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Want to build the boat of your dreams? This commemorative edition contains John Gardner's best examples of classic wooden small craft and has instructions that enable any amateur builder with a little talent and ambition to build a beautiful boat.

In this unique publication the development of the tunnel boat and V bottom are interestingly chronicled, with detailed explanations of hull design, function, potential, and characteristics.

The book Steve Tadd, Boating Guy, used to build his own cedar strip canoe

If you're a sea kayaker who dreams of heading over the far horizon, this guide is a must. It is the comprehensive manual for planning the ideal sea kayaking expedition, covering everything from provisioning, gear, navigation, and bivouacking, to kayak sailing.

A story of a couple who encounter each other and a quirky boat as they discover America from the water's edge.

by Walt Gleckler, Walter E. Gleckler, Sean J. Cahill (Illustrator)

by Diana B. Jessie, Chuck Place (Photographer), Mark Smith (Editor), Shimon-Craig Van Collie, Tom Cunliffe, Kim Downing, Rob Eckhardt

Whether it's dealing with emergencies, complying with safety regulations, refreshing your knowledge of seamanship and piloting, reading charts, assessing weather conditions, maintaining your vessel, or just figuring out which flag to fly, the gamut of boating knowledge is covered, clearly and concisely, in this handy, portable guide.

"It picks up where the beginner's books leave off... Everything needed to make the first weeklong liveaboard cruise in safety and comfort is here."

A narrative about a different type of boating. The author relates stories about his life as a charter yacht operator in the Caribbean Islands. In addition to his interesting and often hilarious encounters in the trade, the book also gives insight into the history and provides solutions to some of the technical problems of the business.

The only boater's medical guide written by a board-certified emergency medical specialist. Dr. Gill's book lists the essentials of a complete shipboard medicine chest and includes an easy-to-find emergency section covering shock and choking to jellyfish stings and near-drowning, with step-by-step procedures to follow. In addition to regular medical topics, the book also discusses: Seasickness Shipboard Dentistry Survival at Sea Sunburn & other solar injuries Diving Sleep Deprivation Childbirth & Pediatrics at sea Lightning on the high seas Fish Poisoning

This popular guide that has been assisting sailors and vacationers for two decades, includes full-color sketch charts and GPS cccrdinates, accompanied by aerial photography of anchorages, harbors and other favorite cruising sites. Also provided is the most up to date information on marina facilities, shoreside resorts, restaurants, shops, diving and snorkeling, provisioning and a variety of other useful information including a directory of services.

This sturdy, reliable book contains all of the color navigation charts needed to find every marina, historical spot, and restaurant listed in its companion guidebook. With Claiborne Young's guide and book of charts, the cruising boater to western Florida will have everything covered.

Hailed by sailors as the standard and best guide on the subject. In this updated third edition, the reader will find firsthand information on water and port conditions including navigation depths and dockside facilities. The author also includes the history and folklore of the area, and recommends restaurants and shoreside attractions. Young has personally checked every item out.

A firsthand account of more than 1,000 miles of waterways within and around the Empire State, including the Hudson River, Chambly Canal, and the Richelieu River. The author reveals that while boaters enjoy cruising on Lake Champlain, many are unaware of the many sunken ships that comprise its "underwater historic preserves".

Cruising Guide to San Diego Bay is a complete compilation of up-to-date sailing information about San Diego Bay and its adjacent harbors. The Guide includes current bay rules and regulations as well as pointers on how to make your stay in the area enjoyable.

In this expanded and updated version of Cruising Guide to San Francisco Bay, sailors can learn where all the open anchorages and marinas in and around San Francisco Bay are, from as far south as Alviso to Suisun City to the north.

In this new Cruising Guide to the Hawaiian Islands, boaters will find the most comprehensive guide to the Hawaiian Islands ever published, with detailed coverage of 68 harbors and anchorages in the islands, including Midway Atoll.

Called "a fine new guidebook, a bona fide keeper" by "Sailing" magazine, this guide offers thorough information on everything from the Pensacola Lighthouse in Florida to Tin Lizzie's restaurant in Louisiana. The thorough marina information is sure to make any scheduled stop a pleasant one.

This is the only comprehensive boating guide devoted to the Potomac River. Five chapters discuss heritage, weather, navigation, boating skills and safety, leisure activities, and boating organizations and clubs along the Potomac River, while the other ten chapters divide and explore the river geographically. The book contains 35 FULL-COLOR extracts from NOAA charts.

Personal guide to cruising more than 300 secluded anchorages, popular cruising spots and historic ports of call. The 2003 edition includes a current listing of 438 marina services & Facilities as well as over 275 waterfront restaurants. Walking tours of 28 favorite ports, a navigator's section & tide tables, planning & distance charts and a 2003 calendar of events is also included.

The Pacific Northwest is well known for its spectacular world-class cruising grounds. Authors Anne and Laurence Yeadon-Jones have combed every nautical mile of this area in their 36-foot sailboat, Dreamspeaker, to sketch and write about the true gems in this watery region. Key features include the best anchorages and marinas in each region, unique hand-drawn shoreline plans for each destination, detailed sketch charts, and color photographs.

The all new 2002 edition is your information resource for the Intracoastal Waterway. This book includes accurate, up-to-date information on approach & docking, fuel information, dock fees, showers & laundry and much more for the best marine facilities along the ICW. Covering the coast from Maine to Florida with tidbits on local attractions, recreational opportunities, transportation and shopping.

Comprehensive and authoritative, this guide combines and updates two smaller, long-trusted regional books to provide seamless coverage of the entire California coast from just outside the Golden Gate Bridge to Mexico, with special attention given to the popular offshore islands between Point Conception and San Diego.

Here, entirely updated, is the latest edition of the most complete, authoritative cruising guide to the northeastern coast. The bible for Eastern sailors and powerboaters for more than half a century has been thoroughly overhauled and expertly refitted. For the preparation of the twelfth edition, the authors visited nearly all the harbors, talked with harbormasters and marina owners, and reevaluated earlier judgments.

Inland Waterway Map & Guide - Full color, Laminated, Waterproof, Floating Map & Guide of the waterways!

Inland Waterway Map & Guide - Full color, Laminated, Waterproof, Floating Map & Guide of the waterways!

Inland Waterway Map & Guide - Full color, Laminated, Waterproof, Floating Map & Guide of the waterways!

Here's how to see the world from your boat. More and more people are taking off on their cruising boats for a few months or even a year. After they've tasted the cruising life, prepared and equipped their boats, and developed some experience, many cruisers begin to dream of voyaging farther--maybe even an around-the-world voyage.

A member of the staff at the Joan and Lee Wulff School of Fly Fishing, Franke offers expert lessons on hooking and landing, fishing conditions, equipment, catch and release, "knowing your fish," and his three rules for playing big fish.

Expert angler Gene Kugach offers hundreds of tips and techniques for catching all types of freshwater fish based on his years of onstream experience. Filled with easy-to-understand illustrations, and geared for both the novice and the more experienced angler, Freshwater Fishing Tips and Techniques covers every aspect of freshwater fishing.

Using articles from "Salt Water Sportsman" magazine along with new materials, this book offers a combination of hard how-to information and general interest information. The format of the book focuses on selected popular species in four subject areas: general information, on-shore, off-shore, and in-shore techniques. 50 illustrations.

Striped bass - in fresh and salt water - are one of the world's greatest gamefish, and The Complete Book of Striped Bass Fishing is the fullest, most authoritative, most helpful book ever written on the species.

Here is the first-ever complete guide to finding, catching, processing, and cooking fish from the decks of a slow-moving cruising sail- or powerboat. Scott and Wendy Bannerot have successfully cruise-fished tropical and temperate seas for more than two decades.

Avid sport fishermen will treasure this book, which is nearly as beautiful as the objects it describes. Fly-tying is a highly prized fisherman's craft, but it's also an art form, wonderfully captured in this volume's hundreds of color photos.

This is a excellent book on how to recognize a storm approach well in advance. How to prepare for safe navigation in storms and to handle the boat if caught in a storm. It contains many good diagrams to show what to do.

Inland Passage takes readers on a tour of the Northeast, revealing the natural history of the waterways and waterfronts that make up these popular cruising grounds. The book also focuses on rare boats, their owners, and the many people from boatyards to museums who work to preserve them. Reading this book is like riding the waves with the author as he sails the major waterways from Cape May to Lake Ontario and the Thousand Islands on the Saint Lawrence River, the mountain lakes of the Adirondacks, the Erie Canal, the Hudson River, and Lake Champlain.

Reed's Almanac and Companions include the following and much, much more. Approved by the USCG, they are essentials for your cruising library. Tide and Current Tables Coast Pilot Celestial Navigation Tables Communications, Weather & More

"The Complete Book of Anchoring and Mooring" (2nd edition) is an excellent technical reference on anchoring and mooring for all recreational and work boats in the range 12 to 80 feet. An award-winning author, Hinz is also an engineer and inventor of design improvements in ground tackle.

The 420 rules of thumb that fill this book comprise the essence of centuries of seafaring experience. This concise, alphabetically organized, reference for sailors and powerboaters consists of facts and figures for such diverse topics as hull thickness, estimating distances, predicting weather, rope size and strength, and boat resale value.

Traditional Bahamian cooking is imaginative and creative. It offers something to suit all tastes. There are wonderful blends of spices in these delicious breads, vegetarian meals, side dishes, salads, appetizers, meats, beverages, soups and deserts. Simple to prepare.

Written in an easy to read manner, Boat Docking covers such topics as: Boat Motion Docking Examples Hull Effects Steering Lines and Fenders Human Factors Information is presented for inboards (single and twin), outboards and sterndrives, and even jet boats.

Classic Cajun cooking and "Tales from the Reign of the Pirates" from the West Indies to New Orleans. The finest cooking to be found on the seven seas. Creoles, gumbos, and jambalayas. If you haven't tasted it, it's time to start. Stories of the pirates lead you to the Cajun way of feasting.

Authentic Virgin Islands recipes from well-known Virgin Islanders. There are recipes ranging from tropical appetizers to entrées and desserts, using Caribbean ingredients such as mangoes, coconuts, soursop, rum, plantains, and nutmeg.

1400 Boating Websites, Mailing Lists and Newsgroups are listed and reviewed in this comprehensive directory of boating-related websites. You can save an incredible amount of time and energy finding the information you've been looking for, and some you didn't even know you were looking for. Alphabetical listings by subject and a detailed index make it easy.

A total seafood preparation manual. A treasury of scrumptious fish and shellfish recipes from Caribbean charter yacht chefs. Plus dressing and cutting techniques; an explanation of galley gadgets and cookware. A must addition to your Ship to Shore collection.

680 delicious recipes from Chefs that cruise the Caribbean.

A snappy volume of cocktails and hors d'oeuvre recipes collected from the captains and chefs of the Caribbean charter yachts.

Gourmet without the Guilt! Recipes with no added fat or salt, but all of the flavor. Low cholesterol menus for a healthier lifestyle. Deliciously effective substitutions for fat, sugar and sodium. Start-up shopping list, sample menus, and nutritional information.

For entertaining on land or at sea. More than 400 delicious, mouth-watering recipes by international yacht chefs with 50 proven menus and detailed shopping lists. Cooking for every occasion, informal to elegant. Helpful hints an tips will show you how easy it is to prepare a delicious meal.

Ultimate desserts from light and luscious to rich and decadent. Preparation times, hints, ideas for substitutions, diet delights, potpourri section, personal notes and humor acquaint you with the creator of the dessert. All aboard to satisfy that sweet tooth!

A cooking adventure in paradise with the Galley Gourmet, Capt. Jan Robinson. Visit three luxury Caribbean charter yachts. The Menu: Caribbean Pumpkin Soup, Mango-Ginger Chicken, Calypso Rice, Asparagus with Nutmeg Butter, and Chocolate Parfait Perfection !

This will get you started on the road to fun and safe powerboating. This quality training manual was written by experts in the field of powerboat handling and will bring the beginner through the basics and beyond.

You will find all you need to learn about where and what to look for when inspecting a fiberglass boat--with clear, step-by-step drawings and instructions.

Annapolis emphasizes the standard skills and proven methods that eliminate error and confusion, ensure security in emergencies, and allow every sailor more time for enjoyment on the water.

The contents include fantastic graphics, charts, illustrations and photographs. It covers the fundamentals of design including hulls, keels, ballast, rudders, rigs, and sails. Covering designs from Sir Isaac Newton to the America's Cup, this book is not a technical manual but an explanation of the problems that designers and builders cope with in solving the problems created by wind and water to produce a stable and practical sailing vessel.

All Available Boats tells the story of a little-known side of New York’s heroic response to the tragic events of September 11, 2001: the maritime rescue effort. In the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the twin towers, hundreds of vessels of all types – ferries, tugboats, private vessels, fireboats and others – raced to answer the U.S. Coast Guard’s radio call for "all available boats." Together, they evacuated an estimated 300,000 people from lower Manhattan.

It's really a book about life, in which the author relates what he learned through his experiences with small boats while growing up on the south shore of Long Island, and how those experiences guided him later in life.

The story of a ship's and her crew's desperate struggle to survive the most powerful hurricane ever recorded.

New updated version of the most popular Boat Naming book available. A nautical treasure chest of stories, myths and legends surrounding the most interesting boats and their skippers. New is a complete boat naming ceremony, how to document your boat, how to add graphics to your boat, and a special fishing and powerboat section of names. Completely rewritten and enhanced for every type of boat owner. Also new to this edition are stories from our friends online in harbors everywhere.

The consummate compendium on boating and seamanship is "Chapman Piloting," the 63nd edition published by Hearst Marine Books. This comprehensive resource is recommended by both the U.S. Power Squadron and the USCG Auxiliary as a reference. "Chapman Piloting" covers all the basic topics of boating and seamanship (weather, handling, docking, anchoring, knots, etc.), a broad review of related information, and the etiquette of proper boating, including flag display and dockside behavior.

This is the fellow who participated in the Vendee Globe race and rescued one of his competitors.

This comprehensive manual shows you how to go places and do things you never thought possible in a small outboard motorboat. Covers all the popular types - and some alternative craft - as well as methods that might change your entire boating outlook.

Whether you’re just starting to ski or you’re a veteran water skier, Complete Guide to Water Skiing is your best source for skiing instruction. Let two of the world’s top water skiing coaches, Ben Favret and Dave Benzel, teach you the skiing techniques and performance keys to get the most of your water skiing.

Your Guide to Longboarding, Shortboarding, Tubing, Aerials, Hanging Ten and More.

A Personal Watercraft (PWC) is one of many watercraft such as a Jet Ski, Waverunner, Sea Doo, etc. The book is an essential guidebook for people who want to know more about the nitty gritty of this sport and for those that are tired and/or bored of riding on the same flat lake every summer.

Kimberly Robinson has written this entertaining and informative water ski book for children to enjoy while they learn what great fun water skiing can be.

Extreme sports enthusiasts now have an easy way to learn how to wakeboard with this unique book and CDrom package.

Doris Colgate knows what women want. Well-known as a sailing role model and a confident yet gentle teacher, she writes with clarity on even the most complex sailing concepts, as well as answering often-asked questions on the safety, comfort, and social sides of sailing. Sailing: A Woman's Guide pulls it all together for the beginning sailor. Finally, an excellent book for women that both teaches and motivates. Bravo, Doris. You've opened up the sport." --Bernadette Peters, editorial director, Cruising World

This cookbook is a compilation of recipes and tips contributed by the Sea Sisters of Women Aboard from 1994-2001. All recipes are designed to be prepared onboard and easy to make.

Each of the 10 chapters in this exciting look at female athletes focuses on a woman or group of women who have accomplished incredible feats on the water, including seven women who rode three canoes 630 miles up the Back River to the Arctic Ocean; the eight-person U.S. crew that won a gold medal in rowing in the 1984 Olympics; the 83-year-old ``matriarch'' of rowing who still competes in at least two regattas a year; the first woman to paddle a canoe around the Baja Peninsula; and a hard-driving member of Martha's Moms, a group of competitive middle-aged rowers whose insignia is an apple pie and crossed oars.