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Jim Landwehr and his brothers pursue their love of the outdoors by tackling some of the country's most remote terrain, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. While encountering crazed loons, widow-making portages, and temperamental automobiles, they also discover more about each other and their long deceased...

Now, for the first time ever, and only for a limited time, you can get this value-priced, limited edition boxed set. Find Your Hobby Box Set includes three bestselling books from My Ebook Publishing House: Book #1 Everything About Scrabble First introduced to the public in the mid 1950s, Scrabble...

Recounted with his usual level of meticulous historical research, Rod weaves an easily readable account of the build-up to and implementation of Operation Desecrate 1 – the raid undertaken to destroy Japanese ships and aircraft in the lagoons of Palau. He uses his intimate knowledge of shipwrecks...

When Christopher Madsen made the snap decision—perhaps a rash decision—to buy and renovate the famous 1916 racing yacht for which this story is named, he could scarcely have imagined the consequences that were to follow. During the renovation Madsen's investigation of the original owner, New York...

For four hundred years, the journals of all the great explorers of Canada have mentioned the Deux Joachims portage and the wild Rivière du Moine as they made their way west to discover riches, routes, or souls to save. The Du Moine is the last of the ten major Quebec tributaries of the Ottawa River...

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.

In May 1946 John Caldwell set out to sail from Panama to Sydney to reunite with his wife who he hadn't seen for more than a year. Eager to reach his destination and unable to secure any other form of transport, he had to resort to singlehanded seamanship. After an ignominious scene in the harbor,...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS On this Book On Seamanship On Boats in General On One-man Boats On Sea-going Boats On Rigs On Sail as an Auxiliary On Reefing On Anchors and Anchoring On Rigging On Stranding

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,...

Here is the inspiring story of a man who overcame childhood polio to live an adventure-filled life as captain of Maine's most famous windjammer, the schooner Adventure, now a National Historic Landmark in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Captain Jim shares his adventures afloat, his battles with bureaucracy, and even how he created one of Maine's most unusual restaurants.

"Shellenberger has perfected the art of gunkholing . . . An excellent book for both those who enjoy weekend cruises and those who merely want to know more about Chesapeake Bay." -- Daily Press (Newport News, VA) "With more than 3,000 miles of shoreline, the Chesapeake Bay offers...

In this firsthand account of life aboard the ships of the Great Lakes, Mark Thompson weaves together the threads of a story that relives a centuries-old tradition. Thompson began his logbook after he reported for duty aboard the Calcite II at Fraser Shipyard in Superior, Wisconsin, for the 1996 shipping...

There is nothing placid about San Francisco Bay. Its raucous waters have hosted brutal storms, daring rescues, horrendous accidents, and countless hours of drama and tension. Captain Paul Lobo knows that better than most people. As a licensed harbor pilot in those treacherous waters, Lobo captained...