Sailing category: 730 books
by Douglas Frazar
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
A Concise and Simple Treatise ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SMALL BOATS AND YACHTS UNDER ALL CONDITIONS, WITH EXPLANATORY CHAPTERS ON ORDINARY SEA-MANŒUVRES, AND THE USE OF SAILS, HELM, AND ANCHOR, AND ADVICE AS TO WHAT IS PROPER TO BE DONE IN DIFFERENT EMERGENCIES; SUPPLEMENTED BY A SHORT VOCABULARY OF NAUTICAL TERMS.
Kodoku
Sailing Alone Across the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Kodoku is the true story of a young Japanese sailor whose fascination with the art of sailing led him on a solo trans-Pacific journey.
First described in a best-selling Japanese book, then an internationally acclaimed motion picture, Kodoku is the full record of the background, conception,...
by Captain Gordon McGowan USCG
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
COMMANDER Gordon McGowan, cast in the role of master of a three-masted bark by order of the U.S. Coast Guard, found himself short on square rigged sailing knowledge and long on re-fitting problems when faced with transforming a battered German prize of war, the Horst Wessel, into a well-found Coast...
Boat Mechanical Systems Handbook : How to Design, Install, and Recognize Proper Systems in Boats: How to Design, Install, and Recognize Proper Systems in Boats
How to Design, Install, and Recognize Proper Systems in Boats
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2008
The First Ever Guide for Optimizing Boat Systems
This guide is invaluable for anyone designing or installing mechanical systems on a new boat, retrofitting an existing boat, or evaluating a boat's operating condition. Writing for designers, builders, owners, buyers, mechanics, surveyors, and...
by Clarence Jones
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
This book is a sequel to Sailboat Projects, first published as an e-book in 2012 and as a printed book in 2013. Author Clarence Jones has been a sailor most of his life. Much of his pleasure in sailing has been creating projects for his boats that enhanced their performance, made them easier to sail,...
by John Vigor
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
Aimed at sailboat owners of all kinds, this reference book contains 200 entries packed with solid practical advice and valuable tips. Each entry is categorized alphabetically and prefaced by an arresting statement such as "People always lie about how fast their boats are." The reference...
The Yacht Owner's Manual
Everything you need to know to get the most out of your yacht
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Owning a boat involves sailors developing a whole new skill set and taking on a raft of new responsibilities, but this essential handbook takes the stress out of what should be an enjoyable, rewarding next step, and shares a wealth of practical advice on what might initially seem daunting new challenges.
Drawn...
by Thomas A Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Since 1984 New Jersey Friends of Clearwater's Environmental Sail Program (ESP) gave free environmental sail boat rides in a historical, 26 foot Tuckerton River Sailing Garvey. That vessel was retired to a seaport museum, and we needed a new vessel. Planning, construction, launch, and sailing...
Golden Lily
Asia’s First Dinghy Sailing Gold Medallist
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The fascinating autobiography from Asia’s first ever dinghy sailing gold medallist. Learning to sail and becoming a full-time athlete at just 10 years old, Lijia Xu was taken away from her parents and enrolled on the gruelling Chinese training regime, a programme meticulously prescribed across all...
In the Wake of Heroes
Sailing's Greatest Stories Introduced by Tom Cunliffe
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Tom Cunliffe is one of the biggest names in the sailing world – an internationally renowned journalist and speaker, and the go-to guru when the BBC wants a presenter for a new TV series about maritime interests.
For the last ten years he has edited the 'Great Seamanship' column of Yachting...
by Dag Pike
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
This is a book about practical navigation - packed with practical ways to make navigation safer, easier and better. It is a book for anyone - whether driving a power boat or sailing a yacht. And the techniques cover both electronic as well as visual navigation.
This book starts where others...
How To Anchor Safely
So You Sleep Well!
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
When I did my sailing courses anchoring was discussed but not practiced. When I became a liveaboard boat gypsy, spending most of every summer at anchor, (whenever I wasn't sailing anyway) in order to avoid peak visitors rates in marinas, I suddenly discovered there's a lot more to it than just how...
Penelope Down East
Cruising Adventures in an Engineless Catboat Along the World's Most Beautiful Coast
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2015
Penelope Down East is a collection of stories about sailing the Maine coast in a small catboat with no engine. This is cruising the way it was done a hundred years ago—and it takes a high level of seamanship to get anywhere. If the wind or the tide is against you, you must adapt, change plans, tack...
Figawi Race
Hyannis to Nantucket
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
When three friends gathered at Baxter�s Boathouse in 1972 to discuss their Memorial Day weekend plans over a few beers, none of them would have suspected that they were on the verge of creating one of the prestigious sailing events on the Atlantic coast. The Figawi Race began as a challenge among a...