Sailing category: 730 books
by Sterling Hayden
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
At seventeen, he ran away to sea. By twenty-two, he was the captain of his own brigantine. Discovered by Hollywood, he acted in more than forty motion pictures including THE ASPHALT JUNGLE and DR. STRANGELOVE. He has had three wives, including the famous film star, Madeleine Carroll. During the war...
Abandoned
The Story of the Greely Arctic Expedition, 1881-1884
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Alden L. Todd’s Abandoned has been called “A model account of perhaps the most ill-fated and certainly the most grimly fascinating episode in the annals of Arctic exploration....” Working extensively with primary sources—official correspondence, diaries, letters, notes by the expedition’s...
In the South
Tales of Sail and Yearning
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
It begins with two wooden boats: the schooner designed by L. Francis Herreshoff and Bruce Kirbys sharpie ketch. From these two float tales of then and now stories of sail and sea in the Australian south, of design and artistic craftsmanship, builders, teacher-mentors, sprung planks, loss and the rescue...
by Sam Jefferson
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
The 1866 transatlantic yacht race was a match that saw three yachts battle their way across the Atlantic in the dead of winter in pursuit of a $90,000 prize. Six men died in the brutal and close-fought contest, and the event changed the perception of yachting from a slightly effete gentlemen's pursuit...
The Kevin Show
An Olympic Athlete’s Battle with Mental Illness
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
From the NYT bestselling author of The Monopolists, the "fascinating" (People) story of Olympian Kevin Hall and the syndrome that makes him believe he stars in a television show of his life.
Meet Kevin Hall: brother, son, husband, father, and Olympic sailor. Kevin has an Ivy League...
The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats : Reviews and Comparisons of 360 Boats Under 26 Feet: Reviews and Comparisons of 360 Boats Under 26 Feet
Reviews and Comparisons of 360 Boats Under 26 Feet
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
For the first time ever, a comparative survey of 95 percent of the fiberglass pocketcruising sailboats ever built
Author Steve Henkel has researched hundreds of cruising sailboats less than 26 feet long--pocket cruisers--to create this definitive gallery and handbook of the small cruising sailboats...
Sea Of Dreams
Racing Alone Around The World In A Small Boat
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
The biennial Around Alone yacht race (now known as the 5-Oceans Challenge) is the most thrilling adventure in the world for the sailors passionate enough to undertake it. Among the competitors in 2002 was Derek Hatfield, a former fraud-squad Mountie, whose forty-foot Spirit of Canada had cost him...
by John Champion
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2012
Five chapters including a beginners explanation of ratios to help you better understand magazine reviews and predict a vessels performance under sail. Much useful information for the potential boat buyer.
by Nic Compton
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2013
Why will a sailor never go to sea on Friday 13th?
Why are boats always referred to as 'she'?
How do you navigate the ocean without a compass?
Does the Bermuda Triangle really exist?
Why do sailors wear earrings?
Did Blackbeard actually exist?
Did Nelson really say 'Kiss me, Hardy'?
What's the correct...
by Steffan Meyric Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
"Magic, to a sailor, is harnessing the wind – getting something for nothing – the surprise of a gust, the boon of a side-wind and the trial of a headwind and best of all, the moment when a change in direction means turning away from the head seas and wind and running down the wind in a new...
Marine Diesel Basics 1
Maintenance, Lay-up, winter Protection, Tropical Storage, Spring Recommission
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Seeing is understanding! With 300+ illustrations and 222 pages this book explains:
all basic maintenance tasks of the marine diesel system - fuel, lubrication, cooling, breathing, electrical, and drive train (coupling, shaft, shaft seal, propeller)
all the tasks to winterize the complete system...
by John Champion
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2013
The book details some boat systems such as windlasses and anchoring rode. Compares the options available and the benefits of horizontal and vertical windlasses. Explains what to consider when shopping for a windlass and how to calculate what size to buy. Chapter 2 deals with best installation practice....
The Knot Bible
The Complete Guide to Knots and Their Uses
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
The complete and definitive bible of knots for seafarers.
Featuring all the knots, hitches, bends, splices, whipping and decorative knotwork that you would find on a boat, this comprehensive bible of knots will help those who go to sea master every knot they will need.
Over 200 knots...
by Desmond Fforde
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
An attraction that can't be ignored. A spoilt little rich girl. A rough ex-soldier. When Callie Frobisher and Paul Mason are stranded after their plane crashes, the mismatched couple are forced into battling each other and their feelings... Callie has it all - rich parents, a private education, and...