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Learn to Sail Today: From Novice to Sailor in One Week

Sail your very first day on the waterLearn to Sail Today offers a uniquely fun and quick method for beginners to learn exactly what they need to enter the fun and rewarding world of sailing. Written specifically to engage and reassure the...

The Complete Rigger's Apprentice: Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging, Second Edition

Revised and updated―the only book you need on sailboat rigging and marlinspike artsFrom its initial publication,The Complete Rigger’s Apprenticehas been the definitive go-to resource for weekend sailors and maritime professionals who want to master...

Get Your Captain's License, 5th edition

Earning a captain’s license just got easierWhether you are an avid boater seeking to improve your seamanship and get a discount on boat insurance or aspire to start a business running a charter, sightseeing, or whale-watching boat, this revised and...

Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual, 4th Edition

Packed with new and updated information on every system found aboard virtually every pleasure boat. If it has screws, wires or moving parts, it's covered in this trusted manual. . Includes troubleshooting chart, clear illustrations.

Bluewater Sailing on a Budget

Expert advice on how to find (and purchase and outfit) that safe, affordable, and responsive sailboat to take readers around the world, or around the bayUnlike other books that go into fundamentals about rudder designs, etc.,Bluewater Sailing for Any...

Singlehanded Sailing: Thoughts, Tips, Techniques & Tactics

The ONLY bible for how to sail your boat fast, safe, and aloneSolo sailing is within any sailor's grasp with a little forethought--and this essential guide.Got a 35-foot sailboat? No problem. Is the wind blowing 20 knots? No problem. Are you racing...

Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding for the 21st Century

"Build wooden boats the Buehler way, which is to say inexpensively, yet like the proverbial brick outhouse." -- Wooden Boat"A WEALTH OF VALUABLE INFORMATION." -- American Sailing AssociationThe classic and definitive guide for the home boatbuilder--now...

The Art of Seamanship: Evolving Skills, Exploring Oceans, and Handling Wind, Waves, and Weather

Wind, waves, weather, and water demand the practiced art of seamanship "Planning and reacting to the unanticipated are the flip sides of seamanship. This blending of pre-voyage preparedness with effective on-the-water response is learned rather than...

Jack Tar and the Baboon Watch: A Guide to Curious Nautical Knowledge for Landlubbers and Sea Lawyers Alike

A nautical trivia book on steroids, learn why it is a Blue Monday and other expressions with a nautical pastJack Tar and the Baboon Watch is a Ripley's Believe It or Not for the mariner—everything odd, weird, and unbelievable...

One Small Square: Cave

From the wriggly-one-celled bacterium to a sleeping grizzly bear, the cave is alive with activity and musty with history. Detailed illustrations and safe activities shed light on a mysterious habitat, complete with creepers, crawlers, swimmers, and...

One Small Square: Woods

The woods are full of puzzles to be solved, clues to be found. Inspired by this book's hints and fun-filled experiments and activities, and using only simple equipment, young readers unlock the closely guarded secrets of the woods­­from the strange...

The Practical Mariner's Book of Knowledge, 2nd Edition

The only rules-of-thumb compendium for boaters, updated with 45 new entries to delight, entertain, and most importantly, inform. These are tried and tested rules of thumb--the distilled essence of centuries of seafaring experience--providing succinct...