Books

Saltwater Fishes

Saltwater Fishes is a pocket reference guide to over 140 species of fish found in North American saltwater. This richly illustrated and detailed guide is printed on durable material and folds for easy handling. It is an indispensable guide for the angler...

Pacific Northwest Beachcomber

Providing essential guidance for a myriad of circumstances and skill levels, this virtually indestructible series of pocket guides includes tips and tricks for exploring the outdoors as well as preparing for natural disasters. From studying wildlife and...

Southern Night Sky

The Southern Night Sky provides a simplified field reference to familiar stars and constellations. A durable folding guide format is great for use in the field, and allows any level of nature explorer to recognize and easily identify the most common...

Cleats & Eats: Vancouver, B.C.

A boater's restaurant guide to the waters and dining possibilities around Vancouver, B. C. Includes Burrard Inlet, False Creek, Fraser River and Howe Sound. Maps, photos, description for each location along with details of restaurants and pubs.

The Craft of Sail: A Primer of Sailing

Subtitled "a primer of sailing" it really is an excellent guide to understand how wind and water affect boats. Aside from basic seamanship, Jan also includes drawings of the primary types of sailboats, so you'll see what makes a cutter a cutter, a...

How to Build the Footy Model Presto

Built from solid balsa, PRESTO complies with the Footy model rules by fitting into the 12" x 6" box. . . on the diagonal, to give her just a bit more length. . The book is packed with step-by-step building photos, suppliers materials including radio...

Sailing For Everyone

Builder, designer, and sailor Simon Watts has written a friendly, straight-forward how-to, geared for the "novice of any age". He provides you with practical, clear text and drawings, woven through the chapters. . Table of Contents:About the WindToo Much...

Iain Oughtred: A Life in Wooden Boats

Readers of WoodenBoat magazine will be familiar with Iain Oughtred's work. His Acorn skiffs, Gray Seal, Caledonia Yawl and others are practically legend. Author Nic Compton, former editor at Classic Boat magazine, has written a biography which lets you...

Marisol Skiff

2005 Book of the Year, Hobbies & Crafts, Silver Medal winner, from ForeWord magazine. . A 12'6" rugged daysailer, we've carried plans for this boat for years. What makes this landscape-formatted book unique is you are actually seeing each and every...

New Cold-Molded Boatbuilding

From Lofting to Launching. Out of print for several years, we've brought this good book back to life. It features a building process which combines strength, beauty, and the workability of wood, with the low-maintenance characteristics of epoxy. ...

Making of Tom Cat

You'll enjoy this--part story, part boatbuilding manual of a small, beetle-cat-like boat, from a legendary designer with probably more of his creations built than any other person. You'll find out not only how the boat is built, but also how the design...

Moving Heavy Things

The almost forgotten craft of shifting large weights with brains instead of engines. Beginning with practical rules for moving like "Get the Ming vase out of the Room. All the way out," and "What goes up comes down heavier" This is a fascinating...