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Sailing with Confidence (DVD)
Sailing with Confidence (DVD)
BMY380D
$24.99  
DVD, 97278003802
"One of the best basic sailing tapes I have seen" - John Rousmaniere. A great new learn to sail program designed to give those with little or no sailing experience the knowledge and skills needed to sail with confidence. Expert instructor Bud Foulke covers the basics of "getting started,"...
Knight's Modern Seamanship, 18th edition
Knight's Modern Seamanship, 18th edition
WIL004
$179.50  
Hardcover, Capt. John V. Noel, Jr (retired), 782 pages, 65 x 95, 471289485
Exhaustive, venerable guide to Shiphandling and seagoing safety covering every aspect of the subject. An indispensable reference. NOTE: no wholesale discount available 
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.
Captain's Quick Guides: Heavy Weather Sailing (Laminated Folding Guide)
Captain's Quick Guides: Heavy Weather Sailing (Laminated Folding Guide)
INT185
$11.00  
Paperback, John Rousmaniere, 8 pages, 4 x 9, 9780071452212
Read clouds and winds, understand fronts and storms, make accurate forecasts at sea, handle heavy weather decision-making to keep clear of trouble. Waterproof.
Powerboat Handling Illustrated
Powerboat Handling Illustrated
INT015
$32.00  
Paperback, Bob Sweet, 170 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780071468817
What every powerboater needs to know from docking to surviving heavy weather. Discusses every type of drive train including bow thrusters as well as handling every type of hull in any conditions likely to be met. 210 color illustrations.
Instant Handbook of Boat Handling, Navigation, & Seamanship
Instant Handbook of Boat Handling, Navigation, & Seamanship
INT222
$42.00  
Paperback, Nigel Calder, et al, 224 pages, 6 x 10, 9780071499101
A quick reference guide for sail and power. Offers concise instruction in every vital facet of safely operating power and sailboats. Covers navigation, boat handling, anchoring, weather, emergencies, troubleshooting, more.
Dockmanship
Dockmanship
CMP277
$7.95  
Paperback, David Owen Bell, 98 pages, 4.5 x 7, 9780870334252
Provides the needed information to turn any skipper into a master of docking. Covers every aspect of close-quarter maneuvering for all size pleasure and smaller work vessels. Good Illustrations, clear text.
Captain's Quick Guides: Using GPS (Laminated Folding Guide)
Captain's Quick Guides: Using GPS (Laminated Folding Guide)
INT002
$11.00  
Paperback, Bob Sweet, 16 pages, 4 x 9, 9780071423717
Panels of concisely ordered information folding into a compact size. Covers position finding, entering and using waypoints, more. Good for use with any GPS. Waterproof.
Complete Book of Anchoring and Mooring, 2nd. edition
Complete Book of Anchoring and Mooring, 2nd. edition
CMP258
$26.95  
Paperback, Earl Hinz, 334 pages, 6 x 9, 9780870335396
The Complete Book of Anchoring and Mooring addresses anchoring systems, techniques, and permanent moorings for boats from twelve feet to eighty feet in length. It covers monohulls, multihulls, light displacement sailboats, cruisers, sport fishers, passage makers, and workboats. In short, it is...
Storm Tactics Handbook: 3rd Edition
Storm Tactics Handbook: 3rd Edition
PDB011
$22.95  
Paperback, Lin & Larry Pardey, 256 pages, 9 x 6, 9781929214471
In a storm at sea, luck is highly biased toward the sailor who has a plan. So write Lin and Larry Pardey in this, the third edition of their highly regarded Storm Tactics Handbook . As in the first two editions of this book, they describe their concerns about the tendency of modern sailors to...
Learn Sailing Right! Beginning Sailing
Learn Sailing Right! Beginning Sailing
USS019
$17.95  
Paperback, US Sailing, 64 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780979467721
Learn Sailing Right! Beginning Sailing is the new benchmark in beginning sailing instruction in the U. S. Designed for easier understanding, better graphics, and a more coherent beginner track, Learn Sailing Right! Beginning Sailing will revolutionize sailing instruction at your program.
Essential Guide to Boating Seamanship
Essential Guide to Boating Seamanship
FCP003
$8.00  
Paperback, John Kelsey, 160 pages, 7.4 x 9, 9781565235540
This is the beginners guide to boating. A how-to manual that gets you started. Seamanship provides in-depth coverage of boat handling and navigation, reading the weather, winds, and water, and dealing with, and preventing, extreme situations such as capsized boats.
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...
Sailing Fundamentals, revised & updated edition
Sailing Fundamentals, revised & updated edition
ASA001
$25.00  
Paperback, Gary Jobson, 220 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780743273084
Best-selling learn-to-sail manual. Teaches every aspect of basic sailing and coastal cruising with clear, reassuring text and more than 100 photos. Official manual of American Sailing Association. Excellent.
Illustrated Sail & Rig Tuning
Illustrated Sail & Rig Tuning
FER009
$24.95  
Paperback, Ivar Dedekam, 80 pages, 6.75 x 9.5, 1898660670
The best-illustrated manual ever on sail and rig tuning for small yachts and keelboats. Features 152 color diagrams and a brilliantly concise text. Offers a logical approach to trimming every sail, correctly setting up masts and stays.
Sailing for Dummies, 3rd edition
Sailing for Dummies, 3rd edition
WIL097
$24.99  
Paperback, J.J. Isler & Peter Isler, 448 pages, 7.5 x 9.5, 9781119867234
Buoy your sailing knowhow with advice from two US sailing champions Nothing can beat the feel of the warm sun on your back, the gentle wind in your hair, and a swaying deck under your feet. If you long to take to the open water and sail wherever the wind takes you, you’ll find everything...
Captain's Quick Guides: Sail Trim & Rig Tuning (Laminated Folding Guide)
Captain's Quick Guides: Sail Trim & Rig Tuning (Laminated Folding Guide)
INT054
$20.00  
Paperback, Bill Gladstone, 16 pages, 4 x 9, 9780071440134
Covers all the basics of rig tuning, sail setting and shaping for cruisers as well as racers. Handy quick-reference folding guide. Fourteen panels of waterproof information.
Passage Making 2nd Edition
Passage Making 2nd Edition
USS041
$32.95  
Paperback, US Sailing, 8.5 x 11, 9781938915406
Price change 9 2020
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.
The Complete Sailor, 2nd edition
The Complete Sailor, 2nd edition
INT442
$19.00  
Paperback, David Seidman, 240 pages, 9.1x7.2, 9780071749572
This is not just an instructional book---it's an insight into a sailor's approach to the sea, boats, and the ever-changing dynamic of wind on the water "A learn-to-sail book with heart"--WoodenBoat "A real winner. . . a masterful blend of straightforward text with delightful and instructive...
Peter Isler's Little Blue Book of Sailing Secrets, Tactics, Tips and Observations
Peter Isler's Little Blue Book of Sailing Secrets, Tactics, Tips and Observations
WIL062
$27.99  
Hardcover, Peter Isler, 192 pages, 8.8x5.8, 9780470902639
From one of the world's most respected sailors-the knowledge and secrets every sailor needsPeter Isler, two-time America's Cup winner, has sailed in and won hundreds of races over the last forty years. In that time, he has acquired a vast array of knowledge about sailing techniques and tactics,...
Basic Keelboat, 4th edition
Basic Keelboat, 4th edition
USS026
$19.95  
Paperback, U.S. Sailing Association, 96 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780979647703
Now in full color. The basic book in the Certification Series. Instructs all basic sailing maneuvers in clear illustrations and spare text. Offers excellent, reassuring instruction in basic sailboat handling and sailing seamanship.
The Practical Mariner's Book of Knowledge, 2nd Edition
The Practical Mariner's Book of Knowledge, 2nd Edition
INT466
$24.00  
Paperback, John Vigor, 9780071808286
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 answers to the questions most-asked by...
Annapolis Book of Seamanship, 4th edition
Annapolis Book of Seamanship, 4th edition
SIM134
$55.00  
Hardcover, John Rousmaniere, 9781451650198
Completely revised and updated to address changes in technology and safety standards, this new edition is the definitive guide to the art and science of sailing. Since the publication of the first edition in 1983, The Annapolis Book of Seamanship has set the standard by which other books on...
Start Powerboating Right 4th Edition 2020
Start Powerboating Right 4th Edition 2020
USS042
$29.95  
Paperback, U.S. Sailing Association, 8.5 x 11, 9781938915406
Start Powerboating Right ! has been updated and refreshed to take you to the next level of safe powerboat handling.  The content in this book is perfect for sailing instructors and coaches; safety boat operators; friends and family and has been approved by NASBLA – the National Association of...
The Little Blue Book of Sailing Wisdom
The Little Blue Book of Sailing Wisdom
SKY073
$16.95  
Hardcover, Stephan Brennan (Editor), 224 pages, 5 x 7, 9781628737622
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” --Mark Twain It’s telling that...
The Art of Seamanship: Evolving Skills, Exploring Oceans, and Handling Wind, Waves, and Weather
The Art of Seamanship: Evolving Skills, Exploring Oceans, and Handling Wind, Waves, and Weather
INT495
$50.00  
Hardcover, Ralph Naranjo, 544 pages, 9780071493420
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 inherent--together they define the art of...
Stress-free Sailing: Single and Short-handed Techniques
Stress-free Sailing: Single and Short-handed Techniques
MPS131
$25.00  
Paperback, Duncan Wells, 160 pages, 6.8 x 0.4 x 9.7, 9781472907431
The vast majority of sailing yacht scenarios comprise a couple sailing the boat together, needing to carry out all maneuvers and activities themselves with no help from a back-up crew. Their boat handling, navigation, sail handling, anchoring, and mooring skills all have to be carried out both...
Learn Sailing Right! Intermediate Sailing
Learn Sailing Right! Intermediate Sailing
USS034
$17.95  
Paperback, 64 pages, 0.2 x 8.5 x 11, 9780982167687
Learning to sail is part dream, part great instruction, and part hands-on experience. At US Sailing, all of these come together. Learn Sailing Right! Intermediate Sailing is about sailing faster and smarter with greater confidence. As an intermediate sailor, you no longer need to think about how...
Reeds Superyacht Manual
Reeds Superyacht Manual
MPS140
$70.00  
Flex, James Clarke, 408 pages, 6 x 1 x 9, 9781472917768
Reeds Superyacht Manual , published in association with Bluewater Training, is the first and best reference manual for everyone involved with yachts large and small, under sail or power, from deckhands to skippers and owners. There is extensive coverage for leisure and professional...
Learn to Sail the Hard Way! Make Every Mistake in the Book
Learn to Sail the Hard Way! Make Every Mistake in the Book
EVE060
$19.99  
Paperback, DON WATMOUGH, 100 pages, 7.5 x 9, 9781934707432
The stories in this book remind us that we should learn from the mistakes of others -- we don't live long enough to make them all ourselves. Using humor as his vehicle, veteran sailor Don Watmough follows nautical rookie Skip Murphy's rise from rank beginner to moderately qualified sailor....
Learn to Sail Today: From Novice to Sailor in One Week
Learn to Sail Today: From Novice to Sailor in One Week
INT504
$21.00  
Paperback, Barry Lewis, 208 pages, 7.8 x 0.6 x 9.3, 9780071830881
Sail your very first day on the water Learn 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 uninitiated, this sailing primer covers...
Stress-Free Motorboating: Single and Short-Handed Techniques
Stress-Free Motorboating: Single and Short-Handed Techniques
ACB151
$25.00  
Paperback, Duncan Wells, 160 pages, 7.5 x 9.5, 9781472927828
Does docking or anchoring your boat alone trigger beads of sweat? Are you paralyzed by the thought of boating solo?  Stress-Free Motorboating  is the answer to all single or shorthanded crews' prayers. Profusely illustrated with color step-by-step photographs (and links to...
Day Skipper for Sail and Power: The Essential Manual for the RYA Day Skipper Theory and Practical Certificate 3rd edition Day Skipper for Sail and Power: The Essential Manual for the RYA Day Skipper Theory and Practical Certificate 3rd edition
Day Skipper for Sail and Power: The Essential Manual for the RYA Day Skipper Theory and Practical Certificate 3rd edition
ACB149
$25.00  
Hardcover, Alison Noice, 208 pages, 7 x 10, 9781472944818
Whether sail or power, running a boat is challenging and rewarding, but the unique world of water and weather can be daunting.  Day Skipper for Sail and Power  teaches you all you need to know to understand the challenges and command your water world. Topics include: - Seamanship - Safety...
Sailing a Serious Ocean: Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea
Sailing a Serious Ocean: Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea
INT465
$25.00  
Hardcover, John Kretschmer, 256 pages, 6 x 9, 9780071704403
"I know you'll want to read more after you finish   Sailing a Serious Ocean . And be warned, you'll very likely want to sail with John, perhaps across an ocean."   -- DALLAS MURPHY, AUTHOR OF   ROUNDING THE HORN After sailing 300,000 miles and weathering dozens of storms in all the...
Sailing to the Edge of Time: The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging
Sailing to the Edge of Time: The Promise, the Challenges, and the Freedom of Ocean Voyaging
MPS207
$28.00  
Hardcover, John Kretschmer, 288 pages, 6 x 9, 9781472951625
John Kretschmer is sailing’s practical philosopher--as much a doer as a thinker. And that is the overarching theme of this chronicle of a sailing life. Often amusing, sometimes poignant, occasionally terrifying but always inspiring, his deeply personal account is a welcome reminder about the...
Self Sufficient Sailor 3rd edition– full revised and expanded
Self Sufficient Sailor 3rd edition– full revised and expanded
PDB101
$29.95  
Hardcover, Lin & Larry Pardey, 320 pages, 6 x 9, 9781929214877
Lin and Larry Pardey’s hugely popular and encouraging book, the Self Sufficient Sailor, has been revitalized and expanded by more than 40%. “This has been an exciting project for me,” said Lin, “especially as I have spent much of the past two years voyaging through the western Pacific on a boat...
Bareboat Cruising 4th Edition
Bareboat Cruising 4th Edition
USS040
$24.95  
Paperback, U.S. Sailing Association, 112 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780974105802
This book will lay out how to responsibly skipper and crew an auxiliary powered cruising sailboat or catamaran, within sight of land and bring it safely to anchor during daylight hours.
Single-Handed Sailing
Single-Handed Sailing
SHP171
$17.50  
paperback, Frank Mulville, 192 pages, 6 x 9, 9780850364101
Frank Mulville gives advice on how to choose self-steering, how to adapt rigging and gear, what supplies to take and how to stow them, how to prepare for bad weather, and how to keep fit on an ocean passage.
Law of Recreational Boating
Law of Recreational Boating
CMP303
$19.99  
paperback, Eric Lenck, 272 pages, 6 x 9, 9780764356810
Recreational boating presents more than its fair share of legal hazards. An unsuspecting buyer may discover too late that the yacht is encumbered by secret maritime liens incurred by a previous owner. A marine insurer may deny coverage for a total loss based on a seemingly innocent...
Boating Essentials: A Folding Pocket Guide to Safe Practices & Procedures
Boating Essentials: A Folding Pocket Guide to Safe Practices & Procedures
WFP169
$8.95  
Folding Pocket Guide, James Kavanagh, 3.75 x 5.5, 9781620052822
Boating Essentials references everything a boater needs to know about boating laws, safe operation of water craft (including boats, sailboats and jet skis), useful knots, navigation, signals, weather, boating hazards and emergency first aid. An indispensable reference, it is the perfect...
The Complete Day Skipper: Skippering with Confidence Right From the Start, 6th Edition
The Complete Day Skipper: Skippering with Confidence Right From the Start, 6th Edition
MPS256
$40.00  
Hardcover, Tom Cunliffe, 208 pages, 7 x 10, 9781472973238
The Complete Day Skipper   is a totally practical hands-on manual that covers the RYA Day Skipper syllabus in a way that reflects a skipper's growing experience at sea, beginning with yacht handling under power, moving on to boat husbandry and sailing skills, and from there to the realistic...
Chapman Piloting & Seamanship 69th Edition
Chapman Piloting & Seamanship 69th Edition
RAN570
$65.00  
Hardcover, 920 pages, 8.75 x 11, 9781950785490
Chapman is the foundation reference for all boaters and sailors with essential information on boat handing and seamanship skills on coast and inland waters.   With three million copies sold,  Chapman Piloting & Seamanship  is the one comprehensive resource boaters at all levels of...
It's Your Boat Too
It's Your Boat Too
IHP_URBOAT
$14.95  
Paperback, Suzanne Giesemann, 240 pages, 9 x 6, 9780939837694
Now Printed-on-Demand It's Your Boat Too.Commander Suzanne Giesemann draws on her twenty years in the Navy as a commanding officer and leadership instructor to write this empowering guide for women boaters. . Power or sail, if you're just going along for the ride, you are limiting your...
Heavy Weather Tactics Using Sea Anchors & Drogues, 2nd edition
Heavy Weather Tactics Using Sea Anchors & Drogues, 2nd edition
PAR028
$19.95  
Paperback, Earl Hinz, 164 pages, 9 x 6, 9780939837601
Just as self-steering systems and autopilots have given the offshore seaman another pair of hands to steer the boat, so sea anchors and drogues have provided another means of handling threatening seas. Heavy Weather Tactics: Using Sea Anchors & Drogues is a classic; the last word on a...
The Grab Bag Book
The Grab Bag Book
PAR030
$19.95  
Paperback, Frances & Michael Holworth, 96 pages, 8.2 x 6, 9780939837533
The purpose of this text is to ensure the survival of skipper and crew in the event of their boat sinking. . It features: advice on the essentials to pack into the emergency grab bag for a short or long cruise, hot or cold climate, coastal or offshore trip; flowcharts to prioritize abandon ship...
The Trailer Sailer: Owner's Manual
The Trailer Sailer: Owner's Manual
PAR044
$17.95  
Paperback, Gregg Nestor, 340 pages, 9 x 6, 9780939837823
The Trailer Sailer Owner's Manual should be included with every trailerable sailboat. This comprehensive guide to selecting, caring for, and enjoying a trailerable sailboat will answer all your questions about fitting out, care of your sails, launching and retrieval, and boat maintenance. ....
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...