Water Sports category: 1998 books
The Pacific Crossing Guide 3rd edition
RCC Pilotage Foundation
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
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, health and provisioning to seasonal weather, departure and arrival ports, facilities, likely costs and dangers, the...
The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Northern Bahamas - Part I - The Abacos and Grand Bahama
Including the Bight of Abaco, and Information on Crossing the Gulf Stream
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
This edition is Part I of The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Northern Bahamas and covers the Abacos and Grand Bahama.
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...
by Krista Comer
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
In Surfer Girls in the New World Order, Krista Comer explores surfing as a local and global subculture, looking at how the culture of surfing has affected and been affected by girls, from baby boomers to members of Generation Y. Her analysis encompasses the dynamics of international surf tourism in...
Ultimate Canoe & Kayak Adventures
100 Extraordinary Paddling Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
This book is stunningly illustrated and has something for everyone, from whitewater adrenaline junkie to extreme sea kayaker. The adventures cover every sort of paddling venue - from mountain chasms, gentle rivers and lakes to crashing surf, dramatic coasts and the oceans beyond them. Paddle from...
Paddling Everglades National Park
A Guide to the Best Paddling Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Nothing compares to paddling Florida's Everglades. Covering more than 14,000 square miles—from the headwaters of the Everglades in Orlando and Big Cypress State Park in the southwest, to Biscayne National Park on the eastern edge and part of the Keys and the 10,000 Islands to the south—this tropical...
Paddling Alaska
A Guide To The State's Classic Paddling Trips
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
In Paddling Alaska, you can drive to all the lakes and rivers described in this guide. This fact might sound unremarkable, but Alaska is mostly wilderness, with few highways. This is the first guidebook to organize journeys in this manner.
The Island Hopping Digital Guide To The Southern Bahamas - Part IV - Mayaguana to Inagua
Mayaguana, Great Inagua, Little Inagua, and the Hogsty Reef
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
This edition is Part IV of The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Southern Bahamas and covers Mayaguana to Inagua Including the islands of Mayaguana, Great Inagua, Little Inagua, and the Hogsty Reef.
The Island Hopping Digital Guides are the digital versions of the world-famous cruising guides...
Paddling Colorado
A Guide to the State's Best Paddling Routes
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Colorado may be a skier’s paradise, but once the snow melts, it makes an abrupt transition into an exciting home for paddlers. Countless lakes and reservoirs offer flatwater paddling with mountain views in every direction. And there are stretches of river perfect for everyone: learning-appropriate...
by Robert F. Burgess, William R. Royal
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Consider how it must feel to find yourself the center of attraction for a very large circling tiger shark and when you fire your spear at the animal he takes spear and gun away from you leaving you wondering what you have to offer him when he returns.
This happened to the author, Bill Royal,...
The Fear Project
What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Survival, Success, Surfing . . . and Love
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
An epic adventure full of incredible characters, death-defying athletic achievement, and bleeding edge science, The Fear Project began with one question: how can we overcome our fears to reach our full potential?
Who among us has not been paralyzed by fear? In The Fear Project, award-winning...
Singlehanded Sailing
Thoughts, Tips, Techniques & Tactics
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
"It takes thousands of hours of sailing to get the kind of knowledge contained in this book." -- from the Foreword by Bruce Schwab
The ONLY bible for how to sail your boat fast, safe, and alone
Solo sailing is within any sailor's grasp with a little forethought--and this essential...
Yachtmaster for Sail and Power
A Manual for the RYA Yachtmaster® Certificates of Competence
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Yachtmaster for Sail and Power is a major reference book that has proved invaluable for the many sailors following the RYA Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore course. This highly respected and refreshingly practical study guide covers the whole syllabus in detail, all illustrated with colour photographs,...
Wushu!
Gimnasia china para la salud del cuerpo y la mente
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Un manual ilustrado fundamental para todo aquel que tenga interés en la práctica de taichí, chikung, o en las filosofías orientales.
«Vencer a los demás es tener fuerza; vencerse a sí mismo es ser poderoso.»
Este libro recoge ejercicios de una serie de manuales oficiales publicados...
by Tim Grollimund
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2017
"An interesting aspect of the snook population is documented in the telemetry study from the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. They acoustically tagged 30 snook in the 9-square mile Banana River No-Take Reserve near Kennedy Space Center. This is one of the oldest no-take reserves in the country....