Sailing
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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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A Cruising Guide to the Southern Bahamas
$64.95 Add to cartA Cruising Guide to The Southern Bahamas: from Cat Island south to the Turks & Caicos, including the Dominican Republic north coast, details the waters around Cat and Conception Islands, Rum Cay, San … [more below]
- Author: Pavlidis, Stephen J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: September 11 2015
- ISBN10: 1892399296
- Language: English
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The Propeller Handbook: The Complete Reference for Choosing, Installing, and Understanding Boat Propellers
$23.00 Add to cartOn the surface, choosing the correct propeller for a particular boat seems simple. But one factor affects another, which then affects another factor, leading many boaters to believe that propeller sel
- Series: Complete Reference for Choosing, Installing and Understandin
- Author: Gerr, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 02 2001
- ISBN10: 0071381767
- Language: English
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Cargo of Hope: Voyages of the Humanitarian Ship Vega
$24.95 Add to cartThis is the story of the historic ship Vega’s first missions of mercy-a real-life sea tale complete with vicious storms, exotic locations, heart-rending moments, and priceless glimpses into real life … [more below]
- Author: Granger, Shane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1493080865
- 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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American Small Sailing Craft: Their Design, Development and Construction
$52.99 Add to cartAmerican Small Sailing Craft (originally published 1951) is considered the classic among small-boat builders and historians. In it Chapelle has documented many fast-vanishing working boats, making thi… [more below]
- Author: Chapelle, Howard I.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: February 28 2011
- ISBN10: 0393031438
- 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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Shackleton’s Boat Journey
$21.99 Add to cartFrank A. Worsley was the captain of the H.M.S. Endurance, the ship used by the legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton in his 1914-16 expedition to the Antarctic. On its way to the Antarctic continen
- Author: Worsley, Frank Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0393318648
- 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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Sailing Alone Around the World
$16.95 Add to cart“The classic of its kind.” —Travel World
“One of the most readable books in the whole library of adventure.” —Sports Illustrated
“The finest single-handed adventure story yet written.” —Seafarer
Chall- Author: Slocum, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 01 1956
- ISBN10: 0486203263
- Language: English
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A Cruising Guide to the Turks and Caicos Islands
$42.95 Add to cartA Cruising Guide to The Turks and Caicos Islands, 3rd ed.: with expanded Dominican Republic coverage, is a new, updated and improved version of the Turks and Caicos Guide we originally produced during… [more below]
- Author: Pavlidis, Stephen J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: September 12 2015
- ISBN10: 1892399407
- 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
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Never Say P*g: The Book of Sailors’ Superstitions
$18.95 Add to cartThe nautical reference book you never knew you needed: a compendium of all superstitions maritime and marine. Learn your A-B-Seas of sailors’ guiding magic and mythos–and why you should never stir yo
- Author: MacDonald, R. Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1550179799
- Language: English
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How to Read a Nautical Chart, 2nd Edition (Includes All of Chart #1): A Complete Guide to Using and Understanding Electronic and Paper Charts
$30.00 Add to cartAuthoritative, 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 pape
- Author: Calder, Nigel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 08 2012
- ISBN10: 0071779825
- Language: English
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Sailing a Serious Ocean: Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea
$28.00 Add to cart“I know you’ll want to read more after you finish Sailing a Serious Ocean. And be warned, you’ll very likely want to sail with John, perhaps across an ocean.” — DALLAS MURPHY, AUTHOR OF ROUNDING THE
- Author: Kretschmer, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 18, 2013
- ISBN10: 007170440X
- Language: English
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Maiden Voyage
$21.00 Add to cartWhat begins as the sheer desire for adventure turns into a spiritual quest as a young woman comes to terms with her family, her dreams, and her first love.
Tania Aebi was an unambitious eighteen-year-- Author: Aebi, Tania
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1476747725
- Language: English
