Water Sports category: 1998 books
Fifty Places to Paddle Before You Die
Kayaking and Rafting Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
In Fifty Places to Paddle Before You Die, the newest addition to the Fifty Places series, Chris Santella explores the best destinations for the diverse sport of paddling. The book features the world’s top spots for kayaking, rafting, canoeing, and stand-up paddleboarding. Destinations include the...
by R. Wm. Gray
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
"My Name Is Ramona..." is the true story of Ramona Rich and her twenty-four hour misadventure.On the morning of November 24, 2007, seventy-nine year old Ramona's life was about to change. Ramona decided to go windsurfing...alone. She is in good health, as well as an accomplished and skilled windsurfer....
Surfing and Social Theory
Experience, Embodiment and Narrative of the Dream Glide
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2005
Surfing has emerged from ancient roots to become a twenty-first century phenomenon – an ‘alternative’ sport, lifestyle and art form with a global profile and ever-increasing numbers of participants. Drawing on popular surf culture, academic literature and the analytical tools of social theory,...
The 4 Year Olympian
From First Stroke to Olympic Medallist
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2018
Improbable, heart-wrenching, and uplifting, Jeremiah Brown’s journey from novice rower to Olympic silver medallist in under four years is a story about chasing a goal with everything you’ve got.
After nearly being incarcerated at age seventeen and becoming a father at nineteen, Jeremiah...
Best Outdoor Adventures Near Portland, Oregon
A Guide to the City's Greatest Hiking, Paddling, and Cycling
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike, paddle, or bike ride? Best Outdoor Adventures Near Portland, Oregon details nearly forty of the best hikes, paddles, bike routes, and adventures within an hour’s drive from the Portland, Oregon, area. This book is perfect for the urban...
The Stand-Up Paddler's Guide to Southern California
Paddling, Surfing, Touring, Racing, and Yoga
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
The Stand-Up Paddler's Guide to Southern California by local veteran outdoorsman David Womack is a beach-by-beach guide to paddling in the coastal waters from San Diego to Santa Barbara. The book covers every application of stand-up paddling from touring to surfing. This is the book you need if you want to maximize your SUP experience.
First Aid Afloat
Instant Advice on Dealing with Medical Emergencies at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2010
Aimed at the novice first-aider, this book is intended to be used at the time of the accident or illness. Each topic is designed to be read at a glance: the language kept short and simple and, where appropriate, photo sequences show exactly what to do. As long as you can read, you can help. Straightforward...
by Sara Valla
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2016
Stories whispering about the sea.
What you are about to read is a big adventure taking place in the Sudanese Sea. It may also be seen as a set of experiences that the author and the characters have really lived (and keep on living!) in the varicoloured world that moves around a live aboard...
Phoenix from the Ashes
The Boat that Rebuilt Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2012
'We didn't want to be wiping porridge off the walls - we wanted places no rougher than a farm pond. The silence in these places was complete - so much so that we found ourselves speaking in whispers.'
Many sailors dream of a quiet life living aboard a classic yacht. Few reach that dream following...
Canvas Flying, Seagulls Crying
From Scottish Lochs to Celtic Shores
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
After Justin and Linda Tyers lost everything in a devastating house fire, they rebuilt their lives by building a classic wooden yacht from scratch – starting by felling the trees. This story was told in their first book, Phoenix from the Ashes.
This sequel follows their voyage from the Scottish...
by Angela Rice
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
'When I was first invited by a new - and handsome - man to the local Yacht Club to see his boat, I happily conjured up alluring pictures of me in an expensive bikini and a great suntan. It didn't occur to me that "see my boat" might actually mean going out in the thing....'
Before...
by Adrian Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Drawn from the best of Adrian Morgan's entertaining columns musing on the world of traditional boats and the joys of building, sailing and working on them, here is his long-awaited bunkside read. Billed as a 'zen and the art of wooden boatbuilding', it will resonate with classic boat enthusiasts everywhere. Illustrated with evocative watercolour paintings by Charlotte Watters.
Doumar and the Doctor
The true story of a courageous adventurer
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
You will be challenged and inspired as you join Neville on board for this real-life, white-knuckle adventure on the high seas...
A magnifi cent account of courage and perseverance as a young doctor takes time off from his busy practice to sail a 31' yacht (single-handed much of the way) from...
The Frozen Frontier
Polar Bound through the Northwest Passage
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
The Northwest Passage proved so elusive for so long that many sailors and explorers believed it didn't actually exist. A sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic archipelago, it wasn't until Roald Amundsen's 1903–06 voyage that the Northwest Passage's existence was...