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The Complete Rigger's Apprentice: Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging by Brion Toss Publisher Comments Combining and updating the renowned Rigger's Apprentice and Rigger's Locker, meets the changing face of modern materials and technology while remaining true to rigging's best traditional principles and practices. It's much more than a knot book, though... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover 
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Learn to Sail by Tim Hore Publisher Comments Step-by-step advice takes you through everything you need to know to get afloat and start having fun. Learn to Sail is a jargon-free book, allowing complete novices to get out on the water with the minimum of fuss. As well as learning how to sail, there&#... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Sailing Fundamentals by Gary Jobson Publisher Comments Written by America's foremost instructional authority, the new edition of Sailing Fundamentals combines the training programs of the American Sailing Association and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. The official learn-to-sail manual of the... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sea Kayak Desolation Sound & the Sunshine Coast by Heather Harbord Publisher Comments Sea Kayak Desolation Sound and the Sunshine Coast leads paddlers along the Marine Trail up the east coast of Vancouver Island, with other trips to Hornby and Denman islands, and Jervis and Princess Louisa Inlets.... (read more) Your price: $23.00 New - Mass Market
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Celestial Navigation - A Home Study Course by David Burch Publisher Comments This book includes: Text, Practice problems, Tables selections, Full solutions, and Work forms. Universal Plotting Sheets are available online at no charge. This book covers how to find position at sea from timed sextant sights of the sun, moon, stars,... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $27.70 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative (Signet Classics) by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Publisher Comments A Breathtaking adventure of the high seas—and a true story In 1834, Richard Henry Dana went from Harvard student to common seaman, sailing from California to Cape Horn. This journal survives as one of the most vivid accounts of the relationship between... (read more) Your price: $7.95 New - Mass Market
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The Long Way by Bernard Moitessier Publisher Comments The Long Way is Bernard Moitessier's own incredible story of his participation in the first Golden Globe Race, a solo, non-stop circumnavigation rounding the three great Capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin, and the Horn. For seven months, the verteran seafarer... (read more) Your price: $16.50 New - Trade Paper
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A Mile Down: The True Story of a Disastrous Career at Sea by David Vann Publisher Comments A harrowing--and heartbreaking--true story of one ordinary man's misadventures at sea.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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First Aid Afloat (Wiley Nautical) by Sandra Roberts Publisher Comments At sea you cannot ring for an ambulance and just wait for help; you need to act immediately as you may be hours, or even days away from assistance. First Aid Afloat could save someone's life, and no boat should be without it. Aimed at the novice first... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers by Charles Ellms Publisher Comments Rare volume, based on actual documents, recounts in lurid detail the life, atrocities and bloody death of the infamous Black Beard as well as the cold-blooded exploits of Jean Lafitte, Robert Kidd, Edward Low, Thomas White, Anne Bonney, Mary Read, and... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Among the Multihulls: Volume One by Jim Wesley Brown Publisher Comments Here is Part 1 of the Historic Nautical Life-Journey Of Multihull Pioneer Jim Brown Thrill to this genuine 20th century saga, complete with incredible stories and historical insights from a masterful multihull storyteller ... A young schooner bum... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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Passion for the Sea by Jimmy Cornell Publisher Comments One of the most influential cruising yachtsmen writing today, Jimmy Cornell has sailed over 200,000 miles in more than thirty years on the oceans, including three circumnavigations and voyages to the Arctic and Antarctic. His successful guide to sailing... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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The Marlinspike Sailor by Hervey Garrett Smith Publisher Comments Hervey Garrett Smith was the foremost marine illustrator of the 1950s and 1960s, and his wonderful drawings of traditional ropework quickly propelled The Marlinspike Sailor to cult classic status when it was published in 1956. With the addition of a... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Complete Sailor, Second Edition (International Marine) by David Seidman Publisher Comments This is not just an instructional book---it's an insight into a sailor's approach to the sea, boats, and the ever-changing dynamic of wind on the water "A learn-to-sail book with heart."--WoodenBoat "A real winner...a masterful blend of straightforward... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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Sailing: A Lubber's Dictionary (Bulging Pocket Dictionary) by Roy Mckie Publisher Comments One of the funniest books ever published on its subject -- Sailing, The New York Times bestseller, is back. And better than ever. A classic, Sailing, is "...quite simply the funniest book I have ever read" (William F. Buckley Jr.) From Ahoy -- "The first... (read more) Your price: $11.00 New - Mass Market
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Wanderer by Sterling Hayden Publisher Comments Since 1963, this autobiography has sparked controversy. At the peak of his career as a movie star, Hayden suddenly quit. He walked out on Hollywood, a shattered marriage, and judicial decree. A destitute outlaw, he and his four children set sail in the... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Rough Water: Stories of Survival from the Sea (Extreme Adventures) by Clint Willis Publisher Comments In this anthology, editor Clint Willis gives readers some of the best sea stories of all time. Included are excerpts from R. H. Dana's classic Two Years Before the Mast, a shipwreck survivor's 74-day ordeal aboard an inflatable life raft, an eyewitness... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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20 Small Sailboats to Take You Anywhere by John Vigor Publisher Comments John Vigor turns the spotlight on twenty seaworthy sailboats that are at home on the ocean in all weather. These are old fiberglass boats, mostly of traditional design and strong construction. All are small, from 20 feet to 32 feet overall, but all have... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Kitchen Afloat: Galley Management and Meal Preparation by Joy Smith Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 239) and index.... (read more) Your price: $18.75 New - Trade Paper
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Ashley Book of Knots by Clifford Ashley Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $85.00 New - Hardcover
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