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  • A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing.

    by Dixon Kemp ...
    Series series Elibron Classics
    Replica of 1884 edition by Horace Cox, London.
4th edition, revised and enlarged. With Illustrations.
 Elibron Classics.Dixon Kemp (1839–21 November 1899), a British naval architect, was a founder of the Yacht Racing Association (now the Royal Yachting Association) and at one time its secretary. He was a founder of Lloyd’s Register of Yachts.
The first edition of “Yacht and Boat Sailing” was ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD

  • Chasing Thugs, Nazis, and Reds

    Texas Ranger Norman K. Dixon

    by Kemp Dixon ...
    Texas Ranger Norman Dixon made the front pages of newspapers, but his rigid sense of integrity prevented him from discussing his cases with his wife or his sons, or anyone else, even decades later.As a Ranger, Dixon broke up the largest oil field theft ring in Texas history, worked to solve the most infamous cold case in Texas history, sought the Phantom Killer, investigated a near-mutiny by ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • The Complete Sailor, Second Edition

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    by Brion Toss ...
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  • Ship Modeling Simplified: Tips and Techniques for Model Construction from Kits

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  • Learning to Sail

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  • Boat Building Simplified - Being a Practical Guide to the 'Ashcroft' Method of Building, Rowing, Sailing and Motor Boats

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  • Multihull Seamanship

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