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Paradise Cay Publications offers a complete line of nautical Books for navigation and mariner training. We are an authorized print agent for NOAA charts and NGA print-on-demand nautical charts. We're a certified seller of Canadian Hydrographic charts. Our charts and many of our books are printed in-house. Using modern print techniques, we produce high-quality products at a fair price with generous margins for our dealers. Wholesale inquiries welcome.

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Ashley Book of Knots
Ashley Book of Knots - Book
DBD001
The bible of knot and rope work. Every practical and decorative knot, function and origin. 7,000 drawings describing 3,900 knots, splices and whippings. The final word on knotting and rope work the world over.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11.25
Author: Clifford W. Ashley
ISBN: 9780385040259
$9500
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Complete Book of Decorative Knots
Complete Book of Decorative Knots - Book
LYB029
A handy guidebook that includes eighty ornamental and useful knots with easy-to-follow; with step-by-step illustrations.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7.5 x 10.25
Author: Geoffrey Budworth
ISBN: 9781558217911
$2195
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Naval Shiphandler's Guide
Naval Shiphandler's Guide - Book
NAV511
The first new book on naval shiphandling in more than a generation, this guide helps beginning and intermediate shiphandlers learn and perfect a skill crucial to their naval careers while at the same time offering useful hints to seasoned pros. The book reflects all the many changes that have occurred in recent decades and is the first to cover the use of shiphandling simulators. The author, a skilled shiphandler with years of experience in nearly every type of Navy vessel, helps novice shiphandlers get the most out of their opportunities, whether handling real ships or simulators. Captain Barber tells readers everything they need to know...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 10 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
Author: USN (Ret.) Capt James A. Barber
ISBN: 9781682477014
$6295
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Weems Parallel Plotter #120
WPL120
The Weems Parallel Plotter is our most popular rolling plotter. It is mounted on an aluminum roller assembly that allows you to plot courses and parallel lines with simple direct transfer and doesn’t require the space that traditional parallel rules or triangles need. The roller keeps the plotter parallel as you slide it across the chart. It includes distance scales at 1:20,000, 1:40,000 and 1:80,000 to fit U.S. Coast and Harbor Charts, as well as an inch scale. A semi-circular protractor for measuring course and bearing against meridian on a chart and two quarter circle protractors for measuring course and bearing against parallel of...
Product Type : Navigation Tool
Dimensions (IN): 12.5 x 3
ISBN: 721002001207
$3999
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Essential Knots (Hardcover)
Essential Knots - Book
MOU067
Makes knot-tying incredibly easy for everyone from families to avid sailors to sport climbers! Essential Knots is a practical, colorful, and easy-to-use guide to knots: how to tie them, when to use them, and why a specific knot is the perfect choice to make. Clear and concise step-by-step instructions are completely illustrated with precise photographs guiding the knot tyer. Additional text describes the variety of uses for each knot and provides alternative suggestions for similar knots, while full-color photos show each finished knot in use. Includes instructions for the best 85 knots to use for: Camping, Climbing, Everyday Activities,...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Author: Neville & Madeleine Olliffe
ISBN: 9781594854859
$2195
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Mediterranean Spain: Gibraltar to the French Border
Mediterranean Spain: Gibraltar to the French Border - Book
IMR159
This new volume replaces the current two part coverage of the Mediterranean mainland coast of Spain from Gibraltar to the French border.  The entire coverage has been revised with the text updated, new plans added and others updated from the latest information. There are numerous new photos to support the sailing directions.  This is the only detailed pilot for the Spanish Mediterranean coast running up from Gibraltar to the border with France. It covers a varied cruising area that includes the mountain-backed Costas del and Sol and Blanca, the expansive lagoon of the Mar Menor, the low lying Ebro delta and the rugged Costa Brava....
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: Steve Pickard
ISBN: 9781846236501
$10495
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Tidal Current Tables 2026, Atlantic Coast Of North America - Book - Paracay
Tidal Current Tables - Atlantic Coast of North America - U.S. Waters - Book
IHP_ACT26
PLEASE NOTE: Going forward we will accept a maximum of 10% of any given edition in returns for ALL dated publications. Therefore if you purchase X10 of a dated title, we will credit you a maximum of 1 NOAA tide predictions are used by both commercial and recreational  mariners for safe navigation. Printed tide tables provide users with  tide and tidal current predictions in an easy-to-read format for particular locations. In 2020, NOAA announced that it will eliminate paper publications of  the annual Tide Tables and Tidal Current Tables beginning in 2021. In  order to provide a similar printed resource for those who prefer a...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 X 11
ISBN: 9781965876091
$2495
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Celestial Navigation: A Complete Home Study Course, Second Edition
Celestial Navigation: A Complete Home Study Course, Second Edition - Book
STR040
This book has been used for 30 years, updated periodically as needed. More than 20,000 students have successfully learned ocean navigation from these materials and gone on to cross oceans or circumnavigate the globe. This book covers how to find position at sea from timed sextant sights of the sun, moon, stars, and planets plus other routine and special procedures of safe, efficient offshore navigation. No previous navigation experience is required. The only math involved is arithmetic (adding and subtracting angles and times). This is a practical, how-to-do-it book, which also includes clear explanations of how it works and how to do it...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.3 x 0.6 x 11
Author: David Burch
ISBN: 9780914025467
$3900
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NOAA Coast Pilot 3: Atlantic Coast: Sandy Hook, NJ to Cape Henry, VA (CURRENT EDITION) - Book
IHP_CP3
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$3500
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NOAA Coast Pilot 9: Pacific and Arctic coasts of Alaska: Cape Spencer to Beaufort Sea (CURRENT EDITION) - Book
IHP_CP9
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$3500
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Instant Weather Forecasting: You Can Predict the Weather
Instant Weather Forecasting: You Can Predict the Weather - Book
ACB140
Color photographs of cloud formations and their groundbreaking explanatory text enable readers to read the sky, pick up the clues and predict what the weather will do. With its winning formula of 24 clear color photographs of cloud formations and their accompanying explanatory text,  Instant Weather Forecasting  enables the reader to read the sky, pick up the clues, and predict what the weather will do. This revised and updated 5th edition takes into account the new ways users can receive professional weather forecasts, factor them into their own cloud observations, and develop an even better understanding of how the weather will...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 5.5
Author: Alan Watts
ISBN: 9781472929730
$1600
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Sextant: A Young Man's Daring Sea Voyage and the Men Who Mapped the World's OceansSextant: A Young Man's Daring Sea Voyage and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans
Sextant: A Young Man's Daring Sea Voyage and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans - Book
HRW112
In the tradition of Dava Sobel's  Longitude  comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery—an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who used it to explore, conquer, and map the world. Since its invention in 1759, a mariner's most prized possession has been the sextant. A navigation tool that measures the angle between a celestial object and the horizon, the sextant allowed sailors to pinpoint their exact location at sea. David Barrie chronicles the sextant's development and shows how it not only saved...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.3 x 0.9 x 8
Author: David Barrie
ISBN: 9780062279354
$1699
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NOAA Coast Pilot 2: Atlantic Coast: Cape Cod, MA to Sandy Hook, NJ (CURRENT EDITION) - Book
IHP_CP2
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$3500
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Gerry Cunningham's Navigator's Complete Chart Book: Pacific Coast of Baja and The Sea of Cortez - Book
IHP_GCB
The complete chart book includes all of the chart content previously available from Gerry Charts covering the region of Baja and The Sea of Cortez.  The charts in this book have been scaled down proportionately to fit the page and are intended as a useful reference. Not recommended for navigation or as a replacement for current nautical charts. NCLUDES: 5 Plotting Charts, 7 Pacific Coast of Baja Charts, 13 GPS Accurate Navigation Charts of the Sea of Cortez, Three current NGA charts, plus Other Helpful Information • Northern Baja Plotting Sheet • Middle Baja Plotting Sheet • Lower Baja Plotting Sheet • Northern Gulf Plotting...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 13 x 19
Author: Gerry Cunningham
ISBN: 9781951116088
$3995
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The Pocket Guide to Essential Knots - Book
SKY151
21 Essential Knots for Everyday Use Indoors or Outdoors! This compact little reference book includes knots for a wide range of functions, from home to work, hobby to play activities. No knot-tying jargon is used, no baffling technical terms—just simple step-by-step instructions and outstandingly clear line drawings. It's the perfectly portable knot reference for anyone—scouts, sailors, hunters, anglers, gardeners, farmers, horse riders, you name it! Among the knots in this book are: Overhand knot Heaving line knot Reef knot Sheetbend Fisherman’s knot, Figure-of-eight loop  Bowline  Three-part...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 4 x 6
Author: Peter Owen
ISBN: 9781510752221
$999
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Puget Sound Chart Atlas (12x18 spiral bound)
IHP_PSCB1
36 reduced-scale complete NOAA charts of the Puget Sound area. Spiral bound in a large format (12x18") booklet. Printed on high-quality paper and updated regularly. Not recommended for navigation, but handy for reference and use aboard small craft. Includes the following NOAA charts: 18400 18421 18424 18427 18428 18429 18430 18431 18432 18433 18434 18440 18441 18443 18444 18446 18447 18448 18449 18450 18452 18453 18456 18457 18458 18460 18464 18465 18468 18471 18473 18474 18476 18477 18480 18484 18502 18504 18521
Product Type : Chart
Nautical Chart Type: NOAA Charts
Dimensions (IN): 12 x 18
ISBN: 9781951116217
$3995
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Submarines and Submersibles - Book
DKP138
New Edition! Are you ready to dive deep under the sea? Make reading your superpower with DK’s beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your reading superpowers to learn all about living and working deep under the surface of the ocean - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader - carefully leveled to help children progress.   Submarines and Submersibles   is a beautifully designed reader all about life and work under water.   The engaging text has been carefully leveled using lexiles so that children are set up to succeed.    A motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills.    Children will love to find out about...
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 5.9 x 0.2 x 9
Author: Deborah Lock
ISBN: 9780744067163
$499
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Des Pawson's Knot Craft and Rope Mats: 60 Ropework Projects Including 20 Mat Designs - Book
ACB142
This wonderful collection of Des Pawson's personal ropecraft recipes combines an extended and now full-color collection of projects from Des's popular  Des Pawson's Knot Craft , together with 20 new and brilliant mat designs. Readers can learn how to make 60 different ropework projects, including mats, bellropes, key fobs, fenders, and doorstops. Along with fascinating tidbits of nautical history as background to many projects, Des gives step-by-step instructions on how to put these knots together to form finished projects, and advice on the size and lengths of the materials required--just as you would expect from a recipe book....
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.3 x 0.6 x 8.3
Author: Des Pawson
ISBN: 9781472922786
$2700
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The Cloud Collector's Handbook
The Cloud Collector's Handbook - Book
HCB078
The perfect incentive for keeping your head in the clouds,  The Cloud Collector's Handbook  is a whimsical guide to the wonders of the sky. Throughout, author and cloud expert Gavin Pretor-Pinney catalogs a variety of clouds and gives readers points for spotting them and recording their finds. This fun and useful book features gorgeous full-color photographs that showcase a new type of cloud on every spread, from fluffy cumulus to the super rare horseshoe vortex to the wispy noctilucent clouds that hang at the fringes of space. Sure to be a hit with both aspiring and seasoned cloud gazers, this clever handbook will have everyone looking...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 7.5
Author: Gavin Pretor-Pinney
ISBN: 9780811875424
$1695
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Marlinspike Sailor's Knots and Craft
Marlinspike Sailor's Knots and Craft - Book
INT464
Enjoy doing dozens of decorative projects based on the sailor's art of ropework. Decorative ropework, also known as fanciwork, comes ashore in Marlinspike Sailor's Knots and Crafts Inside you will learn how to make all manner of cool, sailorly items: hammocks, block mats, companionway or stair treads, sailor's bracelets, hammock bags for carrying fruits, etc. , tool covers, stanchion or porch railing covers, decorated grommets for hanging towels, water bottle or wine carafe covers. Written by ropework expert Barbara Merry, the book includes projects to adorn the house, camp, motor home or office--or even a boat! Even if you are new to the...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Author: Barbara Merry
ISBN: 9780071789981
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How to Find Where You Are From the Sun - Book
GEB001
Step-by-step instructions for HOW to do celestioal navigation by reference to the sun. Not a WHY book, simply a how-to.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
$1000
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Pub. 147 Sailing Directions Enroute: Caribbean Sea Volume 1 (CURRENT EDITION) - Book
IHP_PUB147
This is a print-on-demand title and is NOT RETURNABLE
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
$1995
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Cruising In Seraffyn: Tribute Edition - Book
PDB100
Profits from the sale of this Tribute Edition will go towards maintaining and upgrading the Larry Pardey Memorial Observatory at Camp Bentzon on Kawau Island, New Zealand.  It was built with funds donated by Kenny Thorall who worked alongside Larry delivering and upgrading yachts before I (Lin) came on the scene. Ken, an amazing mechanic, was our first mutual friend. The observatory, with its 4 telescopes and 15 pairs of high-powered binoculars, is used by up to 100 schoolchildren each week. For many of these youngsters, this is the very first time they have seen the stars unimpeded by city lights.   Let Cruising in Seraffyn...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Lin & Larry Pardey
ISBN: 9781929214150
$1895
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Yachtsman Mexico to Panama Chart Book, 7th Edition
Yachtsman Mexico to Panama Chart Book, 7th Edition - Book
MIK008
Contains 43 NOS charts for cruising between San Diego and the Panama Canal. Includes coverage for the Gulf of California and Baja. Blue accents have been added to the charts for easier reading. Excellent value.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 16.75 x 12
$11250
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Quick Guide to the Rules of the Road - Book
IHP_NAVQ
Designed to replace the discontinued Captain's Quick Guide , our handy spiral-bound guide to the Nautical Rules of the Road is meant to improve upon that popular guide. Printed on card stock with waterproof front and back cover.  Learn: How to Interpret the Lights You See on Other Vessels What Lights to Show Aids to Navigation When and How to Give Way How to Signal Other Vessels When to hold your course and speed Buoys, Beacons, and Dayboards Lateral Aids to Navigation
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 10.25 x 4
ISBN: 9781951116477
$1295
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Sailing for Dummies, 3rd edition - Book
WIL097
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 you need to know in  Sailing For Dummies.  This friendly guide offers information for beginning and intermediate captains. Discover everything you need to know to confidently navigate your vessel through whatever waters―rough or smooth―you may encounter. Whether your goal is to explore a nearby lake, sail down the Mighty Mississippi, or take to...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7.5 x 9.5
Author: J.J. Isler & Peter Isler
ISBN: 9781119867234
$2499
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1984 American Practical Navigator - Bowditch - Volume 1 - Hardcover Books (Set of 2) - Paracay
1984 American Practical Navigator - Bowditch - Volume 1 - Hardcover Books (Set of 2)
POD020
Reprinted as a two hardcover book set
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 10
ISBN: 9781937196509, 9781937196516
$18995
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The Nautical Sextant (PAPERBACK) - Book
IHP_NSEXT
The Nautical Sextant reveals in pictures, prose, and perspective the experience and knowledge gained by the author from years of acquiring, studying, and restoring sextants from earlier times and from around the world. This fascinating book owes much of its attraction to the expert description and photos of the mechanics of the sextants and their subassemblies. It is also the story of how different manufacturers, in different times and places, solved the same mechanical problems in different ways in order to perfect one of the most accurate mechanical devices ever produced by man. All of this is complemented by an historical overview to...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 10
Author: WJ MORRIS
ISBN: 9781951116590
$2995
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The Seashore Sticker Anthology: With More Than 1,000 Vintage Stickers - Book
DKP152
Capture the splendor of sea life with this alluring collection of stickers. Page after page of this book is packed with vintage drawings of coral, fish, and shells that portray the beauty of the ocean and the simple pleasures of a day at the beach. Get creative! Adorn your personal items with more than a thousand images of marine life, create gorgeous artwork and stationery, or simply enjoy this book as an exquisite keepsake.
Product Type : Book
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 9
Author: DK
ISBN: 9780744051346
$2499
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Bareboat Cruising 4th Edition - Book
USS040
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.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8.5 x 11
Author: U.S. Sailing Association
ISBN: 9780974105802
$3295
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Weems & Plath: The Cruising Log
Weems & Plath: The Cruising Log - Book
WPL003
More than 80 well organized pages for log entries, guest registry, vessel specs, checklist. Spiral-bound.
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 11.5" x 8 5/8"
ISBN: 721002007995
$4199
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My First Book of Nautical Knots: A Guide to Sailing and Decorative Knots - Book
SKY157
Do you know what seamanship is? It's the art of making knots. But there's no need to board a boat to learn how to make sea knots.   My First Book of Nautical Knots   brings you eighteen knots to discover.   Some are done in a jiffy, like the figure eight or the bowline knot; others require greater concentration, such as the slip knot or the bosco knot. Still others are so pretty that you can use them to make a jewel or a small decorative object. Ropework is an activity very popular with children, and  My First Book of Nautical Knots  offers beautifully illustrated step-by-step models of nautical knots that is sure to help parents...
Product Type : Book
Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 9
Author: Caroline Britz
$999
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