Sailing category: 730 books
by Tom Pamperin
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
With a steadfastly contrarian sensibility and a lively appreciation of both the profound and the absurd, Tom Pamperin sets out with his cantankerous sidekick Jagular (a fourteen-foot sailboat he built from cheap plywood, a 2x4 mast, and a $20 tarp for a sail) on a series of sail and oar (mis)adventures...
Guatemala
A Cruisers' Guide to Rio Dulce
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 13, 2017
FULLY REVISED SECOND EDITION
Rio Dulce nestles at the heart of the northwest Caribbean and is much more than just a safe haven for your boat during the hurricane season. From there, you can set off on a voyage of discovery and explore waters that are as yet unspoilt by the nautical tourism...
Bristol to the Blackwater
Robinetta, #7
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
After a winter in Bristol Julian and Alison Cable set out to bring their elderly gaff cutter Robinetta back to the East Coast of England after five sailing seasons going round the British Isles. There were still places to explore on the way, including the Brittany coastline. That was so long as they...
Sun, Wind, & Water - Part 2 of 2
The Essential Guide to the Energy-Efficient Cruising Boat
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
This is Part 2 of 2 of Sun, Wind, & Water, The Essential Guide to the Energy-Efficient Cruising Boat.
Part 2 covers the following topics:
• Lighting, Navigation, and Communication
• Refrigeration
• Windvane Self-Steering
• Autopilots
• ...
by Captain Mark Denebeim
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
True Caribbean Stories and Reflections of a Sailing Captain. From the Virgin Islands to Grenada, enjoy over 30 years of Caribbean madness as only a Charter Boat captain can recall, with photos. Contemplate 16 "One Page Wonders," presented to help view life and it's challenges. (Available...
Instant Weather Forecasting
You Can Predict the Weather
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Instant Weather Forecasting has been a perennial bestseller since it was first published nearly 50 years ago. A brilliant concept, its winning formula of 24 clear colour photographs of cloud formations and their accompanying explanatory text enables the reader to read the sky, pick up the clues, and...
by David P. Hope
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
“How did I get here?”Those were the words that David Hope thought as his boat, Summer Heat, was tossed in a storm on its way to the Bahamas. This book is the true story of his life, from his first experiences in sailing through his career as a Chesterfield County, Virginia Police Officer...
Learn to Sail (non-enhanced)
The Simplest Way to Start Sailing
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
Get afloat and start having fun with step-by-step advice, photo sequences and diagrams. This jargon-free guide allows complete novices to get out on the water with the minimum of fuss. One- and two-person dinghies are covered, along with rigging, knots, safety, handling and much more.
Caribbean Islands Cruising Guide
UK Version
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
The Caribbean is probably the biggest and best cruising ground in the world. Wonderful climate, beautiful islands, nice people and for the most part very inexpensive. With predictable weather and such good sailing winds it makes the Mediterranean look like a very poor relation.
This book details...
SAIL THIS WAY
A plain guide to ocean sailing
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Written in a light hearted conversational style, Sail This Way is a book that answers many of the questions aspiring ocean voyagers will have before setting off. The author's years of sea going experience shine through and the various topics are covered in plain non- technical language with illustrative...
by Kenn Brody
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
First person action/adventure on the cruising sailboat Cadenza. There is a dangerous reef 8 miles offshore. We are sailing into a hurricane-force supercell storm, and that reef becomes a lee shore. Then we get advice from a bird.
The Boat Drinks Book
A Different Tipple in Every Port
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
'Complete novice or know-all, you'll love this stunning book. An essential boater's companion, it will certainly have a place on my boat on the Amalfi coast'
Salvatore Calabrese, legendary bartender
A boozy book for boaters, The Boat Drinks Book serves up an expert look at the drinking...
Where Whales Sing
Book 1 of 2
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
I intend to have you feel the wind at sea, to taste the salt on your lips, to hear the wave as he rushes toward you, to smell the sweet scent of land yet beyond the horizon. I want to put your hand on the smooth varnished spokes of the teak wheel so that you feel the living motion of this sailing...
Superdocious!
Racing Insights and Revelations from Legendary Olympic Sailor Rodney Pattisson
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2019
Rodney Pattisson MBE, the three-time Olympic medallist and winner of fourteen world and European champtionships, is an iconic figure within the sailing world. A world champion in dinghies, multihulls and offshore, he has set race and speed records and with Lawrie Smith led Britain's challenge for...