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The Exuma Guide, A Cruising Guide to the Exuma Cays, 4th Edition - Book
The Exuma Guide, A Cruising Guide to the Exuma Cays, 4th Edition - Book
SWP074
$69.95  
240 pages, 8.5 X 11, 9781948494830
This is the revised and updated 4 th  edition of the ever-popular Pavlidis Cruising Guide to the Exuma Cays, long known as the most all-encompassing cruising guide ever written on the Exuma Cays, much of what Steve has written in The Exuma Guide is not available from any other publication....
Boats! - And Other Things that Float - Book
Boats! - And Other Things that Float - Book
HCB128
$14.95  
hardcover, Bryony Davies, 48 pages, 9.0 x 0.3 x 12.0", 9781783127214
Each double page spread features a different group of boats and other watercraft to explore, such as helpful lifeboats, record-breaking catamarans and boats that people live on. Discover some of the more surprising things that float on water – including seaplanes and amphibious cars – as well as...
Marine Electrical and Electronics Bible: A Practical Handbook for Cruising Sailors - Book
Marine Electrical and Electronics Bible: A Practical Handbook for Cruising Sailors - Book
GPT282
$79.95  
Hardcover, John C. Payne, 696 pages, 7.3 x 1.85 x 10.3", 9781493074198
The completely revised, expanded, and updated fourth edition of the world's most comprehensive electrical and electronics handbook for sailors Marine Electrical and Electronics Bible is a useful and thoroughly practical guide that explains in detail how to select, install, maintain, and...
Before the Wind PAPERBACK
Before the Wind PAPERBACK
RAN508
$16.00  
Paperback, Jim Lynch, 304 pages, 6 x 9, 9780307949356
The Johannssens are a sailing family: adventurous, fanatical, and, for now, a complete and total mess. Ruby, a prodigiously talented skipper, has taken off for Africa. Bernard is god-knows-where at sea. And at thirty-one years old, Josh Johannssen, the middle child, is fixing up an old family...
Boatlife: Exploring the Freedom of Maritime Living
Boatlife: Exploring the Freedom of Maritime Living
IPS276
$75.00  
Hardcover, Katharina Charpian, 256 pages, 10 x 12, 9783967040999
Understanding Marine Diesels - Book
Understanding Marine Diesels - Book
GPT276
$22.95  
Paperback, John C. Payne, 146 pages, 9781574093599
From John C. Payne, one of the foremost international authorities on marine electrical systems and electronics, comes an easy-to-understand yet thorough treatment of marine diesel engines and the technical issues facing every boat owner. Concise, compact, and fully illustrated for easy...
2024 USCG Light List VII: Great Lakes - Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River above the St. Regis River
2024 USCG Light List VII: Great Lakes - Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River above the St. Regis River
IHP_LL724
$35.00  
Paperback, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
In the Heart of the Sea
In the Heart of the Sea
PGN051
$18.00  
Paperback, Nathaniel Philbrick, 293 pages, 6 x 9, 9780141001821
A superb retelling of the tragic story surrounding the 1820 loss of the whale ship Essex, rammed and sunk by a whale in the South Pacific.
Practical Celestial Navigation - Book
Practical Celestial Navigation - Book
GPT279
$34.95  
Susan P. Howell, 9781493069699
Praised by The Practical Sailor as "a first-class piece of work," Susan P. Howell's Practical Celestial Navigation was developed for Mystic Seaport's navigation courses. This third edition, originally published by the Seaport's Planetarium, retains the step-by-step format of the original, along...
PUB 171 Sailing Directions Enroute: East Africa and The South Indian Ocean (CURRENT EDITION)
PUB 171 Sailing Directions Enroute: East Africa and The South Indian Ocean (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB171
$23.95  
Paperback, 241 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Understanding Boat Wiring - Book
Understanding Boat Wiring - Book
GPT277
$22.95  
Paperback, John C. Payne, 120 pages, 9781574093629
From John C. Payne, one of the foremost international authorities on marine electrical systems and electronics, comes an easy-to-understand yet thorough treatment of boat wiring and the technical issues facing every boat owner, whether sail or power. Concise, compact, and fully illustrated for...
Sailing Bible 2nd ed.
Sailing Bible 2nd ed.
FFB179
$39.95  
Hardcover, Jeremy Evans, Pat Manley, Barrie Smith, 400 pages, 8 X 10, 9780228101826
"Sailing is a popular sport and this book is a very comprehensive treatment of the subject.... The volume is well illustrated with color photographs [and] this reviewer was impressed by the constant stress the authors place on safety at sea.... This title is recommended for general reference...
PUB 142 Sailing Directions Enroute: Ireland and the West Coast of England (CURRENT EDITION)
PUB 142 Sailing Directions Enroute: Ireland and the West Coast of England (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB142
$19.95  
Paperback, 200 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Living A Dream
Living A Dream
PAR040
$14.95  
Paperback, Suzanne Giesemann, 300 pages, 9 x 5.9, 9780939837809
On 9/11, USN Commander Suzanne Giesemann was aboard the military aircraft Speckled Trout as it flew over the just-demolished Twin Towers. As aide to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, she strode beside him through the still-smoldering Pentagon. All those lives gone in an instant, robbed...
Doctor on Board: Ship's Medicine Chest and Care on the Water - Book
Doctor on Board: Ship's Medicine Chest and Care on the Water - Book
GPT278
$22.95  
M.D. Forgey, William, 9781493056637
A book to take with you when you go sailing or power-boating, in case a medical emergency or other medical problem arises. It emphasizes head trauma and management of orthopedic injuries, seasickness and issues relating to cold injuries (cockpit foot), illness after exposure after leaving a...
Little Toot
Little Toot
PGN094
$17.99  
Hardcover, Hardie Gramatky, 86 pages, 7 x 8, 9780399247132
First published in 1939, this classic story of the energetic tugboat is brought to new life in this restored edition. With the help and support of Hardie Gramatky's estate, to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth, we have used archived first editions and Hardie's original paintings to restore...
PUB 172 Sailing Directions Enroute: Red Sea and The Persian Gulf (CURRENT EDITION)
PUB 172 Sailing Directions Enroute: Red Sea and The Persian Gulf (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB172
$43.95  
Paperback, 463 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
PUB 174 Sailing Directions Enroute: Strait of Malacca and Sumatera (CURRENT EDITION)
PUB 174 Sailing Directions Enroute: Strait of Malacca and Sumatera (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB174
$19.95  
Paperback, 201 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
PUB 159 Sailing Directions Enroute: Japan Vol 2 (CURRENT EDITION)
PUB 159 Sailing Directions Enroute: Japan Vol 2 (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB159
$25.95  
Paperback, 263 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
PUB 183 Sailing Directions Enroute: North Coast of Russia (CURRENT EDITION)
PUB 183 Sailing Directions Enroute: North Coast of Russia (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB183
$19.95  
Paperback, 187 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
PUB 143 Sailing Directions Enroute: West Coast of Europe and Northwest Africa (CURRENT EDITION)
PUB 143 Sailing Directions Enroute: West Coast of Europe and Northwest Africa (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB143
$33.95  
Paperback, 366 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
PUB. 123 Sailing Directions Enroute: Southwest Coast of Africa (CURRENT EDITION)
PUB. 123 Sailing Directions Enroute: Southwest Coast of Africa (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB123
$22.95  
Paperback, 218 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
2024 USCG Light List II: Atlantic Coast - Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina
2024 USCG Light List II: Atlantic Coast - Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina
IHP_LL224
$35.00  
Paperback, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Ten Years in a Twenty Foot Boat
Ten Years in a Twenty Foot Boat
CPJ002
$29.95  
paperback, Gary Sack, 262 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781463581435
Ten Years is the love of a young man and a small boat. It is a guide to the waters of America and an instruction for the novice sailor wishing to cruise them.
Pub. 146 Sailing Directions Enroute: Newfoundland, Labrador, and Hudson Bay (CURRENT EDITION)
Pub. 146 Sailing Directions Enroute: Newfoundland, Labrador, and Hudson Bay (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB146
$32.95  
Paperback, 356 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Manual of Sail Trim
Manual of Sail Trim
WWN077
$21.95  
Paperback, Stuart H. Walker, 251 pages, 5.5 x 8, 9780393032963
Tells how to trim sails for all wind and sea conditions, whether beating, reaching or running. Tells how to trim sails for mark roundings, gybing, accelerating, slowing down. Required reading for all racers, with lessons for cruisers, too.
2024 USCG Light List I: Atlantic Coast - St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
2024 USCG Light List I: Atlantic Coast - St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
IHP_LL124
$35.00  
8.5 X 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
The Great Circle Route, 2nd Edition
The Great Circle Route, 2nd Edition
PAR005
$24.95  
Paperback, G. Bickley Remmey Jr., 232 pages, 9 x 5.9, 9780939837687
This, the second edition of A Guide to Planning and Cruising the Great Circle Route Around the Eastern USA, documents a motor yacht "cruise of a lifetime", the 5,400-mile circumnavigation of the Eastern United States. Author Bick Remmey refers to this voyage as "the longest one-way inland cruise...
More Faster Backwards: Rebuilding David B
More Faster Backwards: Rebuilding David B
NWN001
$19.95  
Paperback, Christine K Smith, 318 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780615540894
ON JUNE 16, 2006, the David B left Bellingham, Washington bound for Juneau, Alaska, on her maiden voyage as a passenger vessel. Eight years earlier, Christine and Jeffrey had found the David B tucked behind a breakwater on Lopez Island. The tired old wooden boat, built in 1929, was showing her...
The Highest Tide: A Novel
The Highest Tide: A Novel
MPS221
$18.99  
Paperback, Jim Lynch, 272 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781582346298
One moonlit night, thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley, a speed-reading, Rachel Carson-obsessed insomniac out looking for tidal specimens in Puget Sound, discovers a giant squid stranded on the beach. As the first person to see a giant squid alive, he finds himself hailed as a prophet. But Miles is...
PUB 158 Sailing Directions Enroute: Japan Vol 1 (CURRENT EDITION)
PUB 158 Sailing Directions Enroute: Japan Vol 1 (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB158
$19.95  
Paperback, 218 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
PUB 158 Sailing Directions Enroute: Coasts of Korea and China (CURRENT EDITION)
PUB 158 Sailing Directions Enroute: Coasts of Korea and China (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB157
$39.95  
Paperback, 424 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
RAN213
$17.00  
Paperback, Richard Henry Dana Jr. & Gary Kinder, 516 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780375757945
Tracing an awe-inspiring oceanic route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast is both a riveting story of adventure and the most eloquent, insightful account we have of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. Richard Henry Dana is only nineteen...
Mum's Beauty
Mum's Beauty
CBJ001
$27.00  
paperback, Karen Sack, 142 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781719272438
A young family leaves their Northern California tree farm to explore Europe by water. On this journey they discover a vast waterway system. Each family member assumes more responsibilities along the way and they all learn to live in harmony in a small space. This is a story of their sailing...
Harmony on the High Seas: When Your Mate Becomes Your Matey
Harmony on the High Seas: When Your Mate Becomes Your Matey
HMY002
$12.95  
Paperback, Virginia Crane Gleser, 422 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780964724723
What is it that compels us to follow our all-consuming passions? Is it a search for that elusive, genuine happiness that uplifts the spirit and satisfies the soul? But why go cruising? For my husband Robert and I, it was the innate desire to explore our world, escape the rat race and cold...
Making Money with Boats 2nd Edition
Making Money with Boats 2nd Edition
CMP295
$19.99  
Paperback, Fred Edwards, 224 pages, 9 x 6, 9780870336270
This second edition is a comprehensive, entertaining guide to mixing boating with business. Leaping ahead of the first edition, this guide keeps up with a boating industry that has become much more regulated and competitive. It shows old salts and newcomers how to transform water-related fun...
PUB. 153 Sailing Directions Enroute: West Coasts of Mexico & Central America (CURRENT EDITION)
PUB. 153 Sailing Directions Enroute: West Coasts of Mexico & Central America (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB153
$19.95  
Paperback, 166 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Auxiliary Sail Vessel Operations
Auxiliary Sail Vessel Operations
SPC075
$35.00  
Hardcover, George Anderson Chase, 304 pages, 6 x 9, 9780870336430
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-301) and index.
The Un-Adult A-Rated Wally: 16 of Wally's Best Stories, Un-Cut, Un-Edited and Un-Usually Fun Reading
The Un-Adult A-Rated Wally: 16 of Wally's Best Stories, Un-Cut, Un-Edited and Un-Usually Fun Reading
SWP064
$19.95  
Paperback, Wally Moran, 92 pages, 6 x 9, 9781948494113
The UN-ADULT A-RATED Wally by Cruising World Magazine contributor, Wally Moran, is a collection of 16 of Wally's best stories, un-cut, un-edited and un-usually fun reading! Wally's often philosophical humor and his tongue-in-cheek outlook on life, as well as all things sailing and cruising...
Classic: The Revival of Classic Boating in New Zealand
Classic: The Revival of Classic Boating in New Zealand
RAN214
$60.00  
hardcover, Ivor Wilkins, 445 pages, 12 x 10, 9781869621629
New Zealand has a remarkable maritime history and many of us have a close relationship with the sea that surrounds us. No sooner had the first European settlers arrived in Auckland than they held a regatta to celebrate, and the first pure racing/pleasure yachts were built from the 1880s onwards,...
CRUISING GUIDE TO THE SAN DIEGO BAY
CRUISING GUIDE TO THE SAN DIEGO BAY
PAR019
$29.95  
Paperback, 8.5 x 11
Some info may be out of date, as this is an old title we have found some remaining stock in our warehouse. Cruising Guide to San Diego Bay is a complete compilation of up-to-date sailing information about San Diego Bay and its adjacent harbors. The Guide includes current bay rules and...
Safer Offshore: Crisis Management and Emergency Repairs at Sea
Safer Offshore: Crisis Management and Emergency Repairs at Sea
PAR047
$19.95  
Paperback, Ed Mapes, 300 pages, 6 x 9, 9780939837878
No skipper should ever take a vessel or crew onto the open ocean without the means to cope with the unthinkable, because in an uncontrolled environment we can't know what will go wrong. . Disasters occur because of a cascade of untoward events; the best seamen are able to interrupt this sequence...
Cape Horn Birthday: Record-Breaking Solo Non-Stop Circumnavigation
Cape Horn Birthday: Record-Breaking Solo Non-Stop Circumnavigation
SWP065
$26.95  
Paperback, Peter Freeman, 348 pages, 6 x 9, 9781948494045
Cape Horn Birthday documents the extraordinary non-stop round-the-world journey of a lone sailor and his thirty-two-foot sloop. GPS did not exist when Peter Freeman set sail from Victoria, British Columbia, in 1984. Peter navigated the old-fashioned way, with a compass, a sextant, books of...
NAVIGATING THE THAMES THROUGH CENTRAL LONDON (Imray)
NAVIGATING THE THAMES THROUGH CENTRAL LONDON (Imray)
IMR121
$8.95  
Spiral-Bound, Robert Ludlow, 32 pages, 9.5 x 7.2 x 0.2, 9781846234897
This small book is intended principally as a help to leisure boaters who are not familiar with the Thames through central London. However, Part 2 may well help even the most seasoned of watermen. The length of the river covered is from Margaret Ness in the east, to Putney Bridge in the west....
Toy Boat
Toy Boat
PGN011
$17.99  
Hardcover, Randall de Seve & Loren Long, 48 pages, 9.75 x 9.75, 9780399243745
A wonderful story in which a little boy lets his beloved toy boat loose for adventures on its own and what adventures they are! He loves his toy boat so much that he sleeps with it and when it returns safely he knows it will always come back. Splendid illustrations.
Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats
Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats
INT431
$35.00  
Paperback, Steve Henkel, 412 pages, 8 x 11, 9780071636520
For the first time ever, a comparative survey of 95 percent of the fiberglass pocket cruising sailboats ever built.
Fearsome Passages (Imray)
Fearsome Passages (Imray)
IMR063
$39.95  
Paperback, David Rainsbury, 159 pages, 7.25 x 9.75, 9780852888360
David Rainsbury's 'Fearsome Passages' is an anthology of his articles that have appeared over the last 2 years in Sailing Today magazine. 'Fearsome Passages' are notorious tidal areas, mostly on the north and west side of the British Isles and in Brittany. David describes how to tackle these...
PUB 131: Sailing Directions Enroute: Western Mediterranean (CURRENT EDITION)
PUB 131: Sailing Directions Enroute: Western Mediterranean (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB131
$48.95  
Paperback, 524 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
PUB 145 SAILING DIRECTIONS ENROUTE: NOVA SCOTIA AND THE ST. LAWRENCE (CURRENT EDITION)
PUB 145 SAILING DIRECTIONS ENROUTE: NOVA SCOTIA AND THE ST. LAWRENCE (CURRENT EDITION)
IHP_PUB145
$29.95  
Paperback, 306 pages, 8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Paddling North: A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage
Paddling North: A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage
IPS062
$16.95  
Paperback, Audrey Sutherland, 176 pages, 5 x 7, 9781938340758
2013 Gold Winner IBPA Ben Franklin Awards In a memoir remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of  Paddling Hawaii  and  Paddling My Own Canoe  begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the...
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