Water Sports category: 1998 books
by Stephen J Pavlidis
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
This edition is Part III of The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Exuma Cays and covers the Central Exumas.
The Island Hopping Digital Guides are the digital versions of the world-famous cruising guides written by Stephen J. Pavlidis. Over the past 20 years, Stephen J. Pavlidis has written...
The Island Hopping Digital Guide To The Southern Bahamas - Part III - The Crooked-Acklins District: Including
Mira Por Vos, Samana, The Plana Cays, and The Crooked Island Passage
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
This edition is Part III of The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Southern Bahamas and covers the Crooked-Acklins District, Including: Mira Por Vos, Samana, The Plana Cays, and The Crooked Island Passage
The Island Hopping Digital Guides are the digital versions of the world-famous cruising...
Marinas and Anchorages of the Windward Islands
Martinique, St-Lucia, St-Vincent and the Genadines, Grenada
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
This guide of anchorages and marinas in the Windward Islands provides detailled information on where and how to anchor or dock your boat, what red tape to comply with, where to get supplies or technical support, what to visit on the island and where to eat and drink.
Sixty anchorages or marinas...
Cocaine + Surfing
A Sordid History of Surfing's Greatest Love Affair
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
Author has 67k Instagram followers
Previous book Welcome To Paradise, Now Go To Hell was a finalist for the 2015 PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction
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Coverage in Surfer and Surfing magazines
Partnerships with local surf clubs in surfing heavy places like Huntington...
by Rudolph Hambleton
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
This book covers several topics including:
- Choices in How to Kayak - How Do I Decide Trips in Kayaking - How Kayaking Basics Work - How Kayaking Differs from Canoeing - How Kayaking Positions of Paddles Work
and so much more!
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Marine Fishes of South-East Asia
A Field Guide for Anglers and Divers
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 1999
This beautifully illustrated marine fish guide encompasses the singularly diverse and rich oceans from southeast Asia to Australia
Marine Fishes of Southeast Asia contains nearly 2,000 hand-painted illustrations featuring 1,635 individual species. The paintings were completed over a 3-year...
Surviving the Shark
How a Brutal Great White Attack Turned a Surfer into a Dedicated Defender of Sharks
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
“A gripping account” of one man’s deadly encounter with a Great White shark (Los Angeles Times).
The worst day of Jonathan Kathrein’s life started out in typical fashion, catching waves on the Northern California coast with some friends. As he paddled to ride the surf off of Stinson Beach,...
Spirited Waters
Soloing South Through the Inside Passage
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
* Mixes adventure travel with natural history in this solo kayaking adventure * Includes the author's hand-drawn illustrations In this insightful account of her solo voyage in a sixteen-foot kayak, Jennifer Hahn vividly relates the ecstatic moments and terrifying predicaments of paddling against the...
No Barriers
A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
2018 Colorado Book Awards finalist in Creative Nonfiction, and National Bestseller and Honorable Mention Award Winner in the Outdoor Literature category of the 2017 National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA) — “A beautiful book about family and finding a way to achieve more than you ever thought possible.”...
by Eric V Mold
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Discusses the type of vessel decided upon and why. Negotiations with yacht builders. Navigation techniques, How to make money to stay afloat. Trans Atlantic passage planning. People we met along the way. Security measures
by Neil Bose
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
This is a book of days and moments spent sailing on the east coast of Newfoundland and over the Atlantic to the Azores. Newfoundland is a beautiful cruising ground, one of the best in the world for a short period of the year in July and August, perhaps from late June. Optimistically and romantically,...
by Martin Edge
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
“Bobbing to the Baltic” is the story of my cruise from Edinburgh to the Russian border aboard my 27ft yacht ‘Zophiel’.In May 2012 we left the Forth to cross the North Sea. Though we originally intended to go to Denmark, a combination of wimpiness and extraordinarily poor navigation...
by John Champion
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2012
Learn the easy and humorous way about some serious topics. These non technical chapters will provide a light hearted but informative understanding of the topic. Many many suggestions for making your life at sea (or anchor) more comfortable and fun.
The Gathering Wind
Hurricane Sandy, the Sailing Ship Bounty, and a Courageous Rescue at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
October 2012. A replica of the famous HMS Bounty, an eighteenth-century tall sailing ship, set a collision course with a storm that became the largest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic—a clash that proved to be one of the most unforgettable stories of Superstorm Sandy.
The Bounty, crewed...