Water Sports category: 1998 books
by Ian Usher
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
When Ian Usher put his "life" up for sale on eBay in 2008, he had no idea where life's adventure was going to take him next.Asked many times in interviews, "What will you do once you have sold your life?", his usual glib response was, "Anything I like, really!"But what did he really...
Your First Sailboat
How to Find and Sail the Right Boat for You
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2004
The Comprehensive Sailing Start-Up Resource
Can a keelboat tip over?
Can I take a centerboard boat onto open water?
How can I determine what boat I want?
Once I do, what’s a fair price to pay for it?
Should I buy it new or used?
How can I tell the difference between a used boat and one that’s...
A World of My Own
The First Ever Non-stop Solo Round the World Voyage
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
On Friday 14 June 1968 Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almost
unnoticed out of Falmouth harbour steered by the solitary figure at her
helm, Robin Knox-Johnston. Ten and a half months later Suhaili,
paintwork peeling and rust streaked, her once white sails weathered and
brown, her self-steering gone,...
A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands
Olympia to Port Angeles
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2005
"Simply put, every local boater should have a dog-eared, well-thumbed copy [of this guide] as a permanent feature in the nautical library."—48° North
A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands has earned an outstanding reputation for the accuracy of its piloting instructions,...
by Barry Pickthall
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Did you ever wonder which civilisation first took to water in small craft? Who worked out how to measure distance or plot a course at sea? Or why the humble lemon rose to such prominence in the diets of sailors?
Taking one hundred objects that have been pivotal in the development of sailing...
by William Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2008
Here's the book that can get you sailing in an afternoon and keep you sailing better through a lifetime on the water
This is the first sailing book that follows a sailor's ideal learning curve. Rather than tell you all about sail trim or anchoring in a single chapter, Robby Robinson tells you...
Exposed
The Dark Side of the America’s Cup
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
The America's Cup has always been a hotbed of unbridled ambition, personal agendas, intrigue, spying and, more recently, hardfought court cases – and that's before the boats even get out on the water to race. Exposed: The Dark Side of the America's Cup lifts the lid on this unique contest for the...
by Joseph E. Garland
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Like 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 from their mother ship. Alone on the empty North Atlantic, they battled towering waves and frozen spray...
by Kyle Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
This is your complete guide to Marathon Swimming at the London Summer Olympics. Learn about open water swimming, who is on the American Olympic team and which athletes to expect on the podium. This guide is your complete insider look at Marathon Swimming in the 2012 London Olympics. Includes tips on how to become an Olympic swimmer!
by Peter Isler
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
From one of the world's most respected sailors-the knowledge and secrets every sailor needs
Peter Isler, two-time America's Cup winner, has sailed in and won hundreds of races over the last forty years. In that time, he has acquired a vast array of knowledge about sailing techniques and tactics,...
Winging It
ORACLE TEAM USA's Incredible Comeback to Defend the America's Cup
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
"The design and tactical battles that led to the most exciting America’s Cup in history are laid out in meticulous detail in Winging It: Oracle Team USA’s Incredible Comeback to Defend The America’s Cup. Written by three veteran sailing journalists, Winging It provides an insider’s look...
by Barlow Cumberland
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
This narrative is not, nor does it purport to be one of general navigation upon Lake Ontario, but solely of the vessels and steamers which plyed during its century to the ports of the Niagara River, and particularly of the rise of the Niagara Navigation Co., to which it is largely devoted. Considerable...
The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats : Reviews and Comparisons of 360 Boats Under 26 Feet: Reviews and Comparisons of 360 Boats Under 26 Feet
Reviews and Comparisons of 360 Boats Under 26 Feet
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
For 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 long--pocket cruisers--to create this definitive gallery and handbook of the small cruising sailboats...
Dinghy Sailing: Start to Finish
From Beginner to Advanced: The Perfect Guide to Improving Your Sailing Skills
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2009
Dinghy Sailing is the perfect book if you are new to sailing and want to learn the basics, or are an experienced sailor who wants to broaden your skills and develop your techniques. This easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide is packed with clear illustrations and photographs and contains everything you...