Water Sports category: 1998 books

A collection of inventive catboat designs, this guide showcases some of America’s most charming sailboats and provides detailed commentary on the specifics of each model. Tracing the history of the catboat through stories about builders and owners, the book also offers a section on catboat sailing...

These yacht races actually happened as unlikely as it may seem. There is nothing educational, serious or worthwhile in these tales but you may get a laugh from them. The first 50% is free so don't blame me if you don't like it!

This handbook deals in detail with 13 issues of importance: Introduction Plan The Job Attitude Change Do Not Leave Your Boat In A Marina Prevention Is More Insurance Than You Can Afford To Pay For The Harness Chafing Cleats Windage Finding Shelter Storm Anchors Practice D-Day The author presents these...

This book is a sailing travel-adventure demonstrating how dreams can come true for those who have the desire to accomplish, persistence, a sense of adventure and are willing to take risks in order to make their dreams come true. It is about the pleasures, responsibilities, trials and tribulations that go along with any major change in lifestyles.

Having lived aboard our beautiful 1989 Chris Craft Motor Yacht for ten years it was now time to embark on our dream cruise from Texas to Maine. Although we were experienced live a boards we quickly found out we were novice cruisers. Honesty in documenting our daily blog may have brought multiple...

         The sea is the mother of us all; and, if we attend carefully, it will disclose the  most beautiful moments imaginable--the sudden flash of a lighthouse as it searches the darkness, a distant sailboat leaning on the wind, or the gull who sleeps...

Finding and buying a suitable sailing vessel was an adventure, followed by years spent learning to care for and handle the boat. Learning to appreciate that boat, the sea, and fragile North Carolina coastline filled my spare moments. In early 1993, my buddy Ramon (Ray) Atkins and I found, and Ray...

The America's Cup - it was such a big deal back in 1986-87. The Cup had been won by Australia II a few years earlier. Now we were going to win it back. The 'we' in this instance is the syndicate from San Francisco, the USA. Skipper Tom Blackaller at the helm. I was a lowly grinder -...

While most cruising books are an adventure unfolding along a route from place to place, the journey here is that of learning how to cruise. It is about people and boats. The setting for the book is the ICW, the Bahamas and Cuba, but Sharon was a member of the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club in Ontario before...

The fascinating story of fiberglass boats and the mavericks who dreamed them. Nine out of ten sailors today own sturdy, often beautiful fiberglass craft. Fiberglass brought boating to the non-rich, but the history of that revolution has never been told. Daniel Spurr rectifies this omission with his...

..... An Amazing True Story That Is Beautifully And Sensitively Written - With Humor And Drama In Every Chapter .......... “The Old Man And The Sea” For The Twenty First Century, With God As The Navigator .......... "Destined To Become A Modern Day Classic".......... "More Danger...

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 veteran seafarer battled storms, doldrums, gear-failures, knock-downs,...

“The tale of Carl Wake and the hurricane that was waiting for him goes straight to the heart of the greatest sea stories: they are not about man against the sea, but man against himself. John Kretschmer’s book is as perfectly shaped and flawlessly written as such a story can be. In addition to...

Every man's dream - to sail around the world. This is the story of one man who did it, sailing as crew on a number of boats. His adventures, misadventures, and insights into exotic cultures and the diverse personalities he meets along the way make for a fascinating read. During his 32,000 mile trip,...