters connected therewith navigable by seagoing vessels. BY LAW this book must be on your vessel. 280 pages in color. Any incide...
Author: Lennox, Doug Publisher: Dundurn Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Shiver me timbers and avast ye hearties! We think we know pirates, from Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow to Errol Flynn as Captain Blood, or literature's Long John Silver and Captain Hook. But what...
Author: Storandt, William Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Outbound is the story of two voyages: an Atlantic crossing in the 33-foot cutter Clarity, bound for Scotland; and the hard voyage of self-discovery that finally brought Bill Storandt to his life part...
Author: Buchan, Alastair Publisher: Wiley Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Electronic navigation systems are extremely reliable but when they do fail onboard repair at sea is rarely possible. Also, their operation depends on a continuous supply of electricity. Should this fa...
Author: Colgate, Steve Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: From a racing master, all the knowledge you need to make your boat go faster and safer in any conditionIn Performance Sailing and Racing, Steve Colgate explains how to improve your sailing and push yo...
Author: Johnson, Timothy M Publisher: Captains Engineering Services, Inc. Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book was written by the sailing instructors of Boston Harbor Sailing Club for use by their students to learn the theory and practice of advanced sailing skills. The theory and practice are illus...
Author: Murphy, Dallas Publisher: Burford Books Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Beautifully written, jargon-free book on how to adjust sails for greater sailing pleasure. The author strives to remove as much techy-talk as possible, under the theory that beginning sailors, for who...
Author: Wiberg, Eric Troels Publisher: Island Books Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Published Writing, 1983 - 2009 is a 25-year compendium of published material, preserved in its original form and collated every 10 years or so into smaller volumes. These articles, poems and drawings ...
Author: Craig, Mr. John / Davison, Timothy Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Step-by-step training for dinghy sailors who are ready to start racingThis book assumes the reader can sail and now wants to race. It aims to take them through their first few seasons of racing, to th...
Author: Rodriguez, Nicola Publisher: Wiley Format: Adobe PDF
Description: How to make your dream of giving up the 9-to-5 routine—and setting sail—come trueAuthor Nicola Rodriguez dared to dream the impossible—seeing the world with her family of four. With ...
Description: How to make your dream of giving up the 9-to-5 routine—and setting sail—come trueAuthor Nicola Rodriguez dared to dream the impossible—seeing the world with her family of four. With ...
Author: Pelling, Sue Publisher: Wiley Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: How to give up the desk job and find your perfect new careeron and around the waterIf working on or near a boat all year round is your idea of heaven, then this book is for you. Author Sue Pelling, an...
Author: Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Publisher: Wallabycreek Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Sailing Directions are the official books published by the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency of USA Government. Sailing Directions, covering the harbors, coasts, and waters of the world, provi...
Author: Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Publisher: Wallabycreek Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Sailing Directions are the official books published by the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency (NGA) of USA Government. Sailing Directions, covering the harbors, coasts, and waters of the world,...
Author: Bose, Neil Publisher: eBookIt.com Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: This is a book of days and moments spent sailing on the east coast of Newfoundland and over the Atlantic to the Azores. Newfoundland is a beautiful cruising ground, one of the best in the world for a ...
Author: Inc. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Assoc. Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Learn the essentials of sailing and seamanship from one of the world’s premier boating organizationsSince 1978, Sailing Skills and Seamanship has been the required manual for students in the U.S...
Author: Cunliffe, Tom Publisher: Wiley Nautical Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: “Nobody captures the magic of sail or conveys the lessons of seamanship like Tom. He’s one of sailing’s great raconteurs.” David Glenn, Editor, Yachting WorldTom Cunliffe, star...
Author: Werner, Doug Publisher: Tracks Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This beginner's sailing instructional guide covers both monohull and catamaran sailing with an emphasis on basic technique, safety, and fun. Skipping complicated sailing jargon that can stymie most no...
Description: After a lifetime of sailing, Josh and Vicki Jones had sold their sailboat and were wondering what might be an interesting thing to do next. Digging around on the Internet, Josh found a lot of informat...
Author: Jeans, Peter D. Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "A valuable and lively resource. Jeans sorts truth from fiction with a sure hand and does full justice to both." —Peter Stanford, President Emeritus, National Maritime Historical Society ̶...
Author: Jamieson, John Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Secrets' is the modern Bowditch, written so clearly that navigation and seamanship will be comprehensible to anyone . . ."-- Dave and Jaja Martin, circumnavigators and authors of Into the Light: A ...
Author: Jamieson, John Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: "Secrets' is the modern Bowditch, written so clearly that navigation and seamanship will be comprehensible to anyone . . ."-- Dave and Jaja Martin, circumnavigators and authors of Into the Light: A ...
Author: Crooks, Richard Publisher: Wiley Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book covers the practical syllabus a student skipper needs to pass advanced sailing exams. It is also designed to be kept on board as a coaching guide covering common situations that may trip up ...
Author: Harrison, Gaz Publisher: Wiley Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Whether embarking on a career teaching sailing or looking to teach your children to sail, this step by step guide will get the best out of you and your students.It takes the coach through the basics o...
Author: Cort, Adam Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Transform basic sailing skills into true mastery No other sport is as complex or as gear- and technique-intensive as sailing. The details and nuances are vast, but beneath the surface are 22 elemen...
Author: Cort, Adam Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Transform basic sailing skills into true mastery No other sport is as complex or as gear- and technique-intensive as sailing. The details and nuances are vast, but beneath the surface are 22 elemen...
Author: Gilbert, Brian Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: A soup-to-nuts introduction to small, economical sailing craft Trailer sailers--the smallest, most economical sailboats with sleeping accommodations--are a popular platform for learning the basics of...
Author: Jessie, Diana Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: “A great starting point for the woman who wants to live the cruising life.”--SAIL The cruising life offers adventure, exotic destinations, and expansive opportunities for personal growth....
Author: Roth, Hal Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Big adventures on the high seas—from one of the greatest seafaring writers of our ageHal Roth’s vivid, authentic tales of the sea have riveted readers around the world for forty years. Her...
