Water Sports - Sailing
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Sailing by Starlight: The Remarkable Voyage of Globe Star
$29.95 Add to cartSailing by Starlight is the story of the adventure of a lifetime–in fact, of many lifetimes. In the early 1980s, retired geography professor Marvin Creamer set out to do what hadn’t been done for a t
- Author: Scher, Rod
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493065696
- Language: English
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Sails, Skippers & Sextants: A History of Sailing in 50 Inventors and Innovations
$28.99 Read more‘The inventions, the innovations, the stories, the surprises. A combination of history, reference and entertainment – something for every seafarer and many others too.’ – Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence
- Author: Drower, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0750995734
- Language: English
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Close to the Surface: A Family Journey at Sea
$27.00 Read moreFor years, Bryan and Bethany Lee dreamed of traveling by sailboat in the Pacific Ocean. They spent a decade preparing along with their two young children, and finally, when their kids were in middle s
- Author: Lee, Bethany
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1594981329
- Language: English
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The Complete Book of Laser Sailing
$29.00 Add to cartThe definitive guide to the Laser.
The Complete Book of Laser Sailing is the most comprehensive book about successfully sailing and racing this popular and challenging high-performance dinghy. Dick Ti
- Series: Complete Book of Laser Sailing
- Author: Tillman, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0071452192
- Language: English
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No Excuse to Lose
$19.99 Add to cartNo Excuse to Lose is the book Dennis Conner still refers to as “the bible,” He says (Time magazine, 9 February 1987), “I like to compete. I guess I don’t dislike it, but my sailing is just bottom line… [more below]
- Author: Conner, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: January 21 2008
- ISBN10: 0393304329
- Language: English
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The Modern Cruising Sailboat: A Complete Guide to Its Design, Construction, and Outfitting
$55.00 Add to cartA comprehensive guide to help you identify and equip the boat that best suits your needs
Well-known boating writer Charles Doane unravels the complexity of cruising sailboat design and explains the fu
- Author: Doane, Charles J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0071478108
- Language: English
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Inspecting the Aging Sailboat
$20.00 Add to cart“. . . the perfect place to begin, or continue, your education.”
—SailingWhether you are shopping for a used fiberglass boat or prioritizing maintenance tasks on the one you already own, this book s
- Author: Casey, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 141
- Publish Date: July 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0071445455
- Language: English
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Cape Horn: The Logical Route: 14,216 Miles Without Port of Call
$16.50 Add to cartThis is the story of Bernard and Fran?ise Moitessier’s honeymoon voyage aboard Joshua, sailing from Europe to the islands of the Pacific and back by way of Cape Horn, the “logical route,” because it w… [more below]
- Author: Moitessier, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 251
- Publish Date: April 01 2003
- ISBN10: 1574091549
- Language: English
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Survive the Savage Sea: Sheridan House Maritime Classics
$16.95 Add to cartAfter their 43-foot schooner was stove in by a pod of killer whales, the Robertson family spent 37 days adrift in the Pacific. With no maps, compass, or navigational instruments, and rations for only … [more below]
- Series: Sheridan House Maritime Classics
- Author: Robertson, Dougal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1493049380
- Language: English
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Atlantic High: A Celebration
$21.95 Add to cartIn 1980, Buckley gathered together his friends and set out to sail across the Atlantic. This is what he correctly describes as a “celebration” of that thirty-day event.
- Author: Buckley, William F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493076922
- Language: English
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Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen
$17.00 Add to cartThere is deep mystery and profound satisfaction in finding your position on earth by reference to the sun, moon, and stars–not to mention profound relief when the GPS receiver stops working in mid-pa
- Author: Blewitt, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: November 22 1994
- ISBN10: 0070059284
- Language: English
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Lone Voyager: The Extraordinary Adventures of Howard Blackburn Hero Fisherman of Gloucester
$22.95 Add to cartLike countless Gloucester fishermen before and since, Howard Blackburn and Tom Welch were trawling for halibut on the Newfoundland banks in an open dory in 1883 when a sudden blizzard separated them f… [more below]
- Series: Extraordinary Adventures of Howard Blackburn
- Author: Garland, Joseph E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 13 2006
- ISBN10: 0684872633
- Language: English
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Pirates of the Carolinas
$10.95 Add to cartPirates of the Carolinas discusses thirteen of the most intriguing buccaneers in the history of piracy, including Henry Avery, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Calico Jack, Stede Bonnet, and Captain Kidd. These
- Author: Zepke, Terrance
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 174
- Publish Date: September 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1561643440
- Language: English
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Airborne: A Sentimental Journey
$21.95 Add to cartAirborne is how William F. Buckley, Jr. describes his sail across the wide Atlantic with his son and five friends.
- Author: Buckley, William F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493076914
- Language: English
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The Sailor’s Book of Small Cruising Sailboats: Reviews and Comparisons of 360 Boats Under 26 Feet
$43.00 Add to cartFor the first time ever, a comparative survey of 95 percent of the fiberglass pocketcruising sailboats ever built
Author Steve Henkel has researched hundreds of cruising sailboats less than 26 feet lo
- Author: Henkel, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0071636528
- Language: English
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The American Fishing Schooners, 1825-1935
$66.99 Add to cartThe evolution of the American fishing schooner from the 18th century to the last working and racing schooners of the mid-1930s is recounted in this book. The designers, builders and crews are discusse… [more below]
- Author: Chapelle, Howard I.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 716
- Publish Date: March 15 2007
- ISBN10: 039303755X
- Language: English
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Singlehanded Sailing
$30.00 Add to cart“It takes thousands of hours of sailing to get the kind of knowledge contained in this book.” — from the Foreword by Bruce Schwab
The ONLY bible for how to sail your boat fast, safe, and alone
Solo s
- Author: Evans, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 16 2014
- ISBN10: 0071836535
- Language: English
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The World’s Worst Sailor: Still Alive to Tell the Tale
$20.95 Add to cartS.D. “Doc” Regan, writer of maritime and nautical affairs, ineptly taught himself to sail upon his retirement as a professor and university dean. His original dinghy provided ample opportunity to caps… [more below]
- Author: Regan, Stephen D. (Doc)
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: October 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1977258395
- Language: English
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Last Voyage of the Lucette: The Full, Previously Untold, Story of the Events First Described by the Author’s Father, Dougal Robertson, in Survive
$24.95 Add to cartA fantastic read and thoroughly recommended. I could not believe what I was reading!
- Author: Robertson, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: March 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1574092065
- Language: English
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Seafaring Lore and Legend
$27.00 Add to cart“A valuable and lively resource. Jeans sorts truth from fiction with a sure hand and does full justice to both.” –Peter Stanford, President Emeritus, National Maritime Historical Society
“A veritable
- Author: Jeans, Peter D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 07 2007
- ISBN10: 0071486569
- Language: English
