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  • Dream Cruising Destinations 2nd edition

    25 of the Finest Cruising Grounds in the World

    by Vanessa Bird ...
    A collection of the best places to sail around the world for planners and dreamers.If you could cruise anywhere in the world, where would you choose? Would you head for the cooler climes of Northern Europe, or the tropical heat of the southern hemisphere? With so many wonderful destinations around the world, it is hard to know where to start, but with this book a sailor's dream can become a ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Classic Classes

    by Vanessa Bird ...
    This is the complete reference to the classic yachts and dinghies still sailing today. Focusing on the most well-known, popular and enduring designs - from the 7ft Optimist to the 125ft J class - this beautifully illustrated book showcases 144 boats from across the world, with a wealth of detail on each class, including: the origins and history of the class; what it's like to sail one; fascinating ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Dream Cruising Destinations

    24 Classic Cruises Mapped and Explored

    by Vanessa Bird ...
    Most yachtsmen dream about cruising to an exotic destination; this is the book that will turn dreamers into planners. 24 classic cruises are fully mapped, measured and costed, showing how they are perfectly possible whatever your skill level. From weekend cruises around the British Isles to a voyage to Antarctica, and from Greek island cruises to an escape to the Virgin Islands, this book explores ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • Fiberglass Boat Repairs Illustrated

    by Roger Marshall ...
    Step-by-step color photo guidance for repairing and renewing fiberglass boatsIf you don't have the experience of working with fiberglass, any repairs to your boat must be done by high-cost professionals or left undone. This entry-level guide uses full-color, step-by-step photo sequences and line drawings to present you with the basics in an easily digested form. You will learn how to:Save money ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Windward Islands - Part IV - St. Vincent and the Grenadines

    by Stephen J Pavlidis ...
    Series Book 4 - The Island Hopping Digital Guide Windward Islands
    This edition is Part IV of The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Windward Islands and covers St. Vincent and the Grenadines.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 has written more than 10 excellent cruising guides covering all of the waters from south Florida to the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Solitaire Spirit: Three times around the world single-handed

    Three Times Around the World Single-Handed

    by Les Powles ...
    Les Powles only had 8 hours of sailing experience when he decided to sail solo around the world. Many novices would be content to just dream of such an adventure, and maybe get as far as a solo Channel crossing a couple of years down the line. Not so Les Powles, one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary and eccentric sailors.Les was in his 50s when he built himself a yacht with little ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A World of My Own

    The First Ever Non-stop Solo Round the World Voyage

    by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston ...
    On Friday 14 June 1968 Suhaili, a tiny ketch, slipped almostunnoticed out of Falmouth harbour steered by the solitary figure at herhelm, Robin Knox-Johnston. Ten and a half months later Suhaili,paintwork peeling and rust streaked, her once white sails weathered andbrown, her self-steering gone, her tiller arm jury rigged to the rudderhead, came romping joyously back to Falmouth to a fantastic ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Celestial Navigation for the Complete Idiot - A Simple Explanation

    by Gene Grossman ...
    This book won the Dan Poynter 2011 First-place GOLD Global eBook Award in the Non-Fiction/Sports categorySome time ago, Gene Grossman signed on as a crew-member with some friends of his who were delivering a large sailboat with no navigation electronics from Marina del Rey California, through the Panama Canal, to a charter company's tropical island location.On the evening of departure, Gene asked ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Little Ship of Fools

    Sixteen Rowers, One Improbable Boat, Seven Tumultuous Weeks on the Atlantic

    by Charles Wilkins ...
    The dramatic and hilarious story of sores and survival on a human-powered journey across the ocean.It was to be an expedition like no other—a run across the Atlantic from Morocco to Barbados aboard an experimental rowboat. There would be no support vessel, no stored water, no sails, no motor. The boat's crew of sixteen included several veterans of U.S. college rowing, a number of triathletes, a ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Trailer Sailor: How to Buy, Equip, and Handle Small Cruising Sailboats

    by Brian Gilbert ...
    A soup-to-nuts introduction to small, economical sailing craftTrailer sailers--the smallest, most economical sailboats with sleeping accommodations--are a popular platform for learning the basics of sailing and are often considered to be the entry level to cruising under sail. Author Brian Gilbert shows how trailer sailers can be the ideal craft for a lifetime of enjoyment, including serious, long ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • How to Sail Around the World

    Advice and Ideas for Voyaging Under Sail

    by Hal Roth ...
    A new classic from one of the world's most respected sailing authorsMore than 35 years ago, Hal Roth quit his job as a journalist and went sailing. Since then, he's logged more than 200,000 sea miles. Along the way, Roth also has authored eight voyaging classics, including the 1978 bestseller After 50,000 Miles.Taking that book as its starting point, this handsome new volume incorporates the new ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

  • 50 Ways to Improve Your Navigation

    by Dag Pike ...
    Series series 50 Ways to Improve Your...
    This is a book about practical navigation - packed with practical ways to make navigation safer, easier and better. It is a book for anyone - whether driving a power boat or sailing a yacht. And the techniques cover both electronic as well as visual navigation.This book starts where others finish. Once you have the important basics of navigation, you'll want to see how to translate these into ... Read more

    $11.99 USD