Sailing category: 730 books
by Christian Beamish
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
Christian Beamish, a former editor at The Surfer’s Journal, envisioned a low-tech, self-reliant exploration for surf along the coast of North America, using primarily clothes and instruments available to his ancestors, and the 18-foot boat he would build by hand in his garage. How the vision met reality...
Be Your Own Tactics Coach
Improve Your Technique on the Water & Sail to Win
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
Boatspeed is not enough – a good understanding of tactics is crucial if you want to win races. This book is a comprehensive programme to make you a tactical genius on the water. Individual chapters take you around the racecourse, from before you get on the water, through the pre-start, start, and...
by Courtenay Latimer
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2005
Presents a voyage undertaken by twelve people on a North Sea trawler in 1959, from England to New Zealand with adventures along the way.
The Pirates' Pact
The Secret Alliances Between History's Most Notorious Buccaneers and Colonial America
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2008
The Secret Alliances Between History's Most Notorious Buccaneers and Colonial America
Was classical piracy an earlier version of state-sponsored terrorism?
Here's the story of how almost every well-known buccaneer of the “Golden Age of Piracy” enjoyed active sponsorship from England's...
Mischief goes South
Every herring should hang by its own tail
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
‘No sea voyage can be dull for a man who has an eye for the ever-changing sea and sky, the waves, the wind and the way of a ship upon the water.’
So observes H.W. ‘Bill’ Tilman in this account of two lengthy voyages in which dull intervals were few and far between.
In 1966, after...
Jackspeak
A guide to British Naval slang & usage
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
Jackspeak is a comprehensive reference guide to the humorous and colourful slang of the Senior Service, explaining in layman's termsthe otherwise cryptic everyday language of the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines and the Fleet Air Arm. Featuring more than 4,000 alphabetical entries, it was compiled by...
Hard Aground, Again
The Incomplete Idiot's Guide to Doing Stupid Stuff With Boats
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2019
This book ALSO carries a 100% GUARANTEED RETURN POLICY. We GUARANTEE if you RETURN this book, we will scrap our RETURN POLICY.
All kidding aside, we don't want irritated readers posting negative reviews, so if you are not 100% satisfied with this book, send a copy of your receipt and...
The Water in Between
A Journey at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
A broken heart leads Kevin Patterson to the dock of a sailboat brokerage on Vancouver Island, where he stands contemplating the romance of the sea and his heartfelt desire to get away. By the end of the day, he finds himself the owner of a thirty-seven-foot ketch called Sea Mouse. Although he's never...
Once Upon a Gypsy Moon
An Improbable Voyage and One Man's Yearning for Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Michael Hurley watched his world unravel in the wake of infidelity, divorce and failure. In August 2009, he was short of money, out of a job, and seeking to salvage a life that had foundered. Deeply in need of perspective, he took to the open seas in a 32-foot sailboat, Gypsy Moon. The story of his...
Boat Bum
Tristan Vangogh and the Voyage of the Sabrina Ann
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2008
This is not a story about someone who grew up around boats and made a miraculous voyage across open oceans. (Think Maiden Voyage by Tania Aebie, Ballentine 1991.) Actually this is a story about an older burned out, Hollywood cab driver with no experience who didnt get into boating till he was forty five. This is the story of a dream realized and the learning experience it became.
Anchorages & Marinas from Martinique to Guadeloupe
Martinique, Dominica, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
This book holds detailed descriptions of the marinas and anchorages between Guadeloupe and Martinique, including charts, original photographs and advice for visits ashore. The book covers 6 islands and 30 anchorages and marinas and as many chart extracts.
Kinsale Harbour
A History
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Nestling on the River Bandon, Kinsale emerged as a settlement in the sixth century and has seen many changes. Its deep, secure harbour provided a safe anchorage and prospered during the seventeenth century’s ‘golden age of sail’, victualling ships bound for the West Indies and the American colonies,...
by John Champion
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
These yacht races actually happened as unlikely as it may seem. There is nothing educational, serious or worthwhile in these tales but you may get a laugh from them. The first 50% is free so don't blame me if you don't like it!
by Ralph Matthews
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Having lived aboard our beautiful 1989 Chris Craft Motor Yacht for ten years it was now time to embark on our dream cruise from Texas to Maine. Although we were experienced live a boards we quickly found out we were novice cruisers. Honesty in documenting our daily blog may have brought multiple...