Water Sports category: 1998 books

This is the story of a year in the life of a small old wooden gaff rigged sailing yacht. It contains details of the maintance needed to keep a 76 year old boat going, as well as what can do wrong over the course of a season, with both boat and crew. We have owned Robinetta since 2007, and this is...

Thrown into freezing Southern Ocean waters on a stormy, moonless night as a boy Chas from Tas survived and was fated to live a life of adventure as a renegade at sea. Swearing never to take an ordinary job, it’s a promise he has kept, voyaging more miles than to the moon one and a half times and...

Both concise and comprehensive, this out-and-out 'crammer' covers all the essentials of the RYA Day Skipper syllabus, arranged and highlighted to make revising easier and now updated and expanded for the fifth edition. Since the first edition was published, Pass Your Day Skipper has helped thousands...

The Pacific Crossing Guide is a complete reference for anyone contemplating sailing the Pacific in their own boat. From ideal timing, suitable boats, routes, methods of communication and provisioning to seasonal weather, departure and arrival ports, facilities, likely costs and dangers, the comprehensiveness...

After finishing a circumnavigation over five years, Klaus and Maria Haeussler reentered the civil life with its struggle and routine. But they had underestimated the sustainable impact of the free life. And so it wasn’t a surprise that they were on the way again after two years on land - this time...

Lewis’s story is more than a book about a man attempting to win a gold medal in a sport that offers little more than personal rewards. It is about challenging convention, overcoming defeat and working outside of an established system. Assault on Lake Casitas is a compelling tale of competition at the highest possible level and the emotions that fuel obsession.

A fascinating look at the 2008 Harvard Varsity Crew Team and the university's legendary history of accomplished rowers The Eight is a thrilling, behind-the-scenes look at a group of young men who have given up nearly everything to transform themselves into the best team possible at arguably...

THE WONDER CREW is the fascinating story of how the salty coach of the Annapolis crew team, Coach Richard Glendon, seized the sport of rowing first from the Ivy League schools and then the imposing British with a new style both uniquely American and very much his own. He took a group of young midshipmen...

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Boys in the Boat tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Daniel James Brown’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.   This...

In this handy guide, Sophie Delaplaine shows what Novice Youth Rowing is all about and how best to prepare for it.She explains—simply—everything you need to know, from the categories of rowing, the lingo and the “heat sheets,” to what the best foods are for rowers to eat while training.What...

This is your complete guide to Rowing at the London Summer Olympics. Learn about rowing, who is on the American Olympic team and which athletes to expect on the podium. This guide is your complete insider look at Rowing in the 2012 London Olympics. Includes tips on how to become an Olympic rower!

Rafting The Waters And Pulling An Oar For Ecorse tells the story of the Ecorse Rowing Club which traces its beginnings to the rowing skills of the Montie Brothers in 1873 and chronicles how the small group of rowers in ten oared barges developed their art into rowing shells and international competition. Rafting...

This is the journey that saw Kate and Hugh step outside their comfort zone in every respect. Ditching jobs, saying goodbye to family in Sydney, and reducing their worldly belongings to what fit on a 13m sailing boat. It was a huge leap of faith for a new couple in their 30s. Throwing off the dock-lines...

You can learn a great deal from others experiences. As we went through our used sailboat buying experiences we documented every step of our long and somewhat painstaking journey along the way. Tim has over 25 years experience as a commercial crab fisherman and journeyman ship fitter and I have a talent...