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Capt. Nat Herreshoff, new edition
Capt. Nat Herreshoff, new edition
SHP361
$29.95  
Paperback, L. Francis Herreshoff, 349 pages, 6 x 9, 9781574092875
A much anticipated reissue, in larger format, of the biography of Nathanael G. Herreshoff, who was the greatest yacht and marine designer and builder this country has ever produced. Many of the closely guarded secrets of Captain Nat, the great master, are revealed in these pages. Fully...
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
Reeds Maritime Flag Handbook - 3rd Edition - Comprehensive Pocket Guide - Book
Reeds Maritime Flag Handbook - 3rd Edition - Comprehensive Pocket Guide - Book
ACB170
$15.00  
paperback, Miranda Delmar-Morgan, 176 pages, 3.95 x 0.45 x 6.25", 9781472994455
A perfect pocket sized reference book for understanding maritime flags. A comprehensive, but concise guide that includes: national maritime flags special ensigns, jacks, burgees, official and defense flags, and code flags yacht club burgees signal flags (including naval codes,...
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
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
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,...
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 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
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...
Pardey Sailing Adventures Package
Pardey Sailing Adventures Package
$69.95  
Lin & Larry Pardey
Package deal includes: Cruising In Seraffyn: Tribute Edition Seraffyn's European Adventure Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure Seraffyn's Oriental Adventure Taleisin's Tales
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...
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...
2024 American Practical Navigator - Bowditch - Volume 2 - Hardcover Book
2024 American Practical Navigator - Bowditch - Volume 2 - Hardcover Book
PAR243
$69.95  
9781951116934
The American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, was billed as the "epitome of navigation" by its original author, Nathaniel Bowditch. The text has evolved with the advances in navigation practices since that first issue and continues to serve as a valuable reference for marine...
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.
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...
2024 American Practical Navigator - Bowditch - Volume 1 - Hardcover Book
2024 American Practical Navigator - Bowditch - Volume 1 - Hardcover Book
PAR242
$79.95  
9781951116927
The American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, was billed as the "epitome of navigation" by its original author, Nathaniel Bowditch. The text has evolved with the advances in navigation practices since that first issue and continues to serve as a valuable reference for marine...
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...
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...
Moving Heavy Things
Moving Heavy Things
WBP043
$13.95  
Hardcover, Jan Adkins, 47 pages, 6.8x10.2, 9780937822821
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 description of applied physics in the real world....
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...
In the Heart of the Sea
In the Heart of the Sea
PGN051
$19.00  
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.
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...
The Complete Guide to Sailing & Seamanship - Book
The Complete Guide to Sailing & Seamanship - Book
SKY175
$24.99  
Twain Braden, 216 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781510767829
An illustrated sailing guide for beginner and expert alike--newly updated! The Complete Guide to Sailing & Seamanship  is the perfect blend of captivating sea stories and essential, basic instructional methods for anyone yearning to sail. Topics include seamanship and boat handling,...
Outboard Engines 2nd Edition - Book
Outboard Engines 2nd Edition - Book
INT506
$40.00  
Edwin R. Sherman , 160 pages, 7.5 x 9.25, 9781265626808
The first edition of  Outboard Engines  set the standard for a clear, easy-to-follow primer on engine basics, troubleshooting, care, and repair. This new edition, significantly expanded, brings the subject up to date, with full coverage of the new four-stroke engines, conventional electronic...
Navigation Workbook 18465TR - Book Navigation Workbook 18465TR - Book - Paracay
Navigation Workbook 18465TR - Book
STR042
$19.95  
David Burch, Larry Brandt , 106 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780914025450
This book provides over 500 exercises with answers covering all aspects of small-craft navigation. These are practical problems that all navigators should know how to solve. Topics include: Piloting, Chart reading and plotting, Voyage planning, Dead reckoning, Compass use, Waypoint selection,...
2024 Waterway Guide - Bahamas - Book 2024 Waterway Guide - Bahamas - Book - Paracay 2024 Waterway Guide - Bahamas - Book - Paracay 2024 Waterway Guide - Bahamas - Book - Paracay
2024 Waterway Guide - Bahamas - Book
WWG_B24
$54.99  
476 pages, 11 x 8.5, 9798986652580
Updated annually, the   Waterway Guide   Bahamas 2024   edition is the indispensable cruising companion for boaters exploring the Bahamas Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The guide features mile-by-mile navigation information, aerial photography with marked routes, marina listings...
2025 USCG Light List VI: Pacific Coast and Pacific Islands - Book
2025 USCG Light List VI: Pacific Coast and Pacific Islands - Book
IHP_LL625
$35.00  
8.5 x 11

This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE

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
2025 USCG Light List V: Mississippi River System - Mississippi River and it's Navigable Tributaries - Book
2025 USCG Light List V: Mississippi River System - Mississippi River and it's Navigable Tributaries - Book
IHP_LL525
$35.00  
8.5 x 11

This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE

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...
2025 USCG Light List II: Atlantic Coast - Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina - Book
2025 USCG Light List II: Atlantic Coast - Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina - Book
IHP_LL225
$35.00  
8.5 x 11

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2025 USCG Light List IV: Gulf of Mexico - Econfina River, Florida to the Rio Grande, Texas - Book
2025 USCG Light List IV: Gulf of Mexico - Econfina River, Florida to the Rio Grande, Texas - Book
IHP_LL425
$35.00  
8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Racing Rules Companion 2025-2028 - Spiral Bound
Racing Rules Companion 2025-2028 - Spiral Bound
FER128
$13.60  
Bryan Willis, 24 pages, 3.15 x 8.74, 9781912621743
A pocket-sized guide to the essential 2025-2028 Racing Rules of Sailing, perfect for boosting a sailor's confidence and knowledge on the racecourse. Bryan Willis’ Racing Rules Companion is the invaluable pocket reference guide to the essentials of the racing rules, updated for the latest...
Elvstrøm Explains the Racing Rules: 2025-2028 Rules - Book Elvstrøm Explains The Racing Rules: 2025-2028 Rules - Book - Paracay Elvstrøm Explains The Racing Rules: 2025-2028 Rules - Book - Paracay Elvstrøm Explains The Racing Rules: 2025-2028 Rules - Book - Paracay Elvstrøm Explains The Racing Rules: 2025-2028 Rules - Book - Paracay
Elvstrøm Explains the Racing Rules: 2025-2028 Rules - Book
ACB172
$30.00  
Paperback, Paul Elvstrom, 240 pages, 5.3 x 7.4, 9781399421539
'This book is a must-have for any serious racing sailor' – Sir Ben Ainslie, four-time Olympic gold winning sailor. Paul Elvstrøm is arguably the greatest Olympic sailor of all time. Proving that understanding the rules is crucial to winning, he devised this unique approach to explaining them...
2025 USCG Light List I: Atlantic Coast - St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey - Book
2025 USCG Light List I: Atlantic Coast - St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey - Book
IHP_LL125
$35.00  
8.5 x 11
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
2025 USCG Light List VII: Great Lakes - Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River above the St. Regis River - Book
2025 USCG Light List VII: Great Lakes - Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River above the St. Regis River - Book
IHP_LL725
$35.00  
8.5 x 11

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2025 USCG Light List III: Atlantic Coast and Gulf Coasts - Little River, South Carolina to Econfina River, Florida - Book
2025 USCG Light List III: Atlantic Coast and Gulf Coasts - Little River, South Carolina to Econfina River, Florida - Book
IHP_LL325
$35.00  
8.5 x 11

This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE

Radar and ARPA Manual: Radar, AIS and Target Tracking for Marine Radar Users - Book
Radar and ARPA Manual: Radar, AIS and Target Tracking for Marine Radar Users - Book
ELS001
$132.95  
Paperback, Alan G., Bole, 552 pages, 7.5 x 9.25, 9780080977522
This fully revised new edition covers the complete radar/ARPA installation and serves as the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference on equipment and techniques for radar observers using older and newer systems alike. Suitable for use as a professional reference or as a training text, the...
Kayak Craft
Kayak Craft
WBP035
$19.95  
Paperback, Ted Moores, 175 pages, 10.1x9, 9780937822562
Ted is the author of  Canoecraft , one of the top books on strip-building canoes.  Kayakcraft  covers four Steve Killing designs, including the 17' Endeavour. Also included in the book are lines and offsets for a 14' sport kayak, a 16'6" touring kayak, and a 20'6" tandem kayak. Table of...
Maintenance Logbook - Twin Engine Installations Maintenance Logbook - Twin Engine Installations - Book - Paracay
Maintenance Logbook - Twin Engine Installations
DBP007
$24.99  
Paperback, Dennison, Berwick, 208 pages, 7 x 10, 9780981123394
Keeping a Logbook for your twin marine diesel engine system has never been easier. This logbook has been specifically designed for twin engine installations in recreational and smaller vessels - sailboats, motorboats, canal boats and smaller workboats. This is a value-added Logbook - loaded with...
Sailing For Everyone
Sailing For Everyone
WBP061
$12.95  
Paperback, Simon Watts, 87 pages, 9x6.4, 9781934982013
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 WindArrivals and DeparturesWhen Things Go...
Frame, Stem & Keel Repair
Frame, Stem & Keel Repair
WBP023
$24.95  
Paperback, Peter H. Spectre, 133 pages, 10.1x9, 9780937822425
This book contains a collection of practical advice on the repair and replacements of keels, stems, and frames. Table of Contents:Why Bent Frames Break, and How to Fix ThemBending WoodAn Unpressured Approach to SteamingA steam Box PrimerA Steam Box ScrapbookReframing a YachtStem, Transom, and...
Building Small Boats
Building Small Boats
WBP033
$39.95  
Hardcover, Greg Rossel, 288 pages, 11.3x8.6, 9780937822500
For years Greg has been teaching the fundamentals here at our WoodenBoat School. Greg?s talent for relaying this experience into the written word has resulted in a text with a straight-forward friendly approach, including helpful drawings and photographs. The combination will drive-home the...
The Craft of Sail: A Primer of Sailing
The Craft of Sail: A Primer of Sailing
WBP069
$16.95  
Paperback, Jan Adkins, 64 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781934982174
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 schooner a schooner, etc. The illustrations will...
New Cold-Molded Boatbuilding
New Cold-Molded Boatbuilding
WBP049
$21.95  
Paperback, Reuel Parker, 320 pages, 9x7.4, 9780937822890
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. . Ideally suited to the amateur builder wanting a...
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