Adlard Coles imprint: 212 books
by Colin Berry, Douglas Justins
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
This highly popular guide to emergency first aid at sea has been updated throughout. A bestseller for many years, it has been updated for this new edition with fresh artwork and sturdier pages to withstand the harsh marine environment. Its handy features are:
Wiro binding makes the pages...
The Boat Drinks Book
A Different Tipple in Every Port
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
'Complete novice or know-all, you'll love this stunning book. An essential boater's companion, it will certainly have a place on my boat on the Amalfi coast'
Salvatore Calabrese, legendary bartender
A boozy book for boaters, The Boat Drinks Book serves up an expert look at the drinking...
by Jean Luc Pallas
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2013
The aim of this book with its detailed step-by-step colour
photographs and diagrams, is to enable every owner to fix their
outboard motor with ease. Troubleshooting tables help diagnose
potential problems, and there is advice on regular maintenance and
winterising and repair.
Jean-Luc Pallas's...
Splicing Modern Ropes
A Practical Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
The time when every vessel going to sea made use of 3-strand rope has gone. Splicing that type of rope and cord is relatively straightforward. Nowadays the most common type of rope used on board yachts, dinghies, motorboats, working boats and ferries is braided rope. Few people have the knowledge...
The Liveaboard Guide
Living Afloat on the Inland Waterways
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2019
The romantic dream of downsizing, giving up the rat race, and living life at 4mph on the inland waterways is proving more and more attractive. But for tens of thousands of people it is not just a romantic dream but an actual lifestyle.
Tony Jones is one of those people. He has lived aboard...
by Mr Mike Westin
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
The first in a series of highly practical, hands on, step-by-step photographic manuals, Replacing Your Boat's Engine fills a gap in the market for the DIY boat builder and repairer. It is a subject covered only in piecemeal fashion by the yachting press, which, like general boat repair manuals, can't...
Narrowboat Life
Discover Life Afloat on the Inland Waterways
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2019
'A colourful and comprehensive guide to life on the waterways. Practical, pretty and accessible, it's charmingly designed while providing excellent advice.'
BBC Countryfile Magazine
Full-time life on a narrowboat is a novelty for so many of us, and is endlessly fascinating. How do people downsize...
Exploring the Britannic
The life, last voyage and wreck of Titanic's tragic twin
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2019
Launched in 1914, two years after the ill-fated voyage of her sister ship, RMS Titanic, the Britannic was intended to be superior to her tragic twin in every way. But war intervened and in 1915 she was requisitioned as a hospital ship. Just one year later, while on her way to collect troops wounded...
Superdocious!
Racing Insights and Revelations from Legendary Olympic Sailor Rodney Pattisson
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2019
Rodney Pattisson MBE, the three-time Olympic medallist and winner of fourteen world and European champtionships, is an iconic figure within the sailing world. A world champion in dinghies, multihulls and offshore, he has set race and speed records and with Lawrie Smith led Britain's challenge for...
50 Water Adventures To Do Before You Die
The World's Ultimate Experiences In, On And Under Water
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
From paddle-boarding the Mississippi to big game fishing off Mexico, from floating in the Dead Sea to swimming with jellyfish in Palau, from iceboating in Russia to sailing non-stop round the world, this book promises to inspire dreamers to become doers.
Featuring experiences in every corner...
by Bruce Roberts-Goodson
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
This book caters specifically for the needs of prospective buyers of
production and custom built boats, outlining the pros and cons of all
types of boatbuilding materials. It will help owners
decide what material is most suitable for their needs and how to
customise and modify the boat to suit their...
Winning Isn't Luck
How to Succeed in Racing Dinghies and Yachts
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Whether racing dinghies or yachts, every sailor wants to drive through the fleet and cross the line first. In this groundbreaking book, international racer Fred Imhoff shows how to do just that. By means of on-the-water action shots and detailed commentary about a sailor's tactics, sail trim, helming,...
by Simon Jollands
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2019
It's easy to confuse (or forget) what particular lights, marks and shapes mean – especially under stress or in the dark – but with this handy book, help is quickly at hand. Laid out simply & clearly for quick accessibility, it enables crew, navigators, skippers and even casual day guests aboard...
When a Cowgirl Goes to Sea
A Memoir of Loss, Courage and Circumnavigation
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2020
How does a ranch girl from Oklahoma wind up in her mid-30s on the deck of a pitching sailboat in the Tasman Sea, singlehanding in the Indian Ocean, and completing a circumnavigation by the time she's 40? When a Cowgirl Goes to Sea tells the story of Kaci Cronkhite's passage from saddling horses as...