Nigel Calder: 9 books
by Nigel Calder
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2001
The most comprehensive and helpful guide ever written for selecting and equipping a cruising sailboat
Whether you’re a coastal or offshore cruiser, you’ll find your most pressing concerns treated with the know-how that makes for skillful, confident cruising in Nigel Calder’s Cruising...
Shakedown Cruise
Lessons and Adventures from a Cruising Veteran as He Learns the Ropes
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Long before he was one of America's leading yachting writers, Nigel Calder was a novice cruiser with ambitions grander than his experience. Nigel and his partner Terrie were young and foolish, with a home-built boat that was new and untested, one child already and another on the way - but they were...
How to Read a Nautical Chart, 2nd Edition (Includes ALL of Chart #1)
A Complete Guide to Using and Understanding Electronic and Paper Charts
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Authoritative, practical, and hands-on information on reading and relying on electronic and paper nautical charts
The classic How to Read a Nautical Chart explains every aspect of electronic and paper nautical charts: how a chart is assembled, how to gauge the accuracy of chart data, how to...
The Instant Handbook of Boat Handling, Navigation, and Seamanship : A Quick-Reference Guide for Sail and Power: A Quick-Reference Guide for Sail and Power
A Quick-Reference Guide for Sail and Power
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2007
Instant answers for your boat handling, navigation, and seamanship questions
The Instant Handbook uses a dynamic new quick-reference format to cover the critical aspects of piloting, seamanship, and boat handling under sail or power more accessibly and effectively than has ever been done before....
Marine Diesel Engines
Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repair
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006
Praise for this boating classic:
“The most up-to-date and readable book we've seen on the subject.”—Sailing World
“Deserves a place on any diesel-powered boat.”—Motor Boat & Yachting
“Clear, logical, and even interesting to read.”—Cruising World
Keep your...
by Nigel Calder
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Your quick-reference, on-board guide to the symbology and shorthand notations used on nautical charts
Nautical charts contain an incredible amount of information for those who know how to decipher them. But without a key to the symbology, a chart can be bewildering. Nigel Calder, one of today's...
Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual : How to Maintain, Repair, and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems: How to Maintain, Repair, and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems
How to Maintain, Repair, and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2005
The boatowner's foremost troubleshooting guide, now better than ever
If it's on a boat and it has screws, wires, or moving parts, it's covered in Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual. When you leave the dock with this book aboard, you have at your fingertips the best and most comprehensive...
Magic Universe
A Grand Tour of Modern Science
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2005
This is a marvellously engaging tour covering the whole of modern science, from transgenic crops to quantum tangles. Written by one of the most experienced and well-known names in science writing, it is also assuredly reliable science. Although arranged for convenience and quick reference as a collection...
Diesel Engine Care and Repair
A Captain's Quick Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2007
When it's sink or swim, this Quick Guide will keep you afloat!
On the water, when an engine problem surfaces, there is no time to spend searching through an exhaustive manual. Diesel Engine Care and Repair provides all the answers--fast.
Drawn from the world's largest boating library,...