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Boater's Pocket Reference: Your Comprehensive Resource for Boats and Boating
Boater's Pocket Reference: Your Comprehensive Resource for Boats and Boating
by Thomas Mcewen
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800 pages, 435 illustrations, 94 photographs, index. Handy, fact-filled new boating guide offers, how-to-do-it information and reference facts, figures, formulas, graphs, and tables about boating in a book small enough (about 3" x 5" x 1") to fit in your... (read more)

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Sailing
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Ashley Book of Knots
Ashley Book of Knots
by Clifford Ashley
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This is the definitive book on knots. Here are approximately 3900 different kinds, from simple hitches to "Marlingspike Seamanship." Mr. Ashley has included almost everything there is to know about them. Precisely named and classified (some new ones for... (read more)

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Cruising
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Voyaging Under Power
Voyaging Under Power
by Robert P Beebe
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In World War II, aboard the aircraft carrier Saratoga, Captain Robert Beebe dreamed of one day retiring and cruising the world in a small boat. At that time world cruisers voyaged exclusively in sailboats. But sailboats are confined to narrow lanes of... (read more)

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Nautical Lore
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Lionheart: A Journey of the Human Spirit
Lionheart: A Journey of the Human Spirit
by Jesse Martin
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On October 31 1999, Melbourne school-boy sailor Jesse Martin completed one of the last great adventures of the 20th century. At 18 years of age, and after 11 months at sea, he became the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the... (read more)

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Shipwrecks
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Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
by Dean King
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Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of twelve American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815, captured by desert nomads, sold into slavery, and subjected... (read more)

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Kayak and Canoe
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Complete Sea Kayak Touring 2ND Edition
Complete Sea Kayak Touring 2ND Edition
by Jonathan Hanson
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"Complete Sea Kayak Touring "is the perfect guide for the newly proficient sea kayaker who's ready to move on to the next level of adventure. It covers everything from boats and gear to paddling techniques, rescues and recoveries, navigation, planning... (read more)

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General
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U.S. Aircraft Carriers
U.S. Aircraft Carriers
by Norman Friedman
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This fully illustrated series offers detailed descriptions of the evolution of all classes of the principle U.S. combatant types, as well as plans, profiles, and numerous detailed photographs.... (read more)

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Boat Building
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The Brightwork Companion: Tried-And-True Methods and Stronly Held Opinions in Thirteen and One-Half Chapters
The Brightwork Companion: Tried-And-True Methods and Stronly Held Opinions in Thirteen and One-Half Chapters
by Rebecca Wittman
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"The things that are vital and honorable about varnishing are the parts that we do with our hearts, our hands, and that portion of our brain that houses common sense. These are what never change, the things that will prevail."--from the Introduction From... (read more)

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The Kayak Companion: Expert Guidance for Enjoying Paddling in All Types of Water from One of America's Top Kayakers
The Kayak Companion: Expert Guidance for Enjoying Paddling in All Types of Water from One of America's Top Kayakers
by Joe Glickman
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You can tell kayaks are cool, writes Joe Glickman, by the number of times they appear in advertisements for SUVs and beer. Today these sleek, fast watercraft are more popular than they have ever been in their 10,000-year history. In The Kayak Companion... (read more)

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My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn
My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn
by Daniel Hays
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A story of adventure on a small boat, for fathers, for sons, and for those who love them. On this voyage the father relinquishes control, the son becomes the captain, and before long they are utterly alone, with only the huge waves of Cape Horn, a... (read more)

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