Sailing category: 730 books
by Steven McDolph
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Learn Valuable Input On Purchasing and Buying A Boat, Engine Information, Boat Maintenance and General Knowledge of Boating Etiquette.
by Jan-Willem Polman
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
For any seafarer, splicing rope is an essential skill. But the traditional 3-strand rope is fast disappearing. So how do you splice braided rope? This is the definitive pocket-sized guide to all rope splicing techniques. Most of the techniques are quite easy to master – and also fun to do. See why...
Which Way to Starboard?
Memoir of a Lifelong Sailor and Wooden Boat Enthusiast
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2011
At one point after the boom vang broke loose, the boom and the sail shifted to a higher position. I didnt like the loss of control this caused. The boat was swinging from 0 to 20 degrees in jerky motions, lifting and heeling. The boom vang had been ripped out of its housing. I had an idea what to...
by Annie Hill
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Maintaining that there is little preventing one from cruising the world by boat, this book provides practical ideas for turning one's dreams of life at sea into reality, with suggestions for preplanning and simplifying one's life.
by Bill Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
This book aims to help yachtsmen and motorboaters pass the ICC test - essential for anyone wanting to take their yacht or motorboat to the inland waterways of Europe and to many European coastal waters too.
Now completely revised and updated for the third edition, Bill Anderson explains the...
The Liveaboard Guide
Living Afloat on the Inland Waterways
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
The romantic dream of downsizing, giving up the ratrace, and living life at 4mph on the inland waterways is proving more and more attractive. But for tens of thousands of people it is not just a romantic dream but an actual lifestyle.
Tony Jones is one of those people. He has lived aboard his...
The Sailor's Word-book
An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including Sme More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; As Well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
This edition features
• a linked Table of Contents
About the Author
"ADMIRAL WILLIAM HENRY SMYTH, K.S.F., D.C.L., &c., (1788 – 1865) was an English sailor, hydrographer, astronomer, and numismatist." -- Wikipedia
by Kay Pope
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
The Observer newspaper once wrote of Dudley Pope that he was ‘an author who really knows Nelson's navy’, whilst the Guardian maintained he had an 'expert knowledge of naval history'. Imagine, therefore, his heightened emotions and sense of history as he sailed his yacht past Cape Trafalgar one...
From Tampa to the Cape
Eight Days Around the Florida Peninsula
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2008
"How often do we set on the beach and look out at the ocean and marvel at the beauty of the sails that dot the horizon? From Tampa to the Cape tells the reader what the beach looks like from the ocean, and what it takes for one to believe they can make that adventure happen for them. There is...
by Lars Larsson, Rolf Eliasson
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
"This book is deeply fascinating...a must." -- Classic Boat
Principles of Yacht Design is the authority on planning and creating your desired yacht. Inside you will find all the essentials, including:
Design methodology and considerations
The yacht's specifications
Hull geometry, including...
by Borje Wallin
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Radar is notoriously tricky to operate and 'read' correctly for
collision avoidance either with the land or with other vessels. But
used by an informed operator it is an immensely valuable navigation
tool - especially in poor visibility. GPS will tell you where you are,
but it won't tell you if there's...
by Charlie Wing
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2006
Keep your boat's electrical systems running and reliable
“Boatowner’s Illustrated Electrical Handbook is perfect for learning how your boat’s electrical system and much of its equipment works, and it will be an invaluable guide when adding equipment as well. This book needs to be in every...
Day Skipper for Sail and Power
The Essential Manual for the RYA Day Skipper Theory and Practical Certificate 3rd edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Day Skipper for Sail and Power is a major reference book for anyone following the RYA Day Skipper course. Brought thoroughly up-to-date with new developments and covering all the theory and practical aspects of the RYA Day Skipper Certificate with full colour photography, helpful diagrams and worked...
Celestial Navigation
Learn How to Master One of the Oldest Mariner's Arts
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010
Celestial navigation is one of the oldest of the mariner’s arts – and one of the most awe-inspiring. It is also essential for every ocean sailor who wants to be able to fix his position should the GPS fail. Tom Cunliffe shows you how to master the art in easy stages. Within a few pages you’ll...